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THE COLUMBIA HERALD FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920
Wankceaii. 111.. Dailv Sun. lulv 15. The performances of Soarks Circu
were witnessed by large crowds, in fact the huge tent, was filled to capacity. Tht
circus, without any doubt whatsoever was one of the best ever in Waukcgan and
the pleasing feature wus that it was absolutely clean.' , . , ' ' ".
l''& fl MAMMOTH IN571TUTIOU 2f gMfyffit&M
tff-Akz - MERIT AND ORIGINAL! fY- ifevVf?
IWP'f' fl COMPRESSIVE ENSEMBLE.
WK fnP: 1 fiTHE WORLD'S 5JESI PEMOIMERS W mpfrit
fAfM ff"$ W AND THE FINEST TRAIN lO ANIMAL5- feV5VS '
Wm1'XW A MULTITUDE ox STRANGE AND 'fc&tiMi--Wi
ZlHf CUBIOUS FEATURES FROM AKL K&ViWl
iWJPWf' ENDS J THE EAHTK" ' MflV;
At VIKA?rW flN EXHIBITION THAT JftAWM-
COLUMBIA
WED. AUG.
i
Admission 1 Including
War Tax
Adults 75c
Children 40c
iri lii..',. i i! i ' ' . i 1 V.i
HOUSE MEMBERS ;
FROM MAURY TO.
VOTE NEGATIVE
UNDERSTOOD THAT HAYS AND
RUSSELL ARE AGAINST RATI
FICATION RESOLUTION.
STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION
Senator Clarke Expresses Hope That
the' House , Will Not Yield to the
Tremendous pressure to Put Over
the; Amendment. . ,
DuckvRi&ev Bridge
Closed to Traffic
For Thirty
Days
Travellers from the North side of
the country are going to experience a
good deal of difficulty in getting to
Columbia for the next thirty days?
The people in Riverside virtually a
part of Columbia except for taxpaying
purposes, 'will be seriously inconven
ienced 'as the bridge over Duck river
at the foot' of North Main street will
be closed on Thursday to traffic and
will not be reopened for a month at
the very earliest. ' '''
Major William 0. Cherry was noti
fied this morning by the Gould Con
struction Company, contractors for re
pairing the bridge, that on Thursday
they would close the bridge to do the
repairs required under the contract
with, the state highway commission.
Mayor Cherry stated that the bridge
would be closed thirty days with fav
orable weather, longer if the weather
was bad.
Unless .thai citizens of Riverside
come over in boats, or build a pont
ton bridge they will have to go
around by Godwin in order to reach
Columbia. It Is hoped that the brldg6
wil ' be 'finished at least shortly after
Bchool begins. .
HOUSE ENDORSES SENATE
RESOLUTION RATIFYING
FEDERAL AMENDMENT
VOTE WAS FIFTY TO FORTY-SIX.
SPEAKER' WALKER CHANG
' ED VOTE.
RIGHT OF RECONSIDERATION
Making the Final , Vote Fifty to Forty-Six
Antis Lose by Taking Fatal
Recess on Tuesday Had a .Majority-'
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NASHVILLE, Te n'n!, Aug. 19-fhe
nineteenth amendment to he federal
constitution Rrovjding for equal .suf
frage of women became effective rto-,
day when the Tennessee legislature
passed the senate resolution ratifying
the federal amendment.
Tennessee furnished the thirty-sixth
and final state needed to make three
fourths majority of states required.
The house approved the resolution
after ' a' spirited debate and adopted
the resolution adopted in the senate
a week ago.
Women will now be able to vote in
the November election unless the
amendment Is blocked In court or re
consideration changes result. When
the motion to table the resolution
failed on a tie vote the house went
into an uproar because of the deci
sion being In doubt. The second roll
cp 1 1 was also a tie, then Speaker Walk
er announced that the Vote would be
taken on the original resolution, pro
viding for ratification and the vote of
AO to.47 was announced and Speaker
Walker was . Immediately upon his
feet and in the midst of confusion
Walker changed his vote into the suf
frage list and asked for a reconsidera
tion. Suffrage leaders say a reconsidera
tion "be impossible." The antis say
that a legal attack will be made by
the Tennssee Constitutional League,
a body of lawyers.
eration. This made the final vote 50
tJ 46. ' x ,
When thse houe was called to order
by Speaker Walker a motion was
made to table the senate resolution
but the motion lost by a lack of con
stltutionaj majority, the vote being1
4S to 48,
The resolution was then called
with the result (hat the amendment
carried. The motion of Speaker Wal
ker to reconsider w ill be taken up
later as the question has the right to
'bd called up within two days after the
motion Is made.
GE0R6
SHELTQN
EE.
HERE FOR VISIT
AFTER AN ABSENCE OF FIFTEEN
YEARS WAS FORMERLY IN
BUSINESS IN COLUMBIA.
George E. Shelton, of Providence,
Rhode Island, is hero on a visit to
his brother, John W. Shelton. , Mr.
Shelton was formerly in business in
Columbia and this is his first visit
litre for fifteen years.
Mr. Shelton .says that suffrage in
Rhode Island is all that Is talked
about by both men and women and he
says that there are more women reg
istered than men. He also states that
the majority of the women of Rhode
Island are again prohibition. '
(By United Tresa.)
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Aug. IS. The
liour.p of representatives voted to
adopt th" wnate 'resolution here to
day ratifying the federal suffrage
amendment by a vote of 41) to 47.
Speaker Walket immediately chang
ed his vote to be favorable' and chang
ing his vote Speaker Walker also
gained the ripht to ask for a reconsid-
STRAWBERRY ASSOCIATION
TO SEEK NEW MEMBERS.
CLARKSVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 16.
An extensive membership rampaign Is
planned by the newly organized Mont
gomery county strawberry associa
tion. It is also planned to amend the
r-y-laws to allow the growers tof other
f'uits and vegetables under the co
operative plan.
Travelers in Eastern Siberia carry
thir soups in sacks. The soups are
frozen solid as stone, and keep for an
indefinite time.
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Unless there is some overwhelming
evidence that will lead them to
change their minds it is practically
certain that Representatives William
J. Russell and Sam A. Hays, of Maury
county, will join Senator Clarence Y.
Clarke In opposition to the ratifica
tion of the woman's suffrage amend
ment. , Like Senator Clarke they take
the position that under their oaths of
ttllegiance fo the constitution of the
state they, cannot vote for ratification.
Messrs. Russell and Hays spent the
week-end at their homes and it was
learned that both are of the opinion
that under the constitution of this
slate they have very grave doubt of
their right to vote for ratification of
a federal amendment. Senator Clarke
sated at ML Pleasant Sunday that he
L was hopeful that the ratification reso
lution would, be beaten iu.ithe house.
"But," , said ; Senator i, Clarke,' "the
pressure that .is being brought to bear
on the members to vote for ratifica
tion is tremendous. Of course we
know that the great majority of the
people back at home either want us
to stand by the constitution or they
ere wholly indifferent to the question.
But at Nashville the influence of the
state and federal governments, of the
democratic and republican parties and
ot the leaders of the suffrage fight is
tremendous. We did not hope to win
in the senate, but I am hopeful of the
house. One cannot tell until the vote
is taken, but unquestionably a major
ity of the house regard the inhibition
of their state organic law as binding."
Senator Clarge did not expect a
vote in the house -on ratification until
tomorrow.
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ERNEST GIOOENS HERE
- FROM MONTGOMERY
ACCOMPAnIVd fHMIIyTO &HIC.A
u GO BUT COULDN'T PASS ON '
"si , ! uisfttrouGH'-DiMPLe.;-f m?i
Ernest Giddens, of Montgomery,
Ala., but a product of the Dimple; is
in Columbia for a few days, having
stopped off on his return trip from
Chicago, where ho had accompanied
Mrs. Giddens and baby on a trip to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
P. McGaw.
Ernest is a product of Maury court
ty and it was impossible for him to
pass through the Dimple without get
ting off the train for. a few days in or
der to get some of the wholesome
and life giving air and shake hands
v.ith his old friends.
Mr. Giddens holds a very responsi
ble position with the Moorman hog
food company with headquarters in
Montgomery, Ala., but he admitted
this morning, that there was no place
like "home."
LARGER ACREAGE
OF WHEAT HERE
IS INDICATED
MUCH OF THE CLOVER LAND
WILL BE SOWN TO THAT GRAIN
' IN COUNTY THIS FALL.
FITS IN THE CROP ROTATION
Not Profitable as a Rule, But Better
- Suited for General Scheme pf Farm
ing Than Any Other Small . Grain,
Farmers State.
From present indications and from
reports that have been received in va
rious sources it is practically certain
that the farmers of Maury county
will this fall sow a very greatly in
creased acreage of wheat as compared
with that of the past season. Much
cf the wheat that was harvested this
spring is being held by the farmers
for seed and many others are making
inquiry already about their seed
wheat. V
Weather "conditions so far have
been favorable for the preparation of
the land for fall sowing. Not only
that but in order to get back to 'a
proper crop rotation broken into dur
ing the period of war stress, the farm
ers must sow a greater acreage of
wheat. Clover is sown with the wheat
as a general rule. ,. .
The acreage of red clover harvest
ed In the county this year was excep
tionally heavy, . This land will near
ly all be turned when the seed or sec
ond crop is taken off. Past experience
has demonstrated that wheat grown
on good clover land, and especially
following a yield like the clover fields
have made this year, is a pretty prof
itable crop. Comparatively ltqtle
stalk land will be sown to wheat be
cause the farmers have found that
wheat sown on that land is not a
successful crop. It is usually in the
ground late and subject to the winter
freezes and again the land from which
a big crop of corn has just been har
ested is not generally in good condl
tion for making wheat.
While wheat at the present prices
is not a profitable crop to the farm
ers of the county yet It fits into the
scheme for crop rotation better than
any other small grain and this ac
counts for. the prospect, for a greatly
improved acreage. , , .. , .,,.'
DOG OWNERS ARE,
Ml'! IIDfiCn Tfl DW TIY
" UIIULU IU I HI I HA
M'ifL-i'Hf'rMn r.f,
ASSESSOR WILLIAMS CALLS AT
TENTiON 'TO WARNING: OF
; THE ATTORIEY GENERAL.
iV
NORMAfT CHRISTLEY WITH
DIMPLE CBEiEBfCO.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH
THE COLUMBIA ICE & COLD
STORAGE COMPANY.
Norman Christley, for a number of
years head bookkeeper for the Colum
bia Ice and Cold Storage Co., is now
in charge of the office work of the
Dimple Ice Cream & Creamery Co.
Mr. Christley is one of the most effl
cient office men in Columbia and the
Dimple Creamery Company is to be
congratulated upon securing his services.
DANIEL CUPIDSLEEPS
WEDDINGS ARE SCARC
E
Daniel Cupid is loafing outrageous
ly on his job in Maury county this
month. Only an average of one coup
It; a day has been led to the altar and
the poor record made last August is
not even going to be equalled. During
the earlier months of the year there
was every indication that some new
records in marriages would be made
in this county, but as the year draws
to a close these hopes have been dash
ed and If last year is equalled in
love matches the squires and preach
ers will have to be in much greater
demand than they have been.
United States senate sessions in
the early years of the federal govern
ment werf nil secret.
i
There has been a decided improve
ment in the collection of dog fcaxe3
recently but the delinquent list is
still a large one, and there are thous
ands of dogs assessed in the county
upon which' the tax has not yet been
paid. The attorney general has warn
ed the people that if when the grand
jury again convened the taxes have
not been paid he will insist upon in
dictments.
Attention was called to this fact
this morning by Webb Williams, the
county tax assessor, who said: - "I
hope that no one will be indicted in
Maury county for a failure to pay the
dog tax, but that all who have dogs
will promptly pay th!s ' tax so that
drastic measures will not be necessa
ry. The attorney general has warned
the people that he will present the
matter to the grand jury if these taxes
are not paid. Many are paying the
tax, but there are still thousands of
delinquents and it is a matter that
should not be neglected longer."
MRS. LOUISE M'ADAMS
GRANTEDIA DIVORCE
SETTLEMENT OF ALIMONY IS
MADE OUTSIDE OF THE COURT,
DECREE STATES.
t
Mrs. Louise McAdams was grant
ed an absolute divorce from W. Gen
try McAdams by Chancellor Thomas
P. Lytle on Saturday afternoon. It
w ill be recalled that recently Mrs. Mc
Adams filed a sensational bill against
her husband to whom she was married
forty years ago.
The case was heard Saturday after
noon and a decree for absolute di
vorce was granted. It appears. from
the decree that Mr. McAdams had
made a satisfactory settlement for
claims for alimony and for attorneys
fees, the bill was dismissed on those
points. It was also dismissed as to the
several defendants against whom it
had been filed and who were alleged
to have the custody and control of
the funds of the defendant.
No statement was made as to the
settlement except tffat it was satisfac
tory to Mrs.. McAdams and to her
counsel.
Prague is the. only city In Czecho
slovakia which has a greater number
of Crechs than Cleveland, Ohio.
EVERY DISTRICT
OF COUNTY LOST
IN PAST DECADE
CENSUS RETURNS SHOW THAT
FIRST AND NINTH SUFFERED
HEAVIEST DECLINE.
SMALLEST WAS ' IN THE TENTH
Mt. Pleasant Was Ortly Political Sub
division of the County that Showed
a Gain and that Was Small During
The Past Ten Years.
Every civil, district in Maury coun
ty lost in population during the past
decade according to a bulletin of the
census bureal. The first district lost
800; the second about 600; the third
about 400; the fourth about 750; the
fifth exactly BOO; the sixth nearly
300; the seventh over 700; the eighth
an even 100; the ninth 866, and the
tenth 18.
The heaviest loss of any district
was the ninth- with 866 of which 228
was in the city of Columbia and over
COO was in the district outside of the
corporate limits. The next heaviest
loss was in the first district where
the population decline was 803, and
coming immediately thereafter was
the fourth and seventh districts with
about the same number in losses.
The entire loss in the seventh district
was, outride the town of Mt. Pleasant
as Mt. Pleasant made an actual gain
of . 120.
In the decade from 1900 to 1910 the
county lost an aggregate of nearly 2,;
000 in population, but in that decade
the first district gained 300. The fol
lowing districts have lost in both the
last two decades; No. 2, No. 3, No. 4,
No. 5, No. 6, No. 7. The ninth district
gained 250 between 1900 and 1910. .
The population of the city of Co
lumbia by wards is as follows: First,
108; second 2108; third 2,400. Total
5526. ; '
The following is the populations of
1910::
Tie
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Capital . . . . $125,000,00
Surplus ... . $125,000.00
Undivided Profits . . $20,000.00
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Minor civil division
1920 1910
Maury County
,..35,403 40,456
No. 1 2,816 3,619
No. 2 tJ. 2,464 , 3,07,1
No. 3, .including Spring ( iV. -,V
Hill ..jtown k, . ..I 3,255 1 Vj&,639
No 4 . . .i '. 2,467 3,202
No. 5 ...
... 2,585 3,085
No. 6v. 3,143 3,411
Noi 7,in$udiQg Mt.P!eat& -. '.11 r't
, sant,.,.,.i;..... w,.i?93.V.675
No. 8 2,112 .2,212
No. 9. incK&iiferif- t fSn
bia, city '8,8o j9,706v
NO.' 10, . . . .". . . ." . . . '.. . 818 f836
Incorporated place -1 1920 1 19JO
Columbia, . city 5,526 , 5,754
Mount Pleasant, town .. 2,093 1,973
Spring Hill town -V. . . . 403 695
SPRING HILL ROUTE
IS IN BAD SHAPE
PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
GET TRAFFIC THROUGH TO
' THAT POINT NOW.
E. E TMEMORE,
President
H. 0. FULTON,
Cashier
17. A. 0ALE,
Vice Pres.
MT. PLEASANT MAKES SLIGHT GAIN
IN POPULATION IN PAST DECADE
Mt. Pleasant's population increas
ed 120 during the past ten years. The
new census gave that city a popula
tion of 2,093, as compared with 1,973
ten years ago. However, in 1900' the
census gave that city 2,007 people.
Mt. Pleasant has the unique dis
tinction of being the only political sub
division of the county that made a
population gain during the past de
cude. While in numbers the gain for
the phosphate city was not great yet
it was about five per cent for the de
cade. Both Spring Hill and Columbia lost
during the decade, the former about
225 and the latter 292. The pouula
tion of Spring Hill by thn recent cen
sus was 403 as compared with 695 by
the census of 1910, or a loss of more
than one-third, the heaviest percent
age of" lc3S of any political subdivi
sion of the county.
RURAL ENGINEERS TO DEMONSTRATE
TERRACING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Continued wet weather and the
building of the state highway from
here to Spring Hill is making it an
exceedingly difficult matter for traf
fic to be moved in that section of the
pounty. Manage Beck, of the Chero
Cola Company, stated thl3 morning
that it 'was impossible to get a truck
through from here to Spring Hill and
that practically that entire section of
the county was cut off from Colum
bia. It is no longer possible to detour
around by the Carter's Creek pike be
cause of the condition of the new fill
on the Beech Grove road. A new con
crete bridge was recently erected on
this road, and the fill has riot yet set
tled. The heavy rains of the past two
weeks have made it a perfect lob
lolly and it is understood that two or
three cars spent the night on this fill,
being mired below the hubs. Only , a
change in the weather and some sun
shine can afford any immediate relief.
Just as soon as possible the road
commission will have this fill met-talled.
AMERICAN WINNERS
OF ANTWERP JUMPS
LANDON -SETS NEW RECORD BY
CLEARING THE BAR AT SIX
FEET AND FOUR INCHES. f
4t Pro il. B. Blissy rural engineer of
the. dvision. of. extension, .University
C Tennessee! Jn ths foujty,
rn Friday and Saturday for the pur
pose of carrying oh the practical dem
onstrations in "ditching, terracing and
draining. Prof. Bliss willsnend Fri
day in the- tenth district ; at Hamp
shire, Isom and Taylor's where he will
conduct practical demonstrations in
t?ie fields on how to ditch land, how
to prevent it from washing and how
to make the terraces on hill side3.
There is a great deal of fine land in
that section that is greatly broken
LARGE GABOON AOOPTS
. FAMILY OF PUPPIES
It is a well known fact that the or
dinary house cat' has been known to
adopt an entire family. of puppies and
on rare occasions a mother dog has
reared beasts of the jungle variety,
but never in the annals of zoology
has a member of the monkey family
been known to "mother" a family of
l uppies until Fifi, one of the star ac
tresses in Minnie Thompson's troupe
of statue canines with the Sparks Cir
cus recently gave birth to four healthy
English setter puppies.
As It happens Fifl encasts very im
portant roles in the canine dramas
and statue num&ers presented under
the "big top" and during the perform
ances cannot devote much of her time
to the babies; therefore it fell to Miss
Thompson to provide an efficient
nurse during Fifl's thespian duties In
the arena. Ever since the birth of
the youngsters, Joe, a large good na
tured baboon of the dog face variety,
who occupies an adjoining cage in the
Sparks Menagerie, t seemed to show
not be over estimated.
Prof. Bliss will spend all day Satur
dayotnthe Kf tffrnes fadfcyJBi m
the- Mt. Pleasant, pike, conducting i
aemonstration in terracing.: pror. Mc
Lean, the county agent, urges all farm
ers, who are interested in .the prob- : :
leme of dralnago, ditching and terrac-v ,;
injr to attend these two demonstra-'
tions so that 'they can get a practical
insight into -how It should bo done. r -
Most any one knows the theory, but
getting the practical knowledgo to
carry out the theory is the problem,
snid Prof. McLean.
such an untiring interest in the babies
that finally Miss Thompson approach
ed his cage with orje of tho fuzzy
mites, when to her surprise, he held
cut both arms and upon receiving it
immediately began to "coo" in true
monkey language and fondle It as
only a mother's instinct knows in
fact he proved to be such an adept in
the role of nurse that the babies quick
ly adopted him and during Fill's ab
sence in the ring, it is one of the dally
sights of the menagerie to see this
Simian nurse fondling his littlo
charges. Undoubtedly Joe's cage will
i.e. the center of attraction for all the
kiddies 'when the circus comes to town
on Wednestfayr 'AugT'25.
MN0UNCEMENTS
FOR LEGISLATURE.
The Herald is authorized to an
nounce ANDREW H. WIGGS,
of Perry county, & candidate for the
senate In the next General Assembly
of Tennessee, subject to the action
of the democratic party.
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ANTWERP, Aug.- 17. Americans
won first and three other places in
the high jump today. La n don made a
new record, clearing the bar at six
feet, four and one-quarter inches. Mul
Irr, American, and Eklunde, Swede,
tied for second place. Murphy Wah
Irn, American, and Baker, England,
tied for fourth place. Americans fail
ed to finish the five thousand meter
run which was won by Guillemont. of
France.
A resolution that remains unexecuted is but an'emply thought. Q
You may resolve to open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT and lay up H
something for a rainy day, but If you don't actually opn u; the nc A
fl count, your resolution is nothing.
We pay interest in our Savings Department, and are here to
serve you in any way that you would expect from a conservative fi- tJ
:i! nanclal Institution. . y
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