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GOVERflEfJT OPERATION
OF RAILWAYS IS URGED
BY LABOR CONVENTION
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1920
RESOLUTION DEMANDING GOV-
ERNMENT OPERATION ADOPT-
ED BY OVERWHELMING VOTE.
PRESIDENT GQMPERS DEFEATED
Veteran Labor Leader Suffers Disas
troua Set Back at Hands of Labor
ing Men When They Get Beyond
His Control at Montreal Meet.
(By Unitea Press.)
MONTREAL, June 17 Government
Ownership and operation of railroads
was demanded In a resolution passed
by the annual convention of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor In session
here
Although the resolution did not
mention the Plumb plan for operating
roads, most of the delegates regard
the adoption as an approval of the
plan. The vote on the resolution was
29,059 to 8,349.
The result was a complete defeat
for Samuel Qompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and is
regarded as his only real set back in
years. Ch'eers shook the convention
hall when the vote was announced.
Miners and railroaders combined to
bring about the defeat of Gompers,
who had fought hard to kill the reso
lution, taking the floor to deliver a
fiery speech just before the vote was
taken. He was given no cpplause,
however, when he warned that gov
ernment ownership and operation of
roads would mean that two million
railroad men would be government
employes and consequently would lose
their economic rights. Among the op
' ponentB of the resolution were Secre
tary Morrison and Secretary Green, of
the miners, and many other leaders.
The vote came on the minority report.
Gompers controls the resolution com
mittee. , .;,,-,,'..... ;;':r...
SPECIAL TRAIN TO
FRISCO JUNE 20
FINAL PLANS MADE FOR TRIP OF
DEMOCRATIC QELEGATES,
SAYS HULL.
NASHVILLE, Tenu., June 17.
Abount thirty-flve or forty delegates,
private citliens and their families are
scheduled to go to the democratic con
vention at San Francisco Juue 20, fi
nal arrangements for their transpor
tation having been completed yester
day at the office Of R. C. Wallace, dis
trict passenger agent of the I & N.
railroad, according to Congressman
Cordell Hull, chairman of the slate
democratic committee on arrange
ments, who reached Nashville yester
day. . : Rooms for the Tennessee delega
tion have been reserved at the Grand
Hotel, San Francisco, which will be
Tennessee headquarters, according to
Congressman Hull. The assignment
of delegas to rooms will be mtde
when they get there. . v
The delegation, going in Pullman
cars, will leave Nashville at 8vp. m.
June 20, arriving at St. Loaisat 7:59
a. m., June 21; Colorado Spring at
1:58 a. m., June 22; Salt Lake City,
at 12:20 p. 'nr.' June 24; Ogden, Utah,
at 1:40 p. tn., June 25 and win reach
Ban Francisco at 5:10 p. m. June 2G.
ANOTHER FARM SOLO
THROUGH THOMAS AGENCY
GILES COUNTIAN WILL COME
HERE JAN. 1 TO OPERATE A
BIG DAIRY PLANT.
GRAND JURORS
LOOKING INTO
CITY'S WATER
CITY OFFICERS ARE SUMMONED
TO TESTIFY AS TO ITS CON-TAMINATION.
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
COUNTY INQUISITORS ARE BUSY
Long List of Indictments Expected to
Be the Result of the Work That
Has Been Done Many Offenses
Are Looked Into.'
Contamination of the water supply
of Columbia has been a subject of in
vestigation by the grand jury now in
session. During the week a large
number of witnesses have been sum
moned before the grand jury to testi
fy as to the condition of the water
supply and the duty of the water and
light company.
City officials have ben among the
witnesses that have been examined
by the grand jury touching the condi
tion of the water supply and the re
sponsibility for it. Just how the
grand jury will proceed is not known.
But it Js assumed that an effort will
be made to obtain indictments against
the water and light company for
maintaining a nuisance. Naturally the
members othe grand jury will not
discuss the subject.
; The grand jury has had one of the
busiest and most profitable sessions
that it has held in a long time. There
are several members who have been
determined to probe all alleged offens
eSjmenwho would never consent to
any sort of whitewash and they have
insisted upon acting upon information
presented to the jury. The result, it
is understood, will be shown in a long
list of indictments that will be pre
sented ere the jury adjourns. Next
Tuesday has been tentatively fixed
as the date for the adjournment, but
in the meantime the county institu
tions must be visited.
FORMER LEADER OF
REPUBLICANS HERE
COL. E. L. GREGORY RETURNS TO
COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN' TEN YEARS.
Col. E. L. Gregory, formerly one oi
the most prominent republicans in
Tennessee, ex-postmaster at , Mt.
Pleasant, more than once elector on
the republican presidential ticket, and
now editing a newspaper in Oklahoma
was here today for the first time in
ten years. Col. Gregory is editor of
the Ardmore Statesman, a weekly re
publican paper. He will go to Louis
ville to visit his daughter, Mrs. E.
L. Breaux, before returning home.
Col. Gregory is a trustee of the Uni
versity of the South and has just been
there to attend a meeting.
"I do not think Oklahoma will go
republican tflis time," said Col. Greg
ory, "but we are going to give the
democrats the fight of their lives. I
am living in the banner democratic
county of the state, but the republi
cans are going to make a stiff fight.
Our state was for Loudon, but they
are all getting in line for the ticket
and it Is a strong one."
One of the best farms on Knob creek
tor its acreage, that of Horace, H.
Timmons. was sold yesterday through
the S. O. Thomas agency to AUen
Reasonover, of Giles county. Mr,
Reasonover will not get possession of
the farm until next year but he will
move about January 1 and immedi
ately begin preparations to operate
one of the largest dairies in the coun
ty. He already owns a large herd of
pure bred Jersey cows and he will
add to these. He is also a practical,
general stock farmer and his coming
will be an addition to the ranks of
the progressive farmers of the coun
ty. Mr. Reasonover has a charming
and lnterestlnf family. . .
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UNIVERSITY STUDENT
CHARGEOWITH MURDER
IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL
'.FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTING
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IN FRATERNITY HOUSE.
FARM TRACTOR IN
MAURY HAS COME
TO STAY, BELIEF
MORE THAN 100 THESE POWER
UNITS BEING OPERATED BY
FARMERS OF COUNTY.
DEALERS EXPECT BIG' DEMAND
Believed That Sales Next Year Will
Be Double Those of Present Year.
Mules Being Fast Supplanted by
"Tireless" Horse.
The farm tractor has come to stay.
Not less than 100 tractors of differ
ent makes are now being operated by
the farmers of Maury county In the
breaking and cultivation of their
land.
1 Tractor dealers estimate that each
tractor In operation this year will' be
the means of selling at least two addi
tional ones during next year, and they
estimate that before the end of 1921
there will be between 300 and .r00
farm tractors In use in this county.
Dealers say that the day of doubt
as to the practicability of the tractor
has passed, and that they have been
proven the most economical unit of
farm power the farmer may se
cure. Dealers point Out that the trac
tor when not In use may be stored in
the barn, and does not consume Im
mense quantities of hay and gra'n'as
does the mule. And that the tractor
may be used for hundreds of different
purposes Impossible to the mule. It
is also pointed out that the tractor
may work double shift, twenty-four
hours per day, day in and day out, and
never tire, whereas the mule must
have rest regularly.
The tractor has been of immense
i
benefit to some of the large farm
erS'Of the county this unusually wet
spring, in preparing land for planning.
Some farmers have had their tractors
equipped with electric lights and have
turned sod in twenty-four hour
stretches. '
It is estimated that each .tractor in
use, figuring .conservatively, takes
the place of three mules. At thf se
figures during the past two or three
years, this unit of power has taken
the place of at least 300 mules In the
county, and if figures of dealers n,eet
or
by
the tractor before the end of 1921.
There seems absolutely no doubt
but what the trtctor has come to stay
It has proved a wonderful asset to
the county, and as improvements are
perfected, it will come more and more
and more Into popular favor among
the farmers.
expectations, not less than !i00
1,000 mules will.be supplanted
P. H. HUGHES AND HUNT
BALLANFANT OF TEXAS
VISITING OLD FRIENDS IN MAU
RY COUNTY LEFT HERE 31
YEARS AGO. , .
(By United Press. )
HANOVER, N. II June IT. Robert
Meads, junior at Dartmouth Universi
ty, was arrested yesterday charged
with the murder of Henry K. Meroney,
senior at the university, is being held
without bail. He is charged with mur
der In the first degree. He waived
preliminary hearing and pleaded not
guilty.
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P. H. Hughes, of Prosper, Texas,
and Hunt Ballanfant, of Dallas, Tex
as, are visiting old Jrieuds and rela
tives id Maury county. Mr. Huges
left Maury county in 1889, landing in
Texas on Christmas day. He has
made several trips back to his native
state since adopting the Lone Star
state as bis native heath, but duritfg
all that time he has been a constant
reader of The Herald. He called at
the office this morning and renewed
for another year, and said, "Keep
her coming."
THOMAS C. WEBSTER
EQUALIZERS
MEMBERS HAVE SOME NITEREST
ING EXPERIENCES LISTENING
TO TAXPAYERS.
Thomas C. Webster, of the eighth
district, has been appointed a mem
ber of the county board of equalizers,
vice Horace Armstrong,, resigned.
Mr. Webster is one of the extensive
farmers of the Cross Bridges section
and thoroughly understands property
values. i
Sjome interesting facts develop be
fore the county board in its examina
tion of witnesses. For example occa
sionally a witness appears and frank
ly declares that he paid very much
more for a piece of land than it Is
worth and that it should be assessed
far below, sometimes not over half
what he paid for it There have not
been as many complaints before the
board as one had expected. '
IMMENSE CROWD
AT OPENING OF
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DIMPLE'S PLANT
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER COUN
TY ACCEPT HOSPITALITY OF
PIONEER CREAMERY.
ABUNDANCE OF CREAM. SERVED
Tremendously Increased Demand for
the Products of Concern Will Re
sult From Actual Demonstration of
Superiority of Their Manufacture.
Hundreds of people, men, women
and children, drawn from all parts of
the county, attended the formal open
ing of the Dimple Ice Cream & Cream
ery Company today. From the open
ing hour at 10 o'clock until 2 o'clock
there were steady streams of people
wending their way on foot and in con
veyances to the plant there to partake
of the products ,ef the company and
see how wonderfully well equipped it
was.
Every arrangement had been made
to j make the visitors comfortable and
to show them through the plant. They
were met by a reception committee
composed of the women stockholders,
as follows: Mrs. T. H. Mangrum,
chairman; Mrs. James I. Finney, Mrs.
Walter D. Hastings, Mrs. Lee Foxall,
Mrs. S. Roy Hardison, Miss Mary P.
Ridley, Mrs. I. E. Sowell, Mrs. H. T.
Sellers and Miss Eliza Russell. They
were assisted by the wives of the
stockholders. . j
Evry visitor was served with Just
as niuch ice creani of any flavor that
was asked for. Each was given a sou
venir. There we'e pencils for the
men, fans for the Avomen and pictures
for the children.
From the refreshment booth the
visitors were takn back for an In
spection of the p$int. They saw" a
churning of seven; hundred pounds of
butter taken off. .They saw every de
vice known to science that will min
imize the danger of any lurking germs
and insure absolute purity, sanitation
and cleanliness, UWhe. handling of the
products in operation. Every one was
enthusiastic in praise of the plant.
It appeared to be the very last thing
In such an institution. Nothing has
been left undone to make l,t a perfect
one of its kind. v 11
, That the opening will tremendous
ly:Stimulate the demand for "Diranje"
products cannot be doubted after hear
ing the comment of the visitors when
they saw how wholesome and clean
and tasted of its milk and cream.
Manager J. B. Lovell was delighted.
He beamed upon the hundreds of vis
itors who sounded ' his praises and
those of the equipment. He acqui
esced in the universally expressed
opinion that this pioneer in the cream
ery business of Maury county would
tremendously stimulate the develop
ment of the dairy intrests of Maury
county and through that channel add
to the fertility of the county's farms
and the wealth of its citizens.
In addition to the people from over
the county there was a large number
of visiting retail dealers of the compa
ny's products from the surrounding
towns. They came from Pulaski,
Lawrenceburg, Athens and other plac
es. . For these and. a number of other
visitors a delicious luncheon was serv
ed at 1 o'clock, consisting of all the
products of the concern, barbecued
meats and the necessary accessories.
Incidentaly it should be remarked
that the crowd that attended the open
ing drawn from every part of Maury
county was further evidence of the
compelling power of Herald publicity,
the medium used to advertise the
opening.
FLORIDA
S ON VISIT HOME
J. W. JONES REPORTS MAURY
COUNTY COLONY IN FINE
SHAPE AT WINTER GARDEN.
J. W. Jones, of Killarney, Fla., Is
here for a "brief visit Mr. Jones is
one of the Maury countians who went
to Orange county a few years ago and
has prospered. He owns one of the
finest groves and truck farms in that
section. Killarney is not far from
the Manry county colony at Winter
Garden. Mr. Jones reported the Mau
ry countians doing splendidly.
ROB
REV. J. r.i.
AT PlEASmiUIOUliT
Rev. W? M. RuDinson will fill the
pulpit at the Pleasant Mount church
both Sunday moralng and evening. .
WATER SUPPLY
WILL BE PURE
111 SHORT TIME
FIREMEN CONTINUE WORK OF
PUMPING OUT DEAD ENDS OF
CITY WATER MAINS.
WAGING WAR AGAINST TYPHOID
Expected That Notice Will Come In a
Few Days That City Water Is Again
Fit for Human Consumption Plans
Made for Future.
The work of pumping out water,
believed to be contaminated with ty
phoid fever germs, from the city wa
ter mains continues. ' Each night the
fire department is busy running the
pump on the dead ends of the mains.
Mayor W. O. Cherry said that this was
the only way to get rid of the contam
inated water.
The reservoir and filtration plant
has been thoroughly cleaned, officials
announce, and it should be but a tew
days now until the city water supply
is again pure and wholesome, pro
vided the contamination came from
the filth in the reservoir and filtra
tion plant; and not from the river! In
the event it is found that the typhoid
germ found in the water canie from
the river, other methods must be
found for lelieving the situation, a'nd
in this it is likely that the state de
partment of health will be called upon
to co-operate, but officials are confi
dent that the contamination did not
comefrom the river, but directly ""from
the filth found in the reservoir.
Users of city water are highly in
dignant that the water supply of Co
lumbia should have been allowed to
get into the condition found by Dr.
Olin West in his analysis, which
showed a serious contamination of
typhoid germs. Users of city water
are demanding that some steps be
taken immediately by the board of
mayor and aldermen to prevent the
recurrence of such conditions, and it
is not unlikely that at the next meet
ing of the council a committee will ap
pear to assist by suggesting some
remedy.
It has been suggested tha't the city
order the reservoir cleaned at cer
tain stated Intervals eachyear under
the personal supervision of the health
officer, who shall be held accountable
for the condition of the water. More
drastic measures have also been sug
gested. Mayor Cherry stated that although
he could see no reason for the delay
on the part of the water and light
company, which had jeopardized the
lives of hundreds of Columbians, that
the condition had been remedied, and
that he believed that such negligence
in the future would draw the heav
iest penalty. . ,
CITY TAX EQUALIZERS
WILL MEET TUESDAY
SESSION OF SEVERAL DAYS WILL
BE REQUIRED TO WORK OUT
DIFFERENCES.
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The' city board of equalization will
meet Tuesday at the city hall for the
purpose of hearing complaints on tax
assessments. The board has not de
termined just how long It will be in
session, however, it is expected that
several days will be required in work
ing out the differences between prop
erty owners and the assessments.
The city will be taken up by wards
In the order in which they come.
The city board of equalization is
composed of Mrs. Margaret C. Brown,
chairman, J. R. Buchanan and W. A.
Quarterman.
HARDING TRIES SHOO
MOOSERS INTO FOLD
EFFORT BEING MADE TO UNITE
CONSERVATIVES AND FOR
' MER BULL MOOSERS.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 17. A move
ment to unite solidly behind the presi
dential Candidacy of Warren O. Har
ding, ex-Bull Moosers as well as the
more conservative republicans, is un
der way.
The decision to start such a move
ment was apparently Hardin's own,
and his first important move of the
campaign. Walter P. Brown, of Tole
do, an active Mooter of 1912, has been
assigned the task of winning the sup
port of the progressives.
DEMOCRATS TO SELECT
INEE WITHOUT AID
OF PRESIDENT WILS0F
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UNCLESAMWAtlTS
MAN WHO ROBBED
BANK III MAURY
MISSOURI SHORTY WILL NOT BE
BROUGHT TO COLUMBIA FOR
TRIAL' IMMEDIATELY.
IS WANTED BY GOVERNMENT
Will Be Taken to Oxford, North Caro-
Una to Stand Trial for Robbery of
Post Office at That Place, Bank Of
ficials Advised.
Walter Murray, otherwise known
as "Missouri Shorty," wanted In Mau
ry county for the robbery of the Farm
ers & Merchants Bank at Mt. Pleas
ant, has been lost to the county, at
least for the time being, a prior clainT
having been established by United
States authorities, who will take
"Shorty" to Oxford, N. C, to stand
trial there for the robbery of the Unit
ed States postoffice at that place. In
the event "Shorty" is convicted in
federal court for the robljory of the
postoffice, which he is alleged to have
committed, it . will lie necessary for
him to serve his sentence in the fed
eral prison befofe he will be surren
dered to Maury county officials. If
no conviction is secured he will then
be surrendered to this county, or pos
sibly some other county which has es
tablished a. prior claim "on his ser
vices." . .
Officials of the looted bank in the
Phosphate City say they are confident
that "Shorty" is the man they
are- looking for, and that all papers
necessary in .bringing tym back to the
scene of the crime will be prepared in
due time. t
Officers here have been informed
that when "Missouri Shorty" was ar
rested in New York he ha.d on his
person some $12,000 worth of war
savings stamps registered at the Mt.
Pleasant postoffice, and this with oth
er evidence that has been secured
will be used by the prosecution when
the alleged yeggman is returned to
this county for trial.
C. A. Brownlow, president of the
Farmers & Merchants Bank, has been
exerting every energy to have "Shor
ty" returned to this county for trial,
but the claim of the government
stood in the way.
SHERIFF TO ENFORCE
COUNTY WHEEL TAX LAW
OFFICERS BUSY EXAMINING ALL
VEHICLES TODAY TO SEE IF
TAGS ARE IN PLACE.
Sheriff O. K. llouser and his de
puties today were as busy as a flock
of switdi engines on a crowded spur
track securing the names of those
who have not paid their county wheel
tax j.liis year. Officers are examining
each vehicle to see that the familiar
little 1920 Road Tax tag is properly
attached. The work of the officers is
being done at the direction of Ator-ney-General
Looney B. White, who
a few days ago called the officers be
fore him and directed that they Be
that this law is vigorously enforced.
Scores of owners of vehicles in this
county have not yet paid their wheel
tax, and when it is found that 'pay
ment has been 'disregarded, evidence
will be presented to the grand jury
with the request that a true bill be re
turned against theoffender. '
JURY INVES
LYNCH
(GATES
N6 AT DULUTH
TWO COMPANIES OF STATE MILI
TIA RUSHED TO SCENE TO
, PREVENT RACE RIOTS.
(By United Press.)
DULUTH, June IT A special grand
jury to investigate the lynching of
three negroes by a mob of 5,000 Tues
day night, has convened. The no
groes are believed to have assaulted
a white girl. Two companies of
guards have been rushed here to pre
vent possible race difficulties. All is
quiet today.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAS EXPRESS.
ED NO PREFERECE FOR NOM-
INATION HONORS.
POLITICAL OBSERVERS .. BUSY
Eelieved That Wilson Will Not Make
Public His Choice of Men, But Will
Walt Until Critical Moment and
Swing His Strength to Favorite.,
(By United Press.)
AUSTIN, Texas, June 17. Troops '
on strike duty along the Galveston wa
tr front will remain therb' until the'
safety of all non-union workers and
until continued commerce through the'
port can be guaranteed,"Gov. Hobby
declared today. . a
'He said that 'he should' be the sole
judge " of the situaion and that he
would be undeterred by any influence
that might bo brought to bear.
FREE BAND CONCERT
NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT FOUR
O'CLOCK PUBLIC CORDIALLY
INVITED TO ATTEND. .
There will be a free band concert
Sunday afternoon ait four o'clock at
the east door of the court house by
the Columbia Brass Band. The people
of Columbia and Maury county are
cordially invited to attend this con
cert. '
HIGH COST OF
. HIT BY J
LIVING . -
BOTWIWK
NINTH STREET CASH GROCERY
8TORE GOES AFTER HIGH
PRICE OF PROVISIONS.
J. Botwinik, proprietor of the Ninth
Street Cash Grocery Store, located on
what is known as "Chaftln Hill," on
East ninth, has issued a cash 'price
list on staple groceries that is a solar
plexus blow to the H. C. li.
WOMAN SEEKS MOVE
BODY OF HUSBAND
(By United Press.) ,
WILMINGTON", Del., June JlV-The.
efforts, of Mrs. William F. Acateer, of
Chicago, to obtain by a writ of replev
in the body of her dead husband,
which was buried hero contrary to her
wishes have proven fruitless, the. at
torney general having ruled that bur
ied bodies are not subject to remov
al by the writof replevin.
AMERICAN WINS
OVER BRITISHER
(By United Press.) '
LONDON, June 17. William Mi
Johnson, of San Francisco, national
champion of the United States, de
feated M. J. G. Ritchie, British tennis
expert in the fifth round straight sets
here today.
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(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 17. Belief
prevailed among democrats here to
day that the San Francisco conven
tion will begin and end without dell. '
hite indication as to who President
Wilson's choice is for presidential '
nominee. Most men make no pretense
of knowing who the President has in
mind. 1 ' '
It is admitted that the President is
displaying good political strategy, and
many political observers say that' .'
there are perhaps many presidential
possibilities acceptable to Wilson and
for him to accept any one of them
now would bo sure to .set in action
the anti-administration forces, there
fore it is believed that the President'
will wait until thtoritical moment has
arrived and then swing his followers
to the strongest acceptable man.' . ,
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TEXAS GOVERNOR , :j
SHOWS HIS SPUNK
DETERMINED THAT GALVESTON
SHALL BE MADE SAFE FOR f
NON-UNION WORKERS.
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