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COLUMBIA. TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER io, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
UBER QUAKE VJGT1S
IS LARGELY INCREASED:
HALF MiLLIION HOMELESS
TH'rt'EE HUNDRED KNOWN DEAD,
AND LISTi INCREASING, HUN-
. DRED3 THOUSANDS HURT.
MORE SHOCKS
FELT
TODAY
Rescue Work Contlues, and Property
Lots of Millions la, Revealed Ex
Hct Extent of Damage Canqot Be
Determined. . . -
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' (By United Prats.)
ROME, s Sept." 9. With th6 number
of casualties and the extent of dam
age as the result of Tuesday's earth
quake still' undetermined slight shocks
re-curred this morning throughout L'n-
fglnana and the Versllla region:'-;'
The latest reports from Genoa show
ed that more than 300 are known to be
dead with prospects of a largely in
creased death list Several -hundred
thousand are known to have been In
jured and more than a half .million
are homeless. , ",,.
E. J. PARK AGAIN
MADE PRESIDENT
SUNDAY
SCHOOLS
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MRS. ALLEN D.LQAN, OF COLUM
DIA, ELECTED SECRETARY'OF
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
TED GORDEH IS THE TREASURER
COMMITTEES WOBKING
ON LIGHT RATES
UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL BE
ASKED TO GIVE THE CITU. .
t ZENS A HEARING.
1 " When the regular weekly luncheon
of the Kiwanis club is held tomorrow
thp committee; appointed to investi
gate the proposed increase in the
' waidr, light and power rates for ,Co
liiAhift will be ready to report. This
committee has been actively at work
vandhjs.,pbtained a great deal, of in
; formation on the cost of' producing
current andjalso-the process that are
paid" elsewhere.1 - " -i
. The. committees of the map meet
ins -of Tuesday night has likewise
been busy and the state utilities com
mission will, bo asked to take no ac
tion on the application for an increase
in the rates here until after the citi
zens have an opportunity to be heard.
Ai the meeting tonight of. the retail
credit merchants association another
committee will be appointed to co
operate with the other committee .
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
BIG PARADE t HER E
FOR GRAND LODGE
SUCCESS CROWNS EFFORT8 OF
COMMITTEE IN S ECURING
ROOMS FOR VISITORS.
.
1, 0, 0, F, HOME BAND COMING
Will Head Marching Visitors Here
On Third Day of Big Convocatlon-r
Merchants May Also participate in
Festivities.
HOPKINS HANDS
SELLS: RED' HOT;
SIZZLING; REPLY
FACULTY OF HIGH
SCHOOL TO MEET
One Hundred Dollars PIBdJjcd to the
' State 'Organization -at WeM Attend
ed County Convention held at the
Bigbyillo Methodist Church. .
Although some of the speakers on
the program failed to appear the coun
ty' Sunday school convention at tne
Higbyvil'e Methodist .church 011 Wed
nesday was one, of the most success"
ful and largely attended in the histo-
i" of the association. Thero we re-
delegates from more than a score of
Sunday i-scliools and th.o Interest was
fine.- r ."
. Efastus. J. Park, of Culleoka, was
reelected president; T.;Ed Clordon, of
Columbia," was aglftn 'ejected treasur
er, and Mrs. Allen !). Sloan, of Co
lumbia,' was elected secretary.
The devotional services wero con
ducted by Dr. Givcns,, pastor of the
Bigbyville Methodist church. , The
Sunday school as, a church institution
was the subject of an able address by
Judge W. C Salmon. Dr. Molloy most
earnestly' discussed "The Child for
Christ"- t' ' v - -
H. L.. Walker, the general secretary
of the state-organisation; f Ailed to ap
peal and short addresses were made
fy Dr. J. M. Kobison, oh Culleoka, Dr.
R. B. Perry, of Bigbyville, and TE.
Gordon, of Columbia. , .
Tho invention . oledeed $100 for
the state organization work. ,
In the afternoon there was a song
and prayer .service. . .
At noon a big basket dinner, like
those that have made the hospitality
and generosity of Bigbyville household
words in the 'Dimple, was served.
There was great abundance of all good
things to eat and. it was served with
a lavish hand. One caii always depend
on the folks at Bigbyvijle for whole
hearted entertainment.
v With South Columbia istill , unre
ported, rooms for more than 700 dele
gates to the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
and Encampment, to be in session
lure from October ! 8-21 inclusive have
been secured. , It ; is expected that
with , the report from this- section' of
tho city in, that accommodations' wil
bo provided for at least 1,000; and par
tial promises have been secured for
accomm'oda'tions fqr 1,, 200 the eati
mated number of delogates and visl
tors who will be in attendance here
from every section of the state. '
One of .the features of the Grand
Lodge meeting here will be the pub'K
exercises on Wednesday,1 October .21
when : a great street parade will be
given by the vistlng, Odd Fellows,
and it is expected' that not less th;ir
1,600 members of this great organ!
zation will bo in line, and be headad
by the Odd F.ellows Home Band from
ClarKsviue. " , 1
Ptans aVo now being made to have
tht-Merchants of Columbia tak part
in this parade, and It is not unlikely
that tho business interests of the city
GIRLS LEAD
TAKING ENTIRE
SCHOOL COURSE!
CHARGES FIRST DISTRICT pON-
GRESSMAN TRIED TO BOSS RE- S
- , PUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
HOW LATTER "OJTCHtD LOWOEN
Experienced a Crtange If Heart," It Is
Alleged, After e Wak Made Custo-
- dlan In This State of the Wood
Sjush Fund of $8,000.1; . . .
1 y.
From the manner, irt which Hon.
Raleigh Sr Hopkins, member or tne
republican Btate cemriiittee from this
district, pours hot shot into Congress
man Sam Sells it is evident that the
yeacebird has flown from the' ranks
af the G. O. P. In the course of an
interview given The Herald in rerly
to one from Mr. Sells,, Mr. Hopk ns
charges that Sells, among other things,
!was . for Lowden until he was made
ci:ftodian of the Wood filush fund of
fS.OOOT when he experienced a change
heart. V J - - ;
Ux. Hopkins statement follows:
'Evidently Sam Sells was trying to
explain why he and others failed to
'elect Paul J. KreVisi chairman of the
republican state, committee after they
had "inspired a statement in. the papers
of Monday afternoon, that he would be
aiected. Without any jllsparagement
to Mr. Kreusi, who is,' I understand,
a gentleman, he newr lpd any chance
to be elected. Mr. Sells and his star
chamber associates were forced by a
majority of the committee to abandon
Mr Kreusi,', although they had suc-
headed by .the Columbia Vand will also eeeded in. driving several candidates
MORE BOyS ENROLLED IN .T4e
FIRST GRADE BUT THEY DO
r . , ' NOT CONTINUE. "
THROUGH THE HIGHER' GRIDES
Enrollment In tfje. County" Compares
Favorably With Population But' Av
erage Attendance Could Be Very
Much Improved.
nnrtir.lnate in the festivities of the
day. , It U expected that on this day
Columbia wifl bo filled to overflowing
with neonle from every 'section . " of
Maury and JoVning counties.
Whether or not the merchants of
the city will participate in this parade
v. ill be discussed at the meeting of the
Retail Credit Men's Association to be
held this evening.; when Dr. E. ,A.
Timmnns. chairman of the Grand
Commitee on arfangenrents and ' re
ception will appear before the Mer
chants to explain plans Jor the public
exercises. . '
from the race for chairman, men they
sruld not control
"At 6 o'clock Monday afternoon
those of us who pposed the domination
of the party in this state by Sam Sells
kew that we had the votes to defeat
Mr Kreusi the star chamber" choice,
We had agreed to stand together eith-
er tor w. ?.. uiwi, v"ct
Ctemente or some other "nnbossed. re
publican leader, the choice of Alt Tay-
EVERY TEACHER ASKED TO 3E
PRESENT tTO MAKE PLANS FC R
x COMING TERM. ,
" All members , of teh City and , High
Schools will meet in a general facuUy
meeting a! the High School, "Saturday
morning at , 10 o'clock. Ahsora.eiy
necessary that all teacher , be t, pre-
; sent. ,' .,.- ' ;
All pupils coming to the City and
High Schools, for the first time, win
please be sure to bring a complete
record of all work they have done in
the ' schools , they have attended.
This will materially aid us and them
in classification. , '
CHANGE OF EQUINOX , V
BRiNGS HEAVY RAINS
SEPTEMBER MAY RIVAL PER
FORMANCES OF MONTH OF AU
GUST FOR PRECIPITATION.
CONGRESSMAN ESCH IS
APPARENTLP DEFEATED
, (By United Froes.) ,
MILWAUKEE, Sept. ; 9. Senator
Irvine Lenroot Increased his lead over
Jmes Thompuson for the republican
nomination for senator In Tuesday's
primary.' n was indicated that Con
gressman Esch, co-author of the Esch-
.Cunimins railroad law, was defeated,
HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL
TO OPEN MONDAY
PROF. SEWELL, OF COLUMBIA,
SELECTED A THE PRIN-.
: CIPAL.
School will open' at Hampshire for
ik. n,io. (m m tn Monday morn-
iiin uu"u& - --- ---
Ing with a full faculty. Prof. Sewell,
of Columbia, who has been studying
law. will bo the principal of the
school. ' Mr. Sewell Is a college grad;
uate and the people of that section
feel very much gratified at being able
to secure him.
rooo
OPPOSES
CHANGE
DRY LAW
August having attempted to shattei
rainfall rpcorda for that montti, and
having more than ji normal pVeciplta
tlon during the thirty-one days, it ap
pears that September is making an 'if
fort to rival August's record within
thirty days, and with another day oi
two' like Wednesday and this morning
it. goes without saying that the precip
Ration for September will be In ex
cess of the August rains;
The rain of Wednesday afternoon
was one of thehardest that has fallen
Ifere "since'sprlng.' Within a few mo
ments nearly an Inch of rain fell, and
the streets were- regular Tittle rivers
of water. This morning the perform
ance was duplicated.
From the appearance of the heavens
this morning, the fall rains have set
in and it is expected that there will
bo almost continued rain, at least un
til after the change of the equinox on
September . 21, when1 days and nights
will be tho same length.
a- k..
lor. We. had no ttesire io aicuue, vm
we were dtermined not to permit the
3t.ar chamber bunch to do the dictat
or. Sells was mistaken when
he said that he. had sixteen out oi
twenty members pledged to Kreusi, as
much mistaken as when he said he
...,.ii riintata his' own successor in
r'juiu; vv,vv .
congress. . . ;
"Clements. Burnett and I voted for
Mr.' Taylor's choice but spoke highly
if Mr.. Gore. The effort of Mr. Sell3
to make it appear that we three were
of the Littleton faction and' that the
division of the committee was along
factional 4iues is unwarranted by the
facts. Some of Littleton s menua v
committee voted for Gore and on
ASSISTANT TREASURER
REPUBLICAN
ADITS COK'S CHARGES
PRESBYTERIANS
TO HAVE SYNOD
MEETING HERE
Out of a scholastic population of
11,033 In Maury county there were en
rolled In tlie public schools during the
year ending Jane 30, last, 7,364. Con
Bidering the fact that all persons be
tween the ages of six and twenty-one
years, are counted in the scholastic
population this Is considered a fine
showing very few children are Bent
to Bchool until they are seven and hot
very many attend after they areiine
teen years of age.
In the country-the white-boys made
a better record for enrollment than the
girls, there being 2,453 boys in the el
ementary schools and 2,285 birls in
the same schools. But- in the high
school the honors go altogether to the
fairer sex. One hundred and sixty
three boys and 214 girls were enrolled
last year In the high schools.
Tbe average daily attendance does
not make such a good record, the aver
age number in dally attendance be
ing 4,420 out .of the enrollment of
7,364. The big falling off is in the.
elementary schools. The average daily
attendance at the high schools is re
markable, berlng 307 out of an enroll
ment of 377.
The enrollment by grades furnishes
an interesting siuay, me toiai oi
2.933 in the. first grade falling, to 1,151
in the second and- tbnn.io 484 in-the
seventh. Forty-fivfi finished the high
schools of .the county, of whom thirty
were girls. and fifteen boys. The bpy
led the giris by nearly, 200 i,n tho. en
rollment of th first , grade, ut they
ha ve not the "stickability" ; of" the'
fair sex for twie as many.ot tne lat
ter -completed the course during th9
y- ar. -." .
During the year there were 112
white fioys and 162 white girls com
pleting the course last.sesslpjviii the
elementary schools, that Is the fin.t
eight grades. In the white elementary
schools last year there were 107 worn
en and twenty men employed as teach
ers or a ratio of over five to - one.
Forty-two of these teachers, hold first
grade certificates."
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WILL BRING LARGE NUMBER OF
. DELEGATES fO CITY FROM
POINTS OVER STATE. ,
WILL MEET ON
OCTOBER- 12
Session Will Continue r .Ar-ably
Through Friday, October ,n?0ele
gates to Be Entertained by Mem-
. bera of Congregation. ," .',
SAYS' QUOTA FOR FIFTY CITIES
NAMED WERE FIXED BY HIM
LAST NOVEMBER.
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'CONFIDENTIAL' B(JT NOT SECRET
Harry M. Blair Continues on Stand At
' Senatorial Committee Contlnuet the
Probe of Republican $16,000,000
, Campaign Fund.
For the first time in ten yearl or
Bince 1910, "the Synod of Tennessee
of the Presbyterian churches in the
United States, bringing some 200 dele
gates here, will hold its annual meet
ir.g at the Thirst Presbyterian church
in uoiuniDia mis year. '
The synod will meet on 'Tuesday,
October 12 "at 7:30 o'clock p. m., and
On sessions will probably last through
Friday, October 15. ' t :
The Presbyteries of Nashville, Mem
phis and Columbia are embraced in
the synod and they cover all the ftate
with the exception of the mountain
region of East Tennessee. r
There will be vis'ito's here to attend
the synod fromAtlanta, Louisville and
other points. Delegates to this meet
ing will be entertained in the homes
of members of the congregation, and
the gathering here is expected to bo
of great interest to alt members of
the congregation throughout the state.
the
made
- (By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 0. Unusual in
terest was aroused over the statement
thKformer Secretary of the ireasu
ry McAdoo is vigorously opposing a
-..jin-'nA r.f tho Volstead act. Mr,
niouiii1-1"" .
McAdoo will campaign tor Gov, lox.
SKELIEY AND OARIEY FAftS'JS WILL
BE SOLD AT AUCTION THIS MOWTI
Two big auction sales of real estate
are announced today by he Stockard
Realty Company. The first will be
the magnificent farm of Hardy Skel
ley on September 2i -at 10 o'clock.
This rich farm lies on Knob Creek,
nine miles from Columbia and will be
f ut "Up Into several tram.
On the following day. September 23,
-company will ell the J. T. Oak
, ... f 911 acres. This farm is
locate eleven milea north of Colum
w& .bout J4 miles west of Carter'-
Citek pike, and the prospective ' buy
invited to see the; splendid
ciops growing on it as evidence of Its
creat productivity.
iDGE PROPERTY
SOOTH U
ON
N SELLS
TO W. C. SALMON FOR $7,700 FIVE
LOTS TO MRS. ANNIE LEE
RfTTER FOR $2",15o
mv mn nn . n 9 e etuuii .
un&nlmous. ! plead guilty to being a
friend of Littleton, who is also my
friend.
"Sells says that in 1916 Gore was
dafrauded out of his membership on
t3 national committee. . If that oe
ttue he Sellsi, was star chambering
snnav nlcht. and Monday with th
vefy man whodefrauded Gore. There
Is reason to believ thai certain repub
lican leaders do not want Taylor
lor elected fearing that if may de
tract from their own power and impor
tance ' " ,
u mav be true that .the national
committee recognized Sells as the rep
resentative, from Tennessee' during
the illness of Committeeman Overall
hut as it 'la also true that Sells was
for Lowden for pr?sident early In 'the
campaign, that he changed to Wood
when the . antj" was raised and Is
supposed to have -dished out the $S,
000 Wood slush fund that came to Ten
r.essee, and has s'nee been repudiat
ed in his own district, he need not be
surprised if the republican party in
Tennessee is full of men from Mis
souri." - :
TOMATO DELIVERIES'
;..:;;::,:;-lfnil.lliHEIlVY
MANY WAGON LOADS RECEIVED
EACH DAY.AT PlANT OF CO
LUMBIA CANNING COMPANY.
The Mrs. Mary L. Hdge home
place on South Main street was sold
today at noon by Clerk ad Master
Mora B. Farlss through .Chancery
Court and Judge Sam Holding, exe
cutor, for $7,700 to W. C. Salmon, and
at the same time five houses" and lots
on West Tenth street were sold to
Mrs. Annie Lee Ritter for $2,150.
The lots were bid in by Mrs. Mar
garet C. Brown ror Mrs. jtmer, nrsi
being sold seperately and then as a
whole. The lots sold . seperately for
1 1.625. all of which were bid in by
Mrs. Brown except one.
The Hodge place on South Main
Is one of the most desirable pieces
of property in the city, and it is un
derstood that Judge Salmon will do
considerable improving of the pro
perty and offer it for sale. The bid
ding for this piece o( property was
quite lively, four parties being in the
arena at differ?nt times. -
Deliveries of torgatoesat the plant
of he ' Columbia' Canning Cftmpany
contlue heavy despite the heavy rams
which have threatened to to damage
the crop. Many wagon -loads of thig
fruit or vegetable are delivered each
day at the canning, factory, and hun
dreds of dollars" have been distributed
to the tomato growers of ,the county
during the past few weeks.' and it ia
expected that a new record tor the to
mato pack will he established at th9
local factory. '. : '
Officials of. the1 canning plant here
hope to" pack not only tomatoes, but all
kinds of fruits and vegetables later on,
a;nd the' public wlll be given due no
tice through the columns of The Her
ald as to the. Intentions of the compa
ny. " Growers of all kinds of vegetables
would then find a ready market for
almost anything grown on the farm
or garden. '
ADIUESS
jure
OPENING OF TERM
FAMILIAR CADET GRAY OF C. M.
A. STUDENTS WILL, SOON BE
SEEN ON STREETS.
'By United Press.)
CHICAGO. Sep. 9-Resuralng the
examination of Harry M Blair, a9slbt
aht'treasurer of the republican nation
al committee, Semtor Reed' question
ed him Regarding the' plans for secur
ing fund's for the national campaign.
He attempted to "rove by Blair the
charges made by Governor Cox as to -the
exact quotas fixed for more" than
fifty cities. He road the list of fifty
one, one of thean had been affirmed
yesterday by Dudley Blossoms, of
Cleveland. .
Blair admitted tho authenticity of
Governor Cox's list. ' lie said the quo
tas were prepared by him last Novem
ber and were confidential but "not
secret", ". - , v ,
Bargain Day
For Ball Fans
Mere Friday
Foiiowlng a morning of constant;
rain, the management of the tjolum-.
Ma Baseball Association , announced ;
at noon today that the second game ...
of tho series with Ijawrencehurg has
again been postponed and that, a dOHb-
le header will be played here totnor-
row if weather conditions are favoV-
able. 'x The" first game ' will begin
promptly at 2:15" o'clock and a rocord
breaking attendance fa anticipated."
All is in readiness for the opening
Columbia Military Academy here
on Tuesday. Sohool officials are ex
pecting the influx of students from
more than thirty states and toreign
countries to Begin "the latter part of
the. present week, and will continue
steadily for the next several days.
The school will opened with appro
priate exercises dn Tuesday evening,
at! which time seveM pastors of Co
lumbia churches have, been invited
to be present and, to make short ad
dresses, v ;-. ..'''
Officials of C. M. A. believethe pres
ent year will be one of the best in the
history of the institution. The at
tendance, will be large, and an excel
lent year's wdrk is anticipated.
RQSH HASHANA
t :i ' ; , ; ,
OB VU;t
JEWISH HEW YEAH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY CELE
BRATED AS SUCH BY JEWISH
CITIZENS OF MAURY.
JOBS ENOUGH FOB 1
.ALL IS PREDICTED
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Ha
ehana, wilt begin next, Sunday-after-mton
at sun down an wir last tnftft
T iesday evening at sun down. These)
days -Will be observed by the' JoMvfsTi"
citizens of this fiat'ion khd atl the'
stores owned nd cpPrated by fovtt in
Columbia arid Maury county Hir btt
closed. .' . ;. , .. . ,
Rosh Hashana 's sfaken, from la
Hebrew rosh hashanah, and1 meana
the head of the year. , Thi3 marks the
beginning of the 5,,i21 year of fba
Jewish race The, Jews will hold sjec-
ial . services' in the Odd Fellows nail
Monday evening, at rhlch time ad
dresses will be made by speakers' from
Nashville. '; '
W. H. BURTON. JR..
NEW UcLGD AlitNl
W. H. Burton, J., Delco factory
man; is the newsagent, for Maury
county for the Delco I'b?ht Co. Mr.
Burton succeeds R. W. Rupe, who has
eoft to the oil fields of Texas to sell
DeTco lighting systems. . ' -
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON,.Sept. 9. There will
bo plenty of jobs for all his winter,
John B. Denstnore, director of labor of
the department offcmployment service
predicted this morning. He based his
prediction -upon ' reports filed by
nirenta. ' He said ;he coming winter
would be one of the best regarding op
portunitle'a for employment, excepMhe
war years.
TEXAS COT
WANT 48 CEN
ON GROWERS
S.POUliO
(By United Press.) .
AfsTix Tpia. SeDL 9. Texas
growers will, hold cotton for forty
eight cents per pounds. Jt was agreed
by a committee of state farmers here.
The announced y rt of production has
bt-pn forty-five cents. ;
THE NEW BUICK .
, ARRIVES IN PIMPLE
-
DRIVEN THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FROM NASHVILLE
BY HAPPY BROWN LOW.
The new 1921. model Bulck has
arrived in Columbia and created quite
a good deal of excitement among the
brga Wednesday afternoon when it
relied in piloted by Happy Brownlow.
The car Is considered "he very lat
est thing -In automobile perfection
There are, many improvements over
the 192Q car. and even the most Ig
norant in auto lore can see the differ
ecce. One of the greatest and most
highly talked of poljits Is the improve
ments In the engine.
Happy said he walked light throtish
from Nashville without even a bobble
iho muddy roads not even making
diL- '
Of
JUDICIAL OFFICIM
GETJIORE SALARY
INCREASED SALARfE8 WfLL'dON-
TINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
. 1. 1922. : . ;
WATSON'S
ELECTI
PLEASES
J. 0, P.
(By Untted 'Press.)
NEW TOAK. S'jut. 9. Watsons vie
toy in Georgia ii construed at repub-
l',. n headquarters as a repudiation of
the administration end the league of
r.htions. Democrats attached no sig
n f cance to the victory over Smith,
due to local conditions.
Judges, chancellors and Judges of?
Tennessee courts are njw recefvlngr
more pay than they have ever recefv
ed before, the new salary, bill apply
ing to judges of the circuit and crlm-1
inal courts and chancellors, also - to
the Justices of the supreme court and
the court of civil appeals became ef
fective, on September 1.,
The new law gives Judges of ; th
crlmlal and civil courts and chancel
lors a raise of $400, their salaries be
ing increased from $3,00 to (4,000.. ,
The Judges of the supreme court and
the court or civil appeals .receive ,
$500 raise, their salaries belnfj , lac
creased from $5,000 to $5,500. '.
The salaries became effective Sepk
1, 1920, and will continue In operation
until September 1, 1322. Alter-tut.
date no change. Is, mad In th sala
ries of the circuit and criminal court "
but the Judges of the, supreme court
and court of civil appeals wlH jsacht
receive a salary of 5,750. ' " '
Thoso affected by the bill in tb
state are twenty-four circuit court
judges, fifteen chancellors, sit crirn-
inal court judges and live judges eack
on the supreme court and court of cr
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