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VOL. LXXII NO. 34
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, AUGUST so, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
PLUCKY POLES PRESSING
HORDES OF BOLSHEid
BACK FR0W1 THE CAPITAL
GOST OF RIGHTS
OF AY JACKSON
HIGHWAY SMALL
News Of Ratification
India
nai
ilia
Received
IF CAN HOLD ADVANTAGE FOR
THRtE DAYS LONGER BARBAR-.
IAN3 WILL BE CRUSHED.
ENEMY IS BADLY BEATEN
However Gen. PllsudEkl Has Used All
of His Reserves In the Desperate
Counter Offenclve Made to Save
Beleaguered Warsaw.
,-. . ' (By United Press.)
f LONDON, Aug. 19. Poles ore re
ported as desperately pushing their
newly won advantage over the Rus
Biana in a race against time, There
have been continued Polish. successes
along nearly the entire 500 mile but
tle front. The fact, has , apparently
been estahHshed that Gens".' PilsudykH
and Welygand! have employed practl
eally all off helr reserves wlillo on
tl;e other , hand the reserves of " the
Bolshevikl are practically untouched.
Military experts believe that the
Polish victory ;iu3t become even
more pront-nced within the. next few
days or conditions will be reversed
and the reds will again assume the
offensive.
(By United Proas.)
PARIS Aug. 19 The Russians
aimy will be completely defeated if
the Poles can maintain their counter
offensive three days more according
to official advices received by the
French foreign office from Warsaw.
The military situation is described as
continuing favorable and declared the
right wing of the TBolsheviki army
north of Warsaw to bs In danger of
being completely crushed.
I-
Ifi All Parts Of State
FROM INDICATIONS AT THIS TIME
ESTIMATE OF-$r,0,000 IS GROSS
EXAGGERATION.
LITTLE LITIGATION PROBABLE
Only Four or Five Suits at the Moot
Expected to Follow the Opening of
Magnificent Highway Benefits of
the Road.
DR. W. 6. CAPERS AT
ST. PETERS CHURCH
PECTOR ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
JACKSON, MISS., WILL PREACH
AT ELEVEN
Dr. W, B. Capers, rector of St. Au
di ews Episcopal Church, Jackskon
Miss., will preach at St. Peters Epis
copal Church , Sunday morning 'at
eleven o'clock.
Dr. Capers was formerly rector of
St. Peters Church and was for several
years president of the Columbia In
stitute of this city and has hundreds
and hundreds of friends in Columbia
and Maury, county who will be g ad
ot the opportunity hear nim agin.
MRS. BROWNIE FR
BACK FROM ME'
EL
ROPOUS
DECLARES THAT THE GIRLS AID
VOMEN ARE WEARING THElf.
SKIRTS STILL SHORTER.
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V i -. V
Mrs.- Bnownia' Frlel ; has . rettir d,
from a business" trip" to New York
City in the interest of Anderson Bros.
& ostef . Mrs. "Friel "attended all of
the. fashion shows while in the great
fashion pace setting center of the
Grand Old U. S. A. and states to her
friends that the skirts will be even
shorter this fall and winter than ever
before.
Mrs. Friel Is much pleased with the
purchases made for her employes and
says that she wjll have everything
that her customers my desire in the
way of ready-made and materials with
which to make their fall and, winter
frocks.
It is evident that, there has been
?roNs exaggeration in the talk about
damage suits' aud claims for rights
of way '.rowing out of the construc
tion of the state and fed'eral highway
l" Spring Hill. An investigation' of
the situation shows that there Is no
ground for alarm and no reason to be
lieve that the county will be "over
whelmed" with damage suits to the
extent of $30,000 as charged in the
county court by the opponents of the
highways of the county.
County Attorney Hugh Todd Shel
ton is devoting a good deal of his
timo to a settlement of these claims
and is generally successful. - He has
already settled 'several without any
agreement to pay any money and he
expressed the hope this morning that
at the outside there would not be'
more than four suits against the coun
ty. Some of these will inyolve only
the cost of new fencing for the rights
of way, which is an inconsiderable
item. , ,
Several claimants will, it is confi
dently claimed, never press Jhe'r
claims after the road Is completed.
They will find that the advantage
from the road so far offset any claims
for damages that they wiil be more
than satisfied. Several have agreed
to grant the rights of way and to leave
the question of any settlement open
until after the "highway shall have
been finished.
From best information obtainable
only a few' suits for condemnation
will have to be filed. One member of
the county court was so reckless that
he wanted to appropriate 50,000 to
pay the damages for iigh'ts of way
for the next quarter. There will have
to be a decided change in the situa
tion before anything like .that sum
will be, necessary;
ANNUAL MEETING
OF S. S. CONVENTION
WILL. BE HELD AT THE BIGBY-
VILLE METHODIST CHUURCH
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
Sifnday schools of Maury county
will hold their annual convention at
the Bigbyville Methodist church on
Wednesday, September 8, according to
announcement made at Hopewell on
Wednesday. Delegates are, expected
from churches all over the county.
The state Sunday school secretary
and a number of other well known
speakers will be present. A big bas
ket dinner, such as the people of that
community usually serve on similar
occasions, will be one of the attrac
CAKE MADE TO REPRESENT BIBLE FOR
ANNIVERSARY OF HOPEWELL CHURCH
Probably as fine work of culinary
art as has ever been done by a wo
man of Maury county was the cake
made and displayed at the centenary
of Hopewell church on Wednesday by
Mrs. Thurston INeeley, of the Higby
ville section. The cake was one of
the largest ever made in the county,
but its proportions were exact and it
faithfully represented the Bible.
The " Bible" was laid on a bed of
of perfect violets", which in shape pro
portions and colorings were-an exact
n production of the modest little flow
er that Is always a harbinger of
spring. They were . fashioned in
"icing." The Bible itself in 'its size,
the accepted, standard of proportions
for the book of books being closely
followed, its reproduction of the lines
c.f that familiar book and its Ifctterinq
were all so artistically done as to
brong forth volleys of praise from the
admiring throng that viewed it.
The Bible made especially to com
numorate the 100th anniversary of
Mrs'. Nceley's church, had this letter
ing, beautifully done, "Holy Bible.
1P20-19LU." The dates indicated the
years spanned by historic, Hopewell
church. y
Sixty-five eggswere used in the
'making of this cake and the other In
gredients were in like proportions.
The hundreds who attended the oxer
cites at the church viewed with many
exclamations of wonder and approval
this evidence of Mrs. Xeeley's unus
ual gift. She was literally showered
with congratulation's. A photograph
of the coke wis made.
Mrs. Neeley was a domestic science
rif'I of Mr. P- I fry, of Columbia.
Special to The Herald. ,
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19. Mes
sages from all parts - of Tennessee
show that news of the ratification of
(lie woman's suffrage amendu)enj.,by
the house In violation of the r'ftistllu
tion of. the state was received with
Indignation and amazement, the peo
ple of the state were ' apparently
dumbfounded. ""They ITad not believed
that it was possible, for the members
BRIDGE WILL NOT
BE CLOSED; HALF
TO REMAIN OPEN
ARRANGEMENT MADE WHEREBY
TRAFFIC TO AND FROM RIVER
SIDE WILL BE CARED FOR.
EFFORTS OF COUNTY' ATTORNEY
Contractors A'gree That But One Side
of the Structure Will Be Worked on
at a Time and Tomato Crop Will
Therefore Be Saved.
As a result of the activity of Coun
ty Attorney Huh Todd Shelton and
oilier officials of the city and county
the announcement that the bridge
pvej- Duck river would "be closed to
traffic has been withdrawn' and the
bridge will remain open during the
period in. which the repairs wijl be
made, it is sfated today.
The Gould Consrruct'ion Company,
which has the contract for the repairs
oil the bridge, agreed that the original
plans would be changed and that. the
bridge would bo so repaired that traf
fic 'would be continuous. Only one
sldo -of the bridge will be closed at a
time and the repairs, made. After
one side has been completed the other
side will be repaired, The bridge is
not to be raised but new ail's and
floors will be placed under it.
The announcement made through
The Herald that the bridge would be
closed to. traffic brought consternation
not only to the people of Riverside,
but to those of the city. The business
interests of .the suburb and the city
are so closely interwoven that one
can hardly live without communica
tion with the other. A large portion
cf the meat that is daily eaten in Co
lumbia is prepared for market in the
slaughter, houses of Riverside. In
audition there are large acreages of
tomatoes over the river that could not
be hauled to the canning factory and
marketed and would be a total loss,
as they must lie marketed whe nripe.
The closing of the bridge would
have stopped all of the school chil
dren in that section from school. It
would have made it impossible for the
great majority of the people' to at
tend church or Sunday school. As
soon as County Attorney Shelton and
other officials heard of the Intention
to closo the bridge they got active
and after conference with road offi
cials it was agreed by the. lat
ter that nly half of the bridge would
be closed at a time.
In agreeing to keep open one side
of the bridge the construction compa
ny .announced that it would post a
sign that the bridge was closed, but
that travel could go over it at the risk
cf the traveller. This will be done to
protect the bridge contractors, al
though there will be really little risk
trj those nsing the bridge.
REPORT
REDS ARE
QUITTING
VILLNA
'By United Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 19. Bolshevikl are
evacuating Villna, removing; headquar
ters to Brodno, official advices state.
of the legislature ' to so far forget
their oaths of, ofhe an to perpetrate
this outragp upon the state.
From Lincoln county conies the re
port that democrat? are openly threat
ening dire revenge on Gov. Roberts
and Gov. Cox for the part that they
had in bringing about ratification.
Similar outeroppings are heard in oth
er quarters ofthe jMale. No where is
it indicated that even the women of
the state wanted the ballot, in fact,
SUFFRAGE VOTE
AT NASHVILLE
CAUSES GLOOM
MERE MEN WHO INQUIRED 'FOR
THE NEWS GENERALLY EX
PRESSED dis4ppointment.
WOMEN ARE VRY INDIFERENT
i 1
Miss Caroln Williams, one of the
Leaders In the Movement In This
Section, Expresses Intense Gratifi
cation at the Result.
So far as one coijld judge-by the ex
piessioii3 heard frojn "mere men" who
inquired at The Herald office Wednes
day for the news from Nashville the
ratification of tha federal , suffrage
amendment did njt bring . any great
joy to the people hereabouts. General
regret was expressed, although every
one agreed J.hat, suffrage was inevita
ble. They based their opposition to
the action of the legislature on the en--dorsemont
of the German plan of mak
ing a "scrap of paper" of the state
constitution. Representatives Hays
aud Russell and Sonator Clarko were
highly commended for their firm -stand
on tho constitution and their oaths.
The women an a general rule took1
little or no interest in the issue. This
was especially true of women in tne
country. Not a single inquiry, so far
as could, be ascertained, has come to
The Herald office from a woman out
sit of Columbia for the news about
the fight at Nashville since it, com
menced. Scores of women interview
ed on tho subject at country gather
ings in the county lately by represen
tatives of The Herald either express
ed indifference- or frankly stated that
they did not Want the ballot. It is
safe to say that a majority of the men
of the county are against it, although
there are a great many more men for
suffrage than there are women. It is
a frequent thing to hear a man state
that he is for suffrage but that his
wife is against it.
Miss Carolyn Williams, one of tho
original advocates of equal suffrage
In Columbia and an officer of the state
organization, expressed intense grati
fication over the result when inform
ed of the action of the house on Wed
nesday. Miss AVilliams has been one
of the most ardent supporters of
equal suffrage for a long time and the
news from Nashville,' she felt. was
the happy culmination of the long
struggle.
Now will the women vote? That is
the subject of most of the discussion.
Not unless tremendous pressure is
brought to bear upon them, Is the usu
al answer. For no one can deny that
this great privilege of the ballot has
been literally forced upon the women
of Maury county.
BUILDING UP FINE
HERO JERSEY COWS
J. BENSON REDDING FIRM BE
LIEVER IN DAIRY INDUSTRY
FOR. MAURY COUNTY.
many of the advocates of the amend
meht admit that the women of Ten
nessee do not want the ballot and that
it has been thrust upon them with
out their consent.
Little hope is expressed that a re
consideration will be had in the hou:;e
Tho opponents of suffrage are appar
ently bidlnz their tim whon at flip
pells revenge will be abundantly
wreaked upou those who defied the
constitution of the state.
HOPEWELL CHURCH
OBSERVES 100TII
YEAR OF BIRTH
GREAT CROWD TO DO HONOR TO
NOTED ORGANIZATION OF
COUNTY.
BIG BASKET DINNER SPREAD
Interesting History of The . Church
Given by Squire Matthews and Ap
propriate Address are, made by
Number of Well Known Speakers.
With appropriate exercises and in
the presence of hundreds of people,
gathered from all over the county,
the centennial of the organization
of Hopewell Associated. Reform
Piesbyterlan church was dully cele
brated at .that historic church on
Wednesday. It was an inspiring oc
casion and one filled with hallowed
memories for scores of the older men
and women who had been baptized
and raised in this church. Many who
has moved away from the community
and even from the state, some of
them joining other demoninations,
were present to pay their tribute of
respect to the old mother church
that had first guided their footsteps
in the path "by ancient worthies
trod,"
This church founded in 1820 by the
hardy poineers who helped to fill the
forest and settle that section of the
county, has had a splendid career. It
lias contributed notably to the fine
citizenship that has' made the com
munity " noted everywhere for its
sterling qualities and its intense pa
trotism. Many of the present mem
bers of the descendents of the families
that first gathered in a rude log house
to found the church. '
The big auditorium of the church
was filled to its capacity and there
were many present who 41d not at
tempt to get into the building, when,
the services were opened with, a splen
did address of welcome by the pas
tor, Rev. W. T. Simpson, who acted
aa the master of ceremonies.
A ' very interesting and carefully
complied paper giving the organlze
tion and history of the church was
read by Squire Albert R. Matthews,
clerk of session. In the 100 years of
history of the church there have been
nine regular pastors, Rev. J. H. Peo
ples serving longest, for a period of
twenty two years.
The principal address of the morn
ing services wa3 made by Rev. John
U. Edwards, of , Fayetteville, who
spoke on "What the Associated Re
form Presbyterian church stands for",
While a doctrinal address It was at
the same time a plea for Christian
fellowship and for an, adherence to
the fundamentals of the Christian
" (Continued on Fifth Page.)
J. Benson Redding, of Culleoka, is
building a real herd of registered Jer
seys Mr. Redding recently topped
the Fariss-Ballanfant sale when he
purchased the great young bull Pogis
y.t of Hood Farm 50th at $750. Mr.
Redding has a large herd of Jerseys
and It Is his plan to have them all reg
istered, within a short time. To that
end he Is in tii pirtrket for a fw roy
ally bred, high rlar.s individual cows
to add to his herd. Mr. Redding is an
er tfinsiastie adveffcatp of the dairy in
dustry. He has nade monoy in it
pud he biipves that it is the most
profitabld line that the farmers of, this
section can follow. . He is, building up
his farm all the time and is also re
ceiving a regular income.
COX GONTIIiES ATTACK
UPOfJ SENATE OLIGARCHY
FOR DEFEAT OF TREATY
WATSON SPENDS
NIGHT, IN JAIL
RESULT SPREE
FORMER POPULIST AND GERMAN
SYMPATHIZER IS ARRESTED
' FOR INDECENCY. '
APPEARS SANS ANY- CLOTHES
Admits That He'Took Two prjnks oj
Liquor Candidate for Democratic
Nomination for Senate Creates Dis
turbance in Georgia,
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE, HE
YELPS, FOR CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT WORLD.
DEFEATED REDUCTION OF TAXES
Beak
10 FAVOR
OF G O P
(Ry United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19 Sen
ator Hiram Johnson will start on a
stumping tour of the Kast and Middle
West in behalf of Gov. Harding, it
was announced today at Republican
western headquarters. He will begin
f-bout October .
(By United Prbss.)
BUFORD, Ga Aug. 19 Thomas E.
Watson,' ex-candldate for President on
the populist, ticket, and now candidate
for the United States senate, in a for
mal statement admitted to taking two
diinks prior to his arrest last night
on charges ot "public indecency." He
was released after spending the night
In "jail on a $ 500 bond.
His companion, E. S. Miller, was
released on a $1,000 bond, and was
charged with having -in his possession
deadly weapons. They made public
apologies to Miss Kallie Wiley, pro
prietor of a hotel, before whom they4
appeared undressed and used profane
nnguage, according. to charges. They
claimed to have taken liquor upon ad
vices of physicians.
NEW ELECTION LAWS
MAYJE NECESSARY
OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO STATUS
OF WOMEN UNDER PRES
ENT LAWS.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Aug.. 19.
Gov. Thos. 'E. Kilby, of Alabama, is
expected to decide during the next
few days whether he will call a spec
ial session of the legislature to enact
election laws which will lnit suffrage
to men and women who come- under
the educational and property require
ments of the state constitution.
Constitutional lawyers differ in their
opinion of the present laws. Many
3ay the same laws now applying to
men would applyo women under tho
nineteenth amendment, adopted by
the Tennessee legislature today, while
others maintain that the bars would
be' lowered to all females in tho state.
Gov. Kilby has been out of the state
several days but is expected to return
to Montgomery tomorrow night. He
will ask the legal department for an
opinion regarding the present election
laws.
And Thereby Contributed to the Cost
of Living and Unsettled Conditions
Generally, Cays 'the Deniocratio
Nominee for President.-
t , - t 1 '. . ,'.
(By Untted Press.)
; SOUTH BES'D, Ind., Aug. 19. the
republican oligarchy In the senate la
uircctly responsible for the unsettlod
conditions throughout the cohntry,
democratic candidate for president,
charged in the first stump speech of
"tlio campaign in Indiana here today. '
He wan speaking to an Immense
crowd on the public square when' he
directed heavy fife at-the "reactiona
ry" republicans asserting that they
prevented a reduction in the cost of
living by blocking tax reddctions in
hepe of placing blame on the demo
trats. He said normal pondi-,.
tious will return with the ratification
of the peace pact. "If the league cov
nant had been ratified months kgo
exchange would now be stabilized," .
said the candidate.
. P. D. BIDDLE IS
ABLE TO l OUT
Dr. P. D. Diddle is able to be out
anil back at his office after several
days' Illness. Dr. Biddle thinks that
hia treatment and rest from labors
have, greatly benefitted him. His
many friends wore glad to see him on
the street today. .
WILL DEMONSTRATE. .
. TERRACING PROBLEMS
PRPF. H. B. BLISS, EXPERT IN EN
GINEERING, SPENDING THREE
DAYS IN THE COUNTY.
Prof. IT. B. Bliss, engineering spec
ialist of the division of extension, Uni
versity of Tennessee, is here today
from Knoxvillo to give practical les
sens in terracing, ditching and drain
tage. Prof. Bliss is today out in the
Murphy settlement on the Culleoka
pike. Tomorrow he will be down in
the tenth district and otv Saturday he
will give an all day's demonstration
al James Ridley's place on the Mt.
Pleasant piko. The terrible rains pf
this year, which have done immense
damage in, washing lands in the coun
ty, make the. terracing problem one of
unusual interest to tho farmers of this
section. .
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Difference With
French Officials
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 19. Differences be
tween France and Great Britain aris
ing out of the recognition by P'rance
of the government of General Wran
gle in Southorn Russia, have been'en
tirely composed and settled, according
to announcement by jthe French for
eign office. Gen. Wrangled . armies
have successfully attacked the Bolshe
vik! armies in Crhnea and, set up a
government. . ,
It was ' said that a formal note
would shortly be issued. British Am
bassador Derby, who has been con
ducting the negotiations between the
two governments in Paris, Jias been
granted a leave tn. vacation by his
govern me n,t. . , ,
-BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE AS MARK
RESPECT TO MEMORIES SOLDIERS
As a tribute ot respect to the mem
ories of Lieut. Clarence Fry, Basil D.
Blocker and Wibon Holman, Maury
county soldiers who died overseas jn
the service of their country and who
were this afternoon buried in beauti
ful Rose Hill cemetery, the stores
andt business houses of Columbia
were closed from 12 o'clock noon to
day to the end of the businpss day.
The bodies of these three volun
teers arrived yesterday afternoon 'at
5:30 o'clock. They were me;t bj th
pail bearers in uniform and many
members of the American Legion.
The body of Lieut. Fry was taken to
the residence of his father, Judge Jho.
W.'Fry: that of Ba-il D. Blocker to
the residence of his parents on the
Williamsport pike and that of Mr.
Holman to the parlors of the Maury
Undertaking Company.
The funeral services were held tbla
afternoon at Iloae Hill Cemetery be
ginning at 1 o'clock when the'body of
Mr. Holman was interred. At 2:30
o'clock the services for Mr. Blocker
were held and at f o'clock those lor
Lieut. Fry took .place.: Taps were
blown by buglers, in uniform.
The services were conducted by El
ders J. Paul Slayden, of Columbia,
and J. J.. Walker, of Nashville. '
There were large crowds of friends
of the gallant young meji in attend
ance at the funerals. " ,