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VOL. LXXII NO. 36
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COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
TENNESSEE TANGLE MAY
DRAG ELECTION RESULTS
INTO COURTS
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government. officials now
studying Situation, " - and
planning to meet it.
0 ILY TWO COURSES NOW OPEN
Will Be Necessary for Supreme Court
1 To Pasa Upon Legality of Tennes
tee's Action, Or Secure Ratification
. Of Another fetate.
fBy United Prsa )
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 2.
, The possibility of the Tennessee suff
rage tangle dragging the results , of
the fall elections into the courts, -and
into the homes of representatives of.
the United States has been recognized
by hjgh government officials and ways
to meet it are being considered.
' It the courts declare that the Ten
riesBee -ratification is illegal, it would
necessitate the throwing out of all
electoral votes where women parti
cipated. .. . , " .
It was said that this would preclude
the requisite majority in the elec
tion of the President and would make
the elction of the President necessary
by the Houseof Representatives.
Two courses are open, either , to
have the Supreme Court decide the
question before the election or to get
another state to ratify the Anthony or
Nineteenth amendment. '
i OR WORSE
LOGAN RESIGNS
AS PASTOR OF
GARDEN CHURCH
POPULAR : PRESBYTERIAN' MINIS
TER ACCEPTS CALL TO WEATH
ERFORD, TEXAS.
COX BEGINNING
BIGfjJf Id
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PROGRAM CALLS FOR . FOUR
SPEECHES DAILY FOR MONTH,
NOT INCLUDING TALKS.
V (By United Press.)
":' COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 2. Governor
Cox tonight begins the most extensive
"stump tour ever undertaken by any
presidential candidate.
H is starting his big swing around
the circuit just a year after Presi
dent Wilson made his nation wide tour
in hope of obtaining the ratifcaton of
the peace treaty.
Goxernor Cox will wage his stu np
battle in wery state west of the Missis
sippi, with the exception of Arkansas,
Texas and Loutsiana. The progmm
calls for four speeches daily for a
month, not including rear platfirm
talks.
TO PRESENT CROSS
TO MAJ. HAMMOND
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EXERCISE8 WILL BE HELD AT
THE MT. PLEASANT METHODIST
CHURCH SEPT. 12.
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With appropriate services at the
Methodist church at Mt. Pleasant on
Sunday, September 12. the distinguish
ed service cross awarded to Major
LeKoy H. Hammond for valorous sec
vice in the great advance of the
American army in September two
years ago, will be presented. The chief
address of the occasion will be made
by Major lenders, of the U. S. re
cruiting service, who will present the
Bervlce cross. An interesting program
of music and oilier addresses is being
arranged by Rev. H. M. Jarvls, the
pastor.
SUFFRAGE
SKIRMISH
OFFICIALS , EXPRESS REGRET
Has Served Church Hera for Six
Years, Comina Prom Tyler, Texas,
and Has Eeun Unusually Popular
With All Denominations!
Div Samuel D. Logan has resigned
the pastorate of the Garden Street
Presbyterian church' to accept n call
to the church at Weatuerford, Texas.
The resignation was accepted with re
gret by the session of the church on
last night. .A congregational mealing
of the church was called for next Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock to act .on
the resignation and dissolve the bonds
between the congregation and the pas
tor, so that appropriate action can be
taken when the presbytery meets at
Central church, Culleoka, this month.
Dr. Logan has been called to a wid
er field of activity. The Southern
Presbyterian and Presbyterian, U. S.
A., at Weatherford have united under
the presbytery of the IT. S. A. church
and iojned in the call to Dr. Logan.
Dr. Logan came to. this church 'from
Tyler, Texas, six years ago. He is,
however, a Tennessean, and was born
and raised in Marshall county and is
very fond of this state. He is one of
the most finished pulpit orators in
this .section. He is a student of the
Bible and r is an outspoken advocate
of whatever he deems to be right. He
has been in great demand as a speak
er on all sorts of occasions as he is
quite a gifted orator. Dr. Logan is
not only popular with his own congre
gation but he numbers his friends by
the hundreds in all of these "churches.
He has filled many of the pulpits of
the" city and county.
Dr. Logan has an interesting family
and there will be genuine reget among
a large circle of friends that they are
to remove so far from "Columbia.
However, one of Dr. Logan's sons,
Prof. Logan,- member of the County
High School faculty, will continue to
reside in the city.
The officials of the church urgent
ly request all of members to attend
the congregational meeting which will
be held on next Sunday morning. It
will probably be several weeks be
fore any plans are matured for select
ing a successor to Dr. Logan.
Senate Reverses Action
Oh
House
Nullification
Of Suffrage Resolution
COLUMBIA BAND IS
GETTING IN LIMELIGHT
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HAS . TWO ENGAGEMENTS FOR
THIS MONTH OTHERS PROS
PECTIVE IN NEAR FUTURE.
The Columbia band Is now coming
into prominence as one of the leading
musical organizations in this section
of the state. Already this band has
two engagements to play at land sales
this month, one on September 4, the
other on Sept. 11.
Believing in the old saying, "practice
makes perfect" Director Fritz Hahn is
losing, no time in developing this or
ganization, and almost nightly can be
heard strains from the band issuing
from the headquarters at McDougal's
music store.
SHIFTS TO
HARTFORD
tRy United Press.)
HARTFORD. Conn.. Sept. 2. Suf
frage workers here predicted that the
legislature would rafcfy the nineteenth
amandment to the federal constitution.
The legislature will meet on Sept em
ber 44.
TO ARRANGE
SOLDIERS REUNION
R. C. WALLIS, OF THE L. A.N. RAIL
ROAD, HERE FOR CONFERENCE
WITH GEN. JONES.
Special to The Herald.f f
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 2. By a
vote of twenty-one to six the senate
reversed its action taken yesterday
and agreed to receive the message
from the house with reference to its
action taken Tuesday in rescinding
the ratification resolution' and to
spread the house proceedings of that
day on the journal. It is said that the
senate has moved in part to reverse
its former action because the house
majority had threatened to do no fur
ther business unless the tactics were
changed.
CRIMINAL COURT
DODKET IS SET;
MANY CASES UP
SEPTEMBER WILL BE.' A BUSY
MONTH FOR' JUDGE WHIT- H
THORNE AND ATTORNEYS.
MINOR CASES TO .BE TRIED
Erwin Wheel Tax Case Will Be Taken
Up on Sept. 23, and Will Attract
Considerable Attention, As Appeal
Probably Will Be Taken;
Quite a number of important minor
cases are to be tried during the pres
ent month in county criminal court.
The. docket has been set by Judge
Whitthorne as follows:
' V. p. Erwin. failure to pay wheel
tax, set for September 23.
C. R. Bouewitz, giving intoxicating
liquor to minor, set for trial Sept. 22.
C. R. Bonewitz. betting with a mi
nor, set for trial on Sept. 22.
Eugene Hay, selling pistol to mi
nor, set for trial Sept. 22'.
Walter Young, malicious mischief,
set for trial Sept. 2.1.
John Hunter, ,petit larceny, set for
trial Sept. 15.
Jason Haddox, selling liquor with
out license, set for trial Sept. 29. .
Harvey Hudson, wounding beast of
another, set for tial Sept. 3.
John R. Shires, public profanity,
set for trial Sept. 22.
J. D. Edwards, public profanity, set
for trial Sept. 14.
R. E. Walover, public profanity, set
for trial Sept. 14.
Robin, alias Robert James, disturb
ing public worship, set for tial Sept.
24. '
Robin, alias Robert James, carying
pistol, set for tial Sept. 24.
Will Rindy, petit larceny, set for
trial Sept. 29.
There , are two cases of petit lar
ceny against Rindy, uoth'of, them to be
tried on Sept. 29.
. Mag James, petit larceny,, set for
trial, Sept. 29:vL :li , '..-f;.
There ae ,a, number, .of. other cases,
on the docket , which, have, been tem
porarily passed and it Is not unlike
ly that these will be tried just as soon
as they can be reached. A great part
of them were passed on account of
absence of witnesses from the county,
or some other reason suggested by at
torneys to the court.
vln- the housa a committee was au
thorized to present to the governor
sworn and certified copies m the pro
ceedings of Tuesday In which the rati
fication resolution was rejected, with
the request that he forward the same
under his certificate to the secretary
of Btate at Washington. It Is said by
the antis that they have received as
surances from the governor that this
will be done. It is said also that the
governor in his .llrst certificate sent to
the secretary of state, simply set out
the proceedings of the legislature and
WOMEN OF CITY
ASK PAM NAMED
FOR ATHENAE
PRESIDENT BEASLEY OF ft I WAN
IS CLUB IS PETITIONED BY
THREE HUNDRED OF CITY.
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WOULD PERPETUATE HISTORY
Think That Famous Old Institution
! That Did So Much for Education In
The South Is Deserving of this
Recognition. a '
Robert C. Wallis, general passenger
agent of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, was here Wednesday to con
fer with Gen. Jones with reference to
the arrangements for the trip of the
old soldiers to the annual reunion at
Houston. Texas, next month. Parking
privileges for the cars-haye been ob
tained and an exceptionally low rate,
that takes no account of the recent
advance, has been obtained.
Germany Has
Had War Enough
Minister Says
'By United Press.)
BERLIN, SepL 2. Germany has re
fused the proposals of both the enten
te and the Russian governments to
join in a war against the other, For
eign Minister Simons declared.
In outlining the government's poli
cy regarding Russia he said he had
been urged to collaborate with the Bol
sheviki against the entente and to
break the treaty of Versailles. He
then made the sensational announce
ment that he had also been urged to
join the entente against Russia. This
was also refused, he said.
DOCK WORKERS
STRIKE TODAY
. (By United Press.)
BOSTON, Sept. 2. British shipping
In the Boston harbor was completely
tied up when 100 longshoremen struck
la sympathy with Sina Feiaers,'
Protesting against the recommenda
tion of the Kiwanis Club that the
proposed cjty park at the County
High School btj named "Kiwanis
Club" and asking that instead it be
named the ' Athenaeum Park In coin
moration of one of tlwireatest schools
in the South of its day and which was
located on these grounds, the Feder
al Woman's , clubs of Columbia ha3
presented to President W. S, Beasley
a strong petiton.' The Kiwanis Club
is strongly commended for its activi
ties in establishing plagrounds, but it
is asked to perpetuate a historical
name in christening the park'.
The old Athenaeum school held in
reverence by so many of the splendid
women of the old South, was a great
institution. It was founded by the late
Rector Smith who was so greatly be
loved that when hs death occurred
in 1SCG every, business house in Co
lumbia was closed that the people
might all attend the funeral. It was
one 'of the largest concourses of peo
ple who have ever attended a funeral
in this county.
The letter of the federated clubs to
President Beasley is as follows: '
"W. S. Beasley, ,
"President Kiwanis Club, Columbia,
Tenn.
"My Dear Mr. Beasley: The Fed
erated clubs of Columbia have noted
with pride an interest the splendid
activity of the Kiwanis club in estab
lishing play grounds for the club.
We heartily commend this movement
as do all citizens interested in com
munity welfare.
"Representing three hundred women
of Federated clubs of Columbia and
many hundreds of women of the city
and couny we are requesting your
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THOUSANDS MINERS
OUT RESULT STRIKE
DISSATISFACTION AMONG INSUR
GENT LEADER CAUSES WALK
OUT OF SEVENTY THOUSAND.
(By United Press.) t
WILKESBARRE, Penn., Sept. 2
Seventy thousand miners are idle as
the result of a strike In the anthracite
fields, called by insurgent leaders, dis
satisfied with the wage agreed pan
by President Wilson's commision. Forty-five
collieries are closed.
did not f ertify that the; amendment
naa Deen aujy ana constitutionally ratr
ifled. ,
The house amended the bill making
an appropriation of J 00,000 for a me
mortal building to the soldiers and
sailors of the late war at Washington
and passed it. The amendment makes
the appropriation contingent on the
other states contributing their quotas.
The sonate concurred In the amend
ment.
Resolutions have been adopted in
both houses to adjourn the session
sine die on Saturday.
LIGHT COMPANY
ASKS INCREASE
MOUTA THIRD
WOULD ADVANCE . WATER,. AND
LIGHT RATES ABOUT THIRTY
PER CENT OCTOBER 1.
INCREASED COST IS CAUSE
Impossible, it Is Stated, to Operate
With Coal and Labor and Materials
at Present Prices With Existing
Rates.
COMMITTEE ADJOURNS
REQUEST REPUBLICANS
(By United Press.)
. CHICAGO, III., Sept. 2. Without
hearing the testimony of E. H. Moore,
Governor Cox's personal representa
tive, the senate committee adjourned
until Tuesday upon the plea of out of
town engagements, made by republi
can members of the committee.
Moore told newspaper men that he
had proof that the republican quota
for Georgia Is not $35,000, but that At
lanta's quota Is about that.
As intimated some time ago the
Columbia Water ' & Light Company
has filed with the public utilities com
mission at Nashville a request for per
mission to increase the present rates
charged for water and light and pow
er. It had been expected for several
months with the rapidly -increasing
cost of operation that the company
would make this request. In doing so
it is simply following the course of
similar public service corporations all
over the country. Generally the com
missions have been prompt to grant
perniisfsion to raise the rates for oth
erwise the public service corpoations
would face bankruptcy.
The rate on water is increased by a
flat thirty-three and one-third per
cent. If one's water bill in the past
has averaged $1.50 a month it will av
erage ?2 a month. The rate of in
crease on the electric current is the
same practically. Heretofore, it has
been twelve and a half cents with a
twenty per cent discount, making the
rate ten cents. It will be under the in
crease fifteen cents with a ten per
cent discount or a net rate of thirteen
and a half cents, really , a thirty-five
per cent advance.'
The reasons for the effort to in
crease the rate are not difficult to
find. Coal, which is perhaps the big
gest Uem In the expense account of
the company Is costing about four
times as much as' it did when the pres
ent rates were made. It will cost
more In the future, due to the advanc
ed freight rates. ' The labor expense is
of bourse largely 'more than It has
been as all labor has been advanced.
All of the materials that the company
has to buy are likewise much more ex
pensive than formerly.
It is stated by the c6mpany that the
present rates would soon result In
bankruptcy, that It is absolutely Im
possible to operate continuously with
out an advance. The expense account
cannot be reduced. The new rates are
expected to go Into effect on October
1, and the bills due Nov. 1 will include
the advance.
The power rates are advanced sub
stantially with the increases In water
and lights. - . .
SMASHING VICTORY FOR
POLAWD AS OFFENSIVE
IN; NORTH IS RESUMED
RAINEY ORCHARDS
FEATUJEJATALOGUE
STARK USES HIS FAMOUS YIELD
OF 1915 AS FRONTISPIECE
FOR CATALOGUE..
An excellent picture of the Rainey
orchards on the Bear Ceek pike, taken
during the record breaking crop of five
years ago, furnishes the frontispiece
for the catalogue of the famous Stark
nurseries. This was the year that Mr.
Rainey's "Delicious" apples made such
a phenomenal yield and attracted at
tention all over the country. Mr. Rai
ney said of that crop: "I got enough
apples from this one crop of Stark
Delicious to pay for the trees, the land
and for all my labor." There were
visitors from all over the country to
sea that wonderful crop.
SENATE CONTEST
THIS; DISTRICT
TO GO TO POLLS
8TATE COMMITTEE DECLINES TO
INTERFERE IN THE LOONEY
AND WIGGS CASE.
QUESTION UP TO THE PEOPLE
bo-Called Rotation Agreement Made
Between the "Regular" Leaders
Has No Weight With the Members.
J. N. Fisher Elected Chairman.
At the meeting of the state demo
cratic committee on Wednesday at
Nashville the "buck was passed" so
far a3 the senatorial situation in this
district is concerned. The committee
declined to declare any nominee in the
district with the result that Judge
Wiggs, of Perry county, and Judge
Looney, of this county, will make the
race through to the November elec
tion.' They were both by inference
given the permission of the state com
mittee to do this.
An effort was made to have the com
mittee' declare Judge Looney the" nom-
nee on the ground that a rotation
agreenient heretofore signed between
certain leaders, of the old. "so-called
regular" faction had given Maury
county the right to name the senator
this year. But the committee declined
to do this. One of the members later
moved that Judge Wiggs be declared
the nominee, but the members declin
ed to take any action and simply put
the matter up taJJiMeopkv for. set
tlement at the November election.
Judge Looney was represented be
fore the -committee by Col. Thomas H.
Peebles, of this county, who made a
powerful plea that he was the regular
nominee on the ground of the alleged
rotation agreement which' he produc-1
ed.. The claim of Mr., Peebles was
disputed by the representatives of
Judge Wiggs, who Insisted that since
Perry county had not had the senator
but once in twent y years," and there
fore was entitled to name the senator
this year.
J. N. Fisher, who managed the cam
paign for the nomination for Uov.
Roberts, was elected chairman of the
committee. J. N. Cox, of Cookeville,
resigned in order jthat' Mr. Fisher
might be elected to membership on
the committee and become the chair
man thereof. ,
The committee held a most harmo
nious session and Its action on every
thing was by unanimous vote.
HEAVY. DEFEAT ADMINISTERED
TO RED FORCES, 1 ACCORDING
TO ADVICES RECEIVED.
LITHUANIAN FRONTIER REACHED
Victorious Polish Forces Contlnua
Advance, Offsetting Gains Made fly
Russians on Other Fronts, Dj
patches Announce. ,
(By United Press.) , . '
PARIS, Sept. 2. Poles resumint
attacks on the Northern front hav
administered a heavy defeat to Rus
sians and have reached the Ltttnyi
iun frontier according to official ad
vices received, at the French war .of
fice from "Warsaw,, ' " 1
Heavy gains in this section by, tba
Victorious "Polish - forces have mor
than offset temporary successes of
Red arms on other fields. f
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' (By United Pres.) ... t
WARSAW, Sept. 2. General Luden
nis army was annihilated Wednesday,
the Polish official communication ac
counted this morning., j-.-
RAILROAD
E
ON, PJKE JS DOWN
LONG DETOUR NECESSARY FOR
TRAVELERS OVER MTV PLEA
SANT HIGHWAY
Travel on the Mt. Pleasant plka Is
being greatly inconvenienced by the
tearing away of the bridge over the
main line of the Louisville & Nash-
ville railroad a short distance from
the city. The bridge was torn away
several" days ago and for' some nil
known reason the work of replacing
it has been greatly delayed making
long detours for the travel out that
way necessary Tins is the second
railroad bridge on this pike that Juts
been repaired by the railroad NUis
summer. Te people are glad to have ,
the new bridges but they are getting
impatient at the delay in restoring
the structure that was torn down,
Winter Near;
Production Of
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Coal Is Cut
(By United Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 2.
Production in the bituminious fields
will be cut to one-fifth normal by a
general strike of miners, ordered by
President Lewis, officials said today!.
SCHOOL ROY MAKES
MONEY DURING SUMMER
WORKING AT EXPERIMENT : STA
TION AND GETS GOOD KNOWL
EDGE OF FARMING.
ATTEMPTED ARREST s
EDITOR: IS FIRED
MILITARY MAN RELIEVED OF t(S
COMMAND BY GOVERNOR OP':
TEXAS THIS MORNING.
(By United Press.)
UALVICSTON, Sept. 4. Colonel Bil
lie Maufield, provost marshal of the
Galveston militia, has been relieved of
his command following his statement
acknowledging responsibility Sot the
attempted "arrest of G. V. Sanders,
Houston editor, whose paper opposed
martial laws. - , (
Governor Hobby ordered the relief
of Maufield.
CUL
0
EOXA SCHOOL TO
'EN MONDAY, SEPT. 13
The fall term of the Culeoka sefcopl
will open' cm Monday, September lJ?.
The full faculty has been elected and
everything will be In readiness for tha
school at tfcat time.
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Bailey Morrow, the sixteen year old
son of Mrs. William B. Bell, of this
city, is now down on Big Creek fish
ing and swimming after spending a
most helpful and lucrative vacation on
the Middle Tennessee Experiment Sta
tion farm.
He is a pupil of the Columbia High
School and just as soon as school clos
ed he secured himself a job at the
station and has been hitting the ball
all summer. During the time he has
accumulated more than $1.".0 In cold
cash and gleaned a wonderful knowl
edge of farming. He will re-enter the
high school this fall.
Ha expressed himself as being high
ly pleased with the work and says
that it Is a grand opportunity for the
Tnnnr hnva tn learn farmine.
R AT AM
HU U
OF L
ORD
MAYOR
IS
FOOLISH"
'(By United Press.)
AS B CRY PARK, N. Y., Sept. 2.
Bishop William Quayle, of the Metho
dist church, Characterized Ixird Mayor
MacSwenry, who is starving in j tb
Brixton jail, as "a foolish posing a
martyr." He admonished his congre
gation against "sponging pn God and
said trying to get well without the
aid of physician ii sponging on tha
Supreme Being.
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