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VOL. LXXII NO. 35
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE. FtflDAY. AUGUST 27, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
miMM BATE TAKES FIM ;
DOGS HELP PAY
FOR EDUCATION
MAURY CHILDREN
vj;1-'
CANINE TAX FOR 1919 WILL SEND
300 MAURY COUNTY CHILDREN
SCHOOL FOR FULL TERM.
ALL SHEEP CLAIMS ARE PAID
I ess Than One-Seventh of Dog Tax
''h ' lor Prssent Year Has Been Collect
ed, According to Figures of County
Trustee.
County Trustee J. Ross Burns, after,
paying al! claims for sheep killed by
nogs in Maury county during the past
year, had c balance left from the col
lection of dog tax to the amount of
$2 133.28. which has been tinned over
To the school department, to be used
by the public schools of tho county.
It has been conservatively estimat
ed that this amount will pay for the
schooling of not less than CuO Maury
lounty children during the present
j ear, tho revenue coming from a hith
erto undeveloped source. Until the
parsage of the 1919 dog law, no one
had ever dreamed that the dogs of the
Mute would play a prominent part in
pie education of thousands of children
throughout Tennessee.
Although up until the present time
the collection, of the 1920 dog tax has
boon light, attaches of the trustee's
office believe that .payments will (be
Siri to rush within the next few days,
iis but Uttle tltfie remains in which
dog owners nifty' pay ' without heavy
penalties, and liability to criminal
prosecution.
Attorney General Loonoy B. White
hnVMsAUedfjle,. warning all
dog owners that the doga, must be
observed just as "all othfetaws are
observed, and that vigorous action
will be1 taken "by the grand! fory
ugninst those who seek to escape pay
ripii? of -thfs tax, . ; '
Up until thejiresent time only f.54
receipts for the 1920 dog tax have
been writton. To this number must
lie added those written by Tax Asses
sor Williams",, probably running the
number up to 700. This Is considtra
lily less than one-seventh of the dogs
in tho county! , It has been conserva
tively estimated that there are not
ss than' F,000 canines in the county
liable to taxation, and if all of th:se
u n be listed, the school fund Tor 1 '21
will be, materially Increased over the
$2,133.28. furnished this year.
AK
ANNUAL
REPORT OF TRUSTEE
RECEIPTS'AND DISBURSEMENTS
FOR PAST YEAR WILL BE PUB
LISHED AT EARLY DATE.
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Trustee J. Ross Burns and Deputy
Davis Mitchell are busy preparing the
annual report of the trustee's receipts
and disbursements, which under the
law must be given to the public in
September of each year. The report
will show that during the past twelve
months receipts and disbursements of
Ihe trustee's office in Maury, county
have established a new record.
SUCCESSOR
ROOSEVELT
APPOINTED
BY WILSON
. (By United Tress.)
WASHINGTON Aug. 26. Tho ap
pointment or Gordon Woodbury, 'of
New Hampshire, to' suoceel Franklin
IV Roosevelt as assistant secretin
of the navy, was announce 1 today.
President widson mile the tpioWit
'inent of Woodbury, who is thf fcenio
cratlc leader in his state. He serv
ed In the Red Cross jfllce la France
during the world war. His great un
Yle, Levi Woodbury, was secretary of
tbVcavy under .' President Jtsltaoa. ,
ACTION iHOUSE
ON RESOLUTION
IS VOID, WALKER
SPEAKER WIRES ' SECRETARY
- BAIN BRIDGE COLBY FACTS
ABOUT. RATIFICATION.
QUOTES DECISION , OF COURTS
Judge Lurton Has Held That Motion
, to -) ReconsiJir, Until Deposed of,
Renders Any Former Actin In the
Case Null and Void. '
Snccial to The Herald.
NASilViLlJC. Tenn., Aug. 20. Aft
er a long distance telephonic conver
sation with Secretary of State Ilain
bridge 'Colby last night,,Speaker Seth
M. Walker, of the Tennessee house of
irpresntitlves sent Secretary Colby
t.!ie following telegram:
"Tennessee has not ratified the
nineteenth amendment. The motion
to reconsider the vote In the house
was duly entered on the journal and
no quorum was present under the con
btitution of Tennesseo on Aug. 21
when the motion to reconsider was at
tempted to be acted upon. Under the
jeeisioa of Judge Lurton, 87 Tennes
see 107, the effect of a motion to re
consider was to nullify the prior vote
until said motion was acted on by a
constitutional quorum of sixty-six
members. This has not been done.
The legislature acts as a parliamenta
ry under the provisions of the Tennes
see constitution. ,Haire vs. Wright,
204 U. S. 291. This legislature has
no power to act and furthermore has
not acted. The governor's certificate
in effect leaves these questions up to
you' to decide, which you cannot law-
fully do. ' ' ' '"' '
"SETH M. WALKER, Speaker
'Tennessee House of Representa
tive?;." ' " '
IS
CRANBERRY
.JOS.
DIES IN ALABAMA
REMAINS WILL BE INTERRED AT
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH EARLY
TOMORROW..
Mrs. Joseph J. Granberry, member
of one of the oldest and most prom
inent families of the county, died at
Union Spring, Ala., where sue had
been for several months, today. The
remains' will rrlv tomorrow morn
ing at 5 o'clock and will be taken at
once to St. John's church where tta
frneral services will tj hold. The
buna! will be private and services
conducted by Rev. Mr. .Bell,, of Ow
rnsl.oro, Ky., assisted by Rev. Mr. Ma
s.'n, pastor of Mt. Pleisaot Presbyte
rian church.
Mrs. Granberry's husband 'preced
ed I.er to the grave many years tnd
the is survhed by the following chil
dren: : J. B. Gra'i!.!.vy, Union
Soriugs, Ala.; William L. Grant my,
Niv'iville; Hugh Granberry, Living,
toa '.e:tf:; R. U Gra.i'.'Tj, Nath
vi le: r-iiK. Hugh Foa Union
Springs, Ala.; Harry Graniiorry, of
San Francisco, Cal.; J. M. Granberry,
Columbia,
Mrs. Granberry was seventy-nine
years of age and was nearly all of her
life a devoted member of the Presby
terian church at Mt. Pleasant. She.
had been In poor health for some time.
WILSON INTERESTED
IN COX'S CHARGES
KEEN INTEREST IN INVESTIGA
TION OF REPUBLICAN $15,00C,
000 SLUSH FUND.
(By United Presi.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Up to
last week the democratic national
committee actually co!le';te 1 iinly 43
000 for the national rampalga, accord
ing to a statement made early this
morning.
A democratic po!itiIai close to
Piesident Wilsort stativl "tuff demo
crats are Jubilant ov?r ihe lorlhcm
in.? Investigation of the republican
slush fund of 115,000,000, a.4 charged
by Governor Cox. The White Hi.nse
Is taking ken Interest la lb5 charge,
and In the proving of them. Governor
Cox's campaign np to date Is consid
ered highly satisfactory at the White
Hou9e. - "
VISITORS HERE
WERE ANXIOUS
TO GET FACTS
NO MORE KEENLY INTERESTED
DELEGATION HAS EVER VISIT
ED EXEPERIMENT.
ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
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Not tk Sltht Seeing Crowd But a
BunCh of 8tuerits of Better Farm
ing Aftr the Best That They Could
Find in bimple.
"I naver saw a bunch of farmers
more eager to earn or more appre
ciate of efforts to explain things to
them, than the delegation that we
had here yesterday from Lauderdale
county, Alabama," said Superintend
ent C. M. Hume, of the Middle Ten
nessee experiment station.
The sixty-one members of this party
piloted by County Agent High spent
the morning ..Wednesday at the Mid
dle Tei.nesEee station and were shown'
over the buildings, barns arid fields
by Prof. Hume. He explained to
them the purposes that the station
would serve and he showed them
piacticbl demonstrations of the value
of limo on worn soils, when followed
by legumes." The fine-stock -at the
station we're also inspected by the
visitors.
The farmers who came here came,
rot just on a sight seeing expedition.
They came to learn, to get, any ides
that would bo helpful to them in solv
ing "their problems. This was mani
fested, not only in the interest which
they manifested in what was said to
them, but also in the questions which
they aal'.PTlr They anlHwI-'Tnany ques
tions of Prof. McLean and Prof.
Hume end also of all ' the farmers
whose places they visited.
That the Alabamians were greatly
impress-ed "with the beauty and agri
cultural wealth of "the Dimple" was
i fact that they did not attempt to
conceal. Every one declared that he
was glad that he. had made the trip;
that it had proven beneficial to him
and no where had he been more,
coureonsly treated. Unquest'onally
this visit film Lauderdale county , is
simply the beginning of delegations
from other counties in the adjoining
state. It will spread the fame of the
Maury county farmers and will bring
buyers here for live stock and other
products of the county.
The- Alabamians are believers in
the Neil's Paymaster variety of corn
and they were greatly Interested in
any experiments that were pointed out
to them with this favorite variety of
corn.
Reds Refuse
Alter Peace
erms
(By United Press.)
BERLIN, Aug. 26. The Russians
thus far have refused to alter their
armistice proposals to Poland, accord
ing to unofficial dispatches received
from Minsk. The message said de
spite "the extent Of the Polish victo
ry, Bolshevikl delegates still assume
airs of master of the situation."
They were reported as sayinq; they
w'ould not alter their position as long
as French officers and munitions tid
ed tho Poles.
FORMER SECRETARY
AGRICULTURE DIES
, (By United Press.)
TRAER, Iowa, Aug. ). James Wil
son, secretary of agrlcultu.e under
Presidents McKlnley, Roosevelt and
Taft died here today after a protract
ed illness.
PONZI LIAB
A
II
0
ES
T 5,000.000
(By United Press.)""
BOSTON. Aug. 26. The MabiJit es
of Ponzl, "financial wln.d," as shown
by the records In the Attorney gener
si's office hare paad the $3,000,COO
mtrk, It was announced.
METHODISTS ARE
SPECULATING ON
NEW PREACHERS
MEETING OF ANNUAL CONFER
ENCE AT SHELBYVILLE OCT.
6 ATTRACT ATTENTION.
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DR. .CHERRY'S SECOND YEAR
Expected That Eloquent Pastor of the
First Methodist ChurCh Will Oe
Returned for Another Year Mt.
Pleasant to Have New Pastor.
Alreai'y the interest of Methodists
in this section is, centered in the com
ing session of the Tennessee annual
conference which will meet a little
more than six weeks from now at tfie
Methodist church at Shelby ville. The
conference will meet a week earlier
than originally planned, having been
changed from Oct 13 to Oct. C.
Rev. J. W. Cherry, pastor of the
First Methodist church, is serving his
dcond year in this charge since he
was retimed to the chuirh. Howev
er, he served the charge formedly f or
.'our years so as a matter of fact he
in rounding oul the sixth year of lUsj
service:- That he(wlll be returned for
next year Is gen jraily expected. He
is recognized as one ' of the ablest ,
preachers in the conference and is al-;
ways 3'iught after, He seldom remains
at any charge less than tho full four
years allowed. j
There will be a change In South Co
lumbia due to the fact that Dr. R. M.'
Chenault; the pastor of the church
there, has rounded out the full four
years allowed under the law of the
church, "except in certain contingen
cies. During, the four years that he
lias served as pastor of the South Co
lumbia church progress has been
made in all lines.
This year also ends the four year
pastorate of Rev. H. M. Jarvis at Mt.
Pleasant. The people of that charge
rae almost a unit in regret that they
must make a change. Dr. Jarvi3 is
popular with all tho denominations
and has done fine work there.
There are nearly a dozen Methodist
pastorates in the county and while
enly thvee or four have served four
years there is always uncertainty
about the changes thai, will be niujle
arid for that reason every charge is
sooculiiting on its probable pastor for
Hie next year. , ' . ' ;
The -loads being good and Shelby
ville being close to Columbia It is
probable that a large number of Meth
odists from here will visit the confer
ence and especially on Sunday to hear
:he sermon of Bishop Atkins.
Amusement
Galore For
Columbians
There was something doing every
minute in Columbia Wednesday after
noon in fact so much doing that It
would have taken a family of five to
have s ien it all. To begin with Sparks
circus drew a large crowd, the base
ball game was fairly well attended,
the street carnival drew its quota of
pleasure lovers, while the movie fans
stuck to silent Mrama for the after
rioon's pasiiine. .
M'KENNON NOT TO MOVE"
TO CITY AT ONCE
Geo. N. McKennon, of Culeoka, who
recently purchased an Interest in the
insurance business of E. D. Looney &
Company, was here Tuesday. Mr. Mc
Kennon stated that while he contem
plated movintf to the city he would
not do so for some time, but would
continue at his farm at Culleoka. He
w.H come' to town practically evry
day, -however, to look after the Insur
ance baainess. .
COLUMBIA MEN
SEEK CHARTER
OIL COMPANY
APPLICATION FILED BY MAURY
MARSHALL OIL COMPANY vVlTH
... COUNTY REGISTER POGNE.
CAPITAL STOCK IS $25,000
Would Develop Fields In Maury and
Marsbr.lt Counties Organiiation
Result Gas Strike at Pottsville,
' Near Marshall County Line.
Application for a charter for the
Maury-Marhfiall Oil Company, having
a capital slock of $25,000.00 has becsn
lifed wi'h County Register J. J. Pogue.
The incorporators are: R. S. Hard!
son, W. L. Grant, L. Barker, W. J.
towlei- and T. B. Forgey, all of Co
lumbia, j
The charter, if granted by the
secretary of state, will permit the In
corporators to mine or drill and pro
duce oil and gas in any county in
which offices of the company are es
tablished. '
. The organization of the company
comes as the result of operations in
the Pottsville section of the county,
fourteen miles from Columbia, where
daring recent months five wells, hav
ing a strong flow of gas, and giving
strong indications of oil, have been
In-ought in in this section. '
Mr. llardison has secured leases on
at least 1,300 acres in this section and
i.i fully confident that oil will be found
in paying quantities. He stated to a
representative of The Herald, "1 am
positive there is a big pool of oil un-'
derneat'i this gas at Pottsville, and
oil machinery has been ordered and
will ba put Into operation just as
.joon'as 1t arrives and we feel sure
Maury county will soon be numbered
among , the oil producing counties of
the stftle. ,
Drilling operations in this section
have not revealed any of the well
known "oil sand," but Mr. Hardison
attributes this to the fact that only or
dinary well digging machinery has
been used, and no effort has been
made to go deeper than 200 feet. Gas
was struck in the several well3 atd'f
fererit depths, one at 200 feet, another
at 100, another at 90, and one at 80
and the last at 85. These wells are
a)i within an area of an acre.
COAL FAMINE
THREATENS IF
SEVEREWINTER
Lord Mayor
xkedf Death
By Starvation
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 26.--Mat-y MacSwe
ney, sister of the Lord Mayor of Cork,
sent a "message this morning to Lloyd
George at Lucerne again warning him
that he will be held responsible If her
brother dies.
The British home office informed
Redmond Howard, nepfiew of the late
John Redmond, it could not change
the attitude of the gvernment.
Shortly before noon it was announc
ed that MacSweney, who is dying on
a hunger strike, was "barely breath
ing." '
Pays For Herald
Can Now Repose
Arms Morpheus
W. D. E. Love, of Hamindnrn, was
in Columbia today on business and
while in the city called at The Her
ald office and renewed for his dnily
fo' 1921. "My time Or Tho lolly
won't expire until the 22nd of Ocio
ber,"aid Mr. Love, "but 1 on't want
to miss a copy and until 1 know it is
ptd tor for another yer I cant's sleep
well at nighL -
The' managers of The Herald sppre-,
elate such sentiments, coining from
such substantial men as Mr. Love.
DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE
TO ACCUMULATE THEIR ACCUS
TOMED RESERVE STOCKS.
BEHIND WITH THEIR ORDERS
People Have Bought But One of Deal
ers Declares That it Is Difficult Mat
ter to Get the Coal Even at Prevail
ing Prices.
Whether or not the people, the con
sumers, are alarmed over tns coal fcit-.
uution here during the coming winur,
It is a fact that the dealers are vor
riod They have not, try as' they
might, been -able .o. accmaulata any
surplus stocks for tha bad : Weather
tti: is sure to come. It is not that
all people are buying ahju'l although
urtqt'FBtiouably the experience. (1 luat
winter and the taiapal-i of cdttgutiun
for summer buying mat "-have been
constantly before tlw public have 1nid
theif influence. There are and always
will be many who do not lay in their
-hi f. ply of coal in the sinnritef. 'It ' takes.
so much capital to do this that many
fjankly do not feel that they can
spare the mouey, while others L-iinply
neglect It. ,
It was' stated at the office of. John
A Walker & Company, dealers, this
morning that there were mi reserve
stocks-in the yards, some'.u n that is
ilinost unprecedented.;1 It was; fur
ther 'stated that at this tinio tb coni-
pany was approximately s;x Weeks
behind" with orders that have been
boohed. People have bought ahud,
but the copany has not been able to
get the coal. It takas longer than
ever before known to got coal. It had
been hoped to have tne yards Sliel
with coal at this time', but It is hauled
oat to fill delayed oi'de.'s as soen as
it is received.
When asked rvhit people who did
not haves any coal laid by were going
to do when the cold weather came,
there was nothing sncauragmg in the
rr-ply.. It was about like this, accom
panied with a sad snak.) of the head,
''We dread the coming of the cold
weather. There is nothing more har
rowing than to try to unsv3r the fran
tic demands for coil on a cold day
when there Ib a famine. We ait do
ing the best we can and th.j -prices
that we have to pay at the mines are
alarming, even for whpt wo do set."
COVEY OF "FORDS"
FLYS,
NIO TOWN
CONSIGNMENT TO FRY BROS.
CONSISTS OF BOTH TOURING
CARS AND ROADSTERS.
A covey of "Fords," covered with
dust from the highways of Michigan,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, flew
into town this morning and hovered
at the entrance of Fry Bros, garage
on North Main street.
In tho consignment, which was driv
en "crosq country," were both touring
cars and roadsters, for which an in:
'.roased demand is reported. , This
llrm has but recently contracted for
several hundred of these cars to be
delivered during the year 1921.
LOYO HALEY ARRIVES
JBOM LOUISVILLE, KY.
WITH SIXTEEN FOR 3 CARS, ALL
IN GOOD SHAPE ONLY A FEW
PUNCTURE9.
Lloyd Haley succseded In piloting
himself and sixteen other drivers of
Fords into Columbia, last nlgnt about
the time the curtains of night were
being drawn down and pinned with a
star. Lloyd says that 'he trip was
made Mithout mishap, with Ibo ex
ception of a few p'liictnreq. in this
lot of Sixteen Lizzies will be lornd
(coring cart, roadsters, sedans atd
coupes. Just plekJn;.
ABSENCE OF CEREMONY. PROVES
GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT TO
WAITING SUFFRAGISTS. .
PAPER SIGNED THIS MORNING :
Result Announced Immediately Aftar
Colby Reaches Office This Morning.
Suffrafllsts Cheer the Statement
"IVu Over." .. , , .
, 'By United Press.)
WASHINGTON,., Aug. 20. The
right of American women to the hal
lo was formally declared a part of
the con?titution of the United States
when Secretary of State Bainbridgo
Colby proclaimed the 'ratification of
the nineteenth amendment when he
arrived at his office this morning.
Secretary Colby signed the ratiflca- '
lion at his home shortly before going
to his office. A group of suffrage laad
ers who hud waited until a late hour
nst night for the Urrjval of the Ten
nenseo certification were hurriedly
summoned and mot, by Secretary Cot-'
by. Th"y cheered lustily when told
the last step toward giving women
the ballot had been taken.
Tennessee's certification had. been
taken to Secretary Colby's homo Ly
Frederick Neilson, . state department
solicitor, who went 'over it for pos
sible flaws. He found none he said.
The Buffraglsts were evid.ently dfti
appointed ' at the absence of public
tvrejhonleif, and : requested Secretary "'
Colby to repeat the ceremony for their
benefit arid for the movies. ,
RECORD ATTENDANCE
FOR CARNIVAL HERE
COLUMBIA SHOWS ITS' ABILITY
TO ABSORB ALL KINDS AMUSE
MENTS IN A DAY.
That Columbia and Maury county
can absorb a whole lot of amusemenLs
in a single day was proven this morn
ing when it was stated by the manage
ment of Pearson's carnival, showing
hpre all ths week, that the carnival
had a. record attendance on. Wednes
day and Wednesday night and that the
merry go-round hud the largest day .
business, it had ever known except
in a city of considerable size. The
carnival was thronged day and night,
although the big shows on the fair
grounds hud a good day, and la addi
tion there was a ball game and also
two, moving picture shows In opera
tion. The show is highly commended
for its cleanliness. The high diving
act of Jimmy Moore every night)
which la free, is a fine thriller..
SEEKS AID FOR '
. STARVING MAYOR
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 26. Devari Dutcy,
diplomatic representative of the
"Irish republic," appeahd to Premier
MU'erand to Intervene In behalf cf
Lord Mayor MacSweny.
POLES;
ENTER
5-
G0R0W1.
REPORT
(By United Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 26. The Polei have
er.tered Grodna, according to dispatch
es received today. Grodna Is 130 m!!ej
northeast of Warsaw, anl is rportd
to be Russian general ! u 1 1 i.ntctsv