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VOL. LXXII NO. 38
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1920
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
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SULT
SEVERAL DEAD RE
Mysterious blast on
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i WALL STREET AT
00
WINDOWS ARE SHATTERED FOR
. BLOCK BY EXPLOSION IN NEW ;
YORK FINANCIAL DISTRICT.. -
HUNDREDS -ARE .INJURED
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Police Believe Wagon Load of. Ep!o
elves Collided , With Automobile.
8oldirs and Police Reserves to
f.cen.
WILL OPEN BIDS
BUILDING ANNEX
LOCAL
HOSPITAL
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, NEW - YORK, Sept. 15. Fifteen
"" were killed and many Injured in an' ex
plosion near the offices of Morgan &
' Company,, at Broad and Wall streets,
' at noon today. Stock and curb mar
kets closed a few "minutes later.
; Jk clerk" at Morgan & Company's said
four inside the offices had been killed.
None i of the Morgan partners were
hurt with the exception of Julius Mor-
ganj whose handB were cut by flying
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ThjB entire down town" section was
shaken by the blast; and windows shat
tered. The cause of the explosion is
uftdetermined, but the city fire mar
shals advanced the theory that a truck
load of explosives, being taken to an
exeavatlou on Pearl street collided
with. , an automobile. , The. wreckage
of an automobile was found." A horse
1 idy'Vin' ItW 4trfet lies rby torn to
pieces. . "fj:i'y'i-':'f''iC'-'l':
A United Press reporter counted ,tea
bodieS laying on the sidewalk covered
wit.fi! burlap jand believed to be dead.
Police. estimated that not. more than
eighteen were killed and possibly two
hundred injured. 'At 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon one hundred 'had' passed
'through the Volunteer Hospital. , .
' In all the varied history of Wall
street, probably has never such a sen
sation been witnessed. Brokers end
bankers rushed to the sceite," and po
lice reserves were called to han.lle
the crowd. Two companies of soldi irs
were ordered to the scene. All fid
" eral agents are working on the c se.
All persons near, the explosion (old
of the great burst f flames accompa
nying the blast. ' This flame is saiO to
lnuo shot hundreds of feet into (he
air. Many believed there was m ire
than one shot of flames. Asan ind:3a
tion as to the extent of the flames, :;m
bulance workers found three yo.-ng
women n a banking house at42 V. all
street badly burned. Thy were at
their desks at least 100 feet away from
the sidewalk. Ambulance workers
searched all offices for injured.'; Many
wild rumors'are in circulation. Some
said hundreds were killed.
Police after an investigation said
the most likely explanation was a col
lision of a truck load of explosives
.ith nn mitnmnbile. High officials
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said it was possible that a time bomb
concealeJ in the truck was responsi-,
ble. Some witnesses believe a horse
drawn cart contained the explosives.
Pieces of horse, were found, but no
trace of the cart could be found. Win
dows were shattered . for several
v,ibo Tha Jnlnrert included both
uiui nn. j
men and women.
EOARDTO MEET AT 4 O'CLOCK
THIs'aVtERNOON TO AWARD
THE CONTRACT. 1
MANY : BIDS ARE RCEIVED
Additional' 'Room Will Provide for
, About Five More Wards Electric
; Elevator and Other Improvements
to Be Made to Institution.
Members of the King's 'Daughters
hospital board wil meet at 4 o'clock
this afternoon for the purpose of con
sidering and acting upon the bids that
have been submitted for the construc
tion of the annex to the hospital. The
bids were received Tuesday and there
are several. It is probable that at the
meeting this afternoon the contract
will be awarded.
The proposed annex will aid very
materially in solving the problem that
is always before the board of finding
sufficient accommodations for . the
large number who demand admittance
to the hospital. For several months
Hie board lias oil' several; occasions
found the space at the hospital inad
equatee for the demands.
The annex wil furnish a new Kitch
en and serving room' and on the sec
ond floor will be located quarters for
the nurses. It is thought that the
annex will increase tne capacity or
the hospital by at least five wards
and measurably provide for immediate
wants. It is admitted, however, that
at the racfe that the hospital is being
used it will hot be long before still
further space will "be needed.
In addition to the new room an Xray
outfit of the very latest design will
be installed. Also there will' be an
electric elevator, placed in the institu
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POLL TAX REF
ACTJS RECEIVED
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EX-SERVICE MEN MUST HAVE
HONORABLE DISCHARGES WITH
THEM TO GET IT.
M'LEMORE LAUDS
'iillEiili
ACRE AT AUCTION
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NEARLY 1,000 PEOPLE ATTEND
f BIG SALE OF FAMOUS SPRING .
' . HILL ESTATE :
LARGEST NUMBER
BOYS AND GIRLS
GO JO COLLEGES
i'SWEIY
IS LOSING
STRENGTH
REPORTED
(Rr United Press.)
LONDON, Sept. l Iord Mayor
r..o...noV nniwiitu to have lost
.Ulioncur; . ' -
strength. His breathing' is weaker
0nH hia ova are somewhat glazed, ac
At ih Sinn Fein bulletin.
Prisod officials reiterated the denial
tnit an attempt-has been made to
fd the strikers. ' ' r
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Copfes of the act of the legislature
refunding - poll taxes to ; ex-service
fin have been received here. The
act is brief and s'imply provides that
all poll taxes paid by ex-service men
since Nov.' ll,19lS, shall be refund
ed out of the school fund, to which
the poll tax goes. The only proof of
payment necessary to get a "refund
warrant from the judge of the county
court is an honorable discharge rrom
the armed service of the nation. The
act was evidently hastily and crudely
drawn and no proof of the payment
of the tax by the party having the hon
orable discharge is required. Howev
er, It is certain that no warants will
be jissued in this county by Judge
Whitth3rne until there la proof that
the payment has been made. The acjt
is already in effect and ex-service men
who have paid poll taxes since Nov.
11, 1918, can secure a refund by pre
senting their honorable discharges
with" proof of payment.
NO BAND CONCERT
AT
The usual Sunday afternoon con
cert, given by the Columbia band at
the high school play gjound will not
take place Sunday on account of the
absence of the director from the city
The concerts will be resumed Jn the
near future, however.
MUCH 'PERSONALITY ALSO SOLD
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Sale Conducted Through S. O. Thomas,
. Dillon and Central Trust Agencies
"and is Considered a Success Al
though Some Tracts Bargains.
'McLeniore lands, the beautiful es
tate of, $15 acres at Spring Hiir, were
sold at public auction on Wednesday
for an average of a little more than
$100 an acre. '.The 815 adres brought
a total of S8C.000. The personalty
was sold at public outcry for $7,600.
The total of the sale, more than $93,
000, made it one of the largest auc
tions ever held in Maury county.
There sas an immense crowd pres
ent, it being estimated that during
the day not less than, 1,000 persons
attended. Th'e bidding was not as
spirited as usual, but the only real dis
appointment of tlya sale was the price
paid for, the. home place, which was
considered a big bargain. . This place
containing 2CG. acres with magnificent
improvements was sold to Otey Davis,
former Cbhimbian, but now of Tipton
villeIake roiinty,- at a consideration
of $146 an acre.
. Tract No. 2 of 104.1 acres was sold
to J. M. Crowell for $70 an acre, as.
an investment, - V 'V '.
Tract No. 3 of 84.7 acres was sold
to Mr. Byrd, of Columbia, for $82.50. j
Tracts Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 containing
in" the a'gfegaTe"09 acres," wis "sold
to Mr. Hitchcock, of Gallatin, !for $96
an acre. :'-v :.''.-''.
Tract No. 8 of 151.4 acres was sold
to M. J. Morton for $80 an acre.
The sale was conducted by the real
estate concerns of Central Trust Co., 1
of FrankVn; S.' Otey ' Thomas, of Co
lumbia, and W. V. Dillon & Company,
of Nashville It had been thorough
ly advertised as shown by.' the large
crowd present. -
Immediately' after the lands were
sold the auction , of personal proper
ty consisting pf stock, tools, imple
ments, machinery" and furniture was
held. This sale attracted much inter
est and' many buyers and the total
was around $7,500. . . -
MORE WILL ATTEND FROM MAU
RY. COUNTY, THE COMING SES
SION THAN EVER BEFORE.
ATTENO MANY INSTITUTIONS
University of Tennessee and Vander
bllt Are the Most Popular Among
' the Great Universities of . the Na
tion With Local Folks."' .
Five Million
Work Tor Dry
World Today
(By United Press.) -WASHINGTON,
D. C, Sept.' 16.
Five million workers are now fighting
to make ti world dry, Doctor Robert
Hercod said upon his arrival from
Switzerland for the Fifteenth Inter
national Congress against Alcoholism,
which convenes Monday. '
Alcoholic beverages will be abolish
ed in every country on' the globe
within "the next fifty yeas, he pi-.
dieted. Ohe of the Scandinavian
countries will be the next to go dry,
he said. '" ' '
THOMPSON FACT
WINS
ON .
N ILLINOIS
LOWDEN CANDIDATE SENDS TEL
EGRAM OF CONGRATULATION
TO RIVAL FOR SENATE".
(fiy United Press.)
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 16. Admitting
his defeat William B. McKinley, of the
Iowden faction, has sent a telegram of
congratulations to Frank Smith, his
rival for the United States senate,
upon his nomination.
CASE IS DISMISSED
IN CRIMINAL COURT
The' case against Harvey' Hutson
charged with wounding the beast of
another, set forrial in county crimi
nal rourt this morning, was dismissed
because of Insufficient evidence. It
was charged that Hutson had put
something fa the eyes of his neigh
bor'a horse, which injured them. . ,'
Maury1 county boys ,and girls are
leaving and will duringUhe next week
leave In larger numbers than ever be
fore for the colleges arid Universities.
An increasing numberj of the high
school and preparatory; school gradu
ates of the, county are taking college
courses. A few years ago only a com
paratively small number of the boys
who finished their preparatory coitrse
went to college, and a much-smafier
number of girls, but now the girls
who go to college are about equal in
number to the boys who attend and"
the number of both sexes constantly
Increases. " ' ' 1 , '';
The major portion of the boys
and girls from Maury county who at
tend universities go either to the Uni
versity of Tennesse or Yanderbilt Uni
versity at Nashville, but various oth
er colleges Teceive their quotas from
the county. , : ' ' ,.
Among the number who have gone
or will go to the University of Tennes
see are Mary Lee Foster, Katie S.
Akin, Nannie Shaw, Annie Lee Ba
kerj Marietta Sowell, William. Burns,
James Anderson, arrpjl. F-vins, John
Wesley Finney, Lutffer Letsfnger, Les
lie Letslnger, Casto Harrison and J.
W. Cecil. Vanderbilt students 'in
clude the following: Douglas Green
law, James Porter, Jesse Ellington
and Ladye Lovej Evins. . 7 ":
Miss Norma Warfleld will attend
the Castle at Tarrytown on the Hud
son. Miss Mary Looney goes to Bish
opthrope Manor, Bethlehem, Pa,
Earl Gilbreath hasgone to the Bos
ton School of Theology and Claude
Gilbreath will go to Tulane Universitr,
New Orleans. S. D. Logan, Jr.," win
go to Cumberland University. Miss
Edna Cathey will continue her course
at Peabody Normal. Miss Engenia
Cook and Miss Bonnie Belle-Journey
will be at fTennessee College. . Miss
Jewel Elam will attend Berea College,
Ky. Miss Rosa Lee Crews, Hilary
Park, Milton Park, Helen Park and
Mary Robison will attend Maryville
College, Miss Ellen Douglas Ever
ett has returned to Smith College
and Ewing Everet has returned to
Yale 'University. Miss Louise Gresh
am will attend Fairmount,' Washing
ton:' ' -
This Is only a partial list of the
boys tand girls ?rom the county who
are going to college.. . It is probable
that a complete list would show be
tween seventy-five and a hundred.
ODD FELLOWS TO
lEETINlHOOL'
CHAPEL OCT. 20
PUBLIC EXERCISES WILL FOL
LOW BIG StREET PARADE PUB
LIC INVITED TO BE 'PRESENT
OTHER ' PLANS BEING MADE
ORDERS
ARREST
OF
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CUPID
IRATE ALABAMIAN FORBIDS IS
SUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSE
tO HIS DAUGHTER.
There is little wonder that Daniel
Cupid shows a falling oft in activity.
The police are. after him. County
Court Clerk' Lipscomb has received a
letter from W. A. Urittcli, of Albany,
Alabamai warning him against the is
suance Of marriage license to Theo
Shulan atidVlss Sarah Ellen Brltton.
In closing the irate father says, "and
if they come to you for license call the
chief of police at Albany at once."
There is little wonder that Dan is
hiding out. ,
MRS. JAMES M. DEAN -
BACK FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. James M. Dean baa returned
from Nashville,, where she recety un
derwent an operation. She Is very
much improve and. expect, to be
back at her post in the agrtdultural
wgrk at an early date..
Hope to Bring At G. Field Minstrels
t Here for Grand Lodge- ' Meeting.
Rooms for 1,200 Delegate Already
Eeen Pledged. '- : ''.; 'V
-Grand I)dge officials of the Odd Fel
lows have arranged with the oity
hoard of education to secure the High
School auditorium' for exercises there
Wednesday and Thursday, October 20
and 21. These details were woYked out
Wednesday by D V.S. Sigman, of Nash
ville, ' Grand ' High Priest, who was
here to arrange details ,for the ap
proaching session of the Grand Lodge
here. '. V -z' ''
At 10 oclock Wednesday morning;
October 20, .'public exercises will be
held in the school auditorium, and a
moBt interesting programv, rendered,
the public being cordially invited to
attend. . These exercises will follow
the big parade at 9 o'clock in which
some 1,500 Odd Fellowsr headed -by
the Home Band from Clarkskville and
probably as many .more Maury counf
tians; "headed ty theohrmbia ' band',
will participate. y . ;'
The encampment wil hold its ses-
sions in the Odd Fellows Hall on Mon
day, October 18. . The credentials cOm
mittee wil met at the same building
and on the same day. The sessions
of the Rebekahs will be held at the
circuit court room of the court house
lii order to provide ample room for
the large number "of Rebekahs " who
will participate in the meeting.
Dr. E. A. Timmonsi, chairman of the
Grand; Lodge ' committee, which is
making plans for the reception and en
tertainment of delegates and visitoVa
here stated this morning that his com
mittee has secured accommodatiojis
for some 1,200 delegates and visitors
aJready, but that efforts will not slack
en until room- has been found for at
least 1,500 -visitors, as it Is believed
this many will he in the city for the
four da'ys.
An effort is being made to bring to
the G-rand Theatre during the stay of
the Odd Fellows the Al G. Field min
strels, or some otlfler good attraction:
Manager Jackson is now . in. touch
with some of the leading road shows
and it is expected that he will have
an announcement of interest to make
within the next few days. s ,
Famous Thomas
Mill Will Go
JJnder ; Hammer
Another big auction sale Is being
arranged by . Hayes & ' Jackson, real
estate agents. Within the next three
or four weeks the Oliver-Godwin prop
erty pear Glendale will be put under
the hammer, This property includes.
the famous old Thomas mill on Foun
tain creek, one of the oldest and best
known, in th'e county. It also includes
eleven acres of land, a store house,
residence, twoare houses and other
necessary" outbuildings.- ' There ... is
splendid water power which operates
the mill and it has long been famous
for' the quality of its products. The
exact date of the sale will be an
noiinced within the next day or two
HEAVY BLOW FOR
' G0LORA0OJEM0GRATS
THE NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATES
MAKE HEAVY INROADS INTO
V
OLD LINE PRESTIGE IN WEST.
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(BT United Press.)
DENVER, Sept. 16 It Was Indicated
that the non-partisan party dealt a
severe blow to the regular democrats
in Tuesday's primary, though Judge
Tully Scott, democrat, held a 2,800
lead over ' Callicotte, non-partisan for
the United States senate. Ill other
non-partisans are ahead.
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nnnurnnriviT cnnrnmivin
iviu vcivicn l orntttMhiu
FIGHT FOR GOOD:
BOADrWILtBE
WAGED m COURT
MAGISTRATES WILL' BE CALLED
UPON TO VOTE ON ISSUANCE
. OF $300,000 IN BONDS.
COMPLETE STATE HIGHWAYS
Thl Fund Would. Be Expended , in
i Completion. of the Mt, Pleasant and
Pulaski PikesTo Meet Federal
and 8tate Aid on Other Roads. '
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. The fight ior good roads In Maury
county will be resumed 'when' quar
terly court meets on the second Mon
day in Octobe?.. . ,. ., , .
The first matter set on the docket
Is for the rdonsideration of the issu
ance of $300,000 . worth of honda to
complete the Nashville ', Mt.' Pleasant h
and .Pulaski pikes and to plflflge sufft
cient amount of funds to, meet state!
and federal aid on other roads, the
Bear Creek, Williamsport and other
plkealn the county ; ' .:' '' " ;
: In view of the past action of the
court it is difficult to forecast just
wha.t disposition- 'thet court will make
of the effort on the part, of good road
enthusiasts to issue these bonds,, but
the good roads people of the county
are confident that the court wilrauv
thorize the issuance It is said, that
some of the. opposition tolhe issuance
of bonds which manifested itself at
the last meeting of the quarterly court
has been .dissolved,, and that the meas
ure is almost certain of passage. . '
Just prior to the last meeting of
the court, called to consider the issu
aAce of these bonds, advocates of good
rdads felt sure they had a majority in
the court aild would win, but the lead
ers, exasperated at the moves of the
opposition to bonds, killed for - the
time being the whole proposition at
one fell swoop. Considerable interest
is being manifested in the action to
be taken by" the court. -
(By United 1 Press.)
t ROME Sept. .16. Italian manufac
turers weae in session all over the
country trying tp decide upon some
means of combatting the controh of
their plants by' labor ofgauJzaUons.
, Milam reports today said seizures
contiued'on ft largo scale, 'tolton
mills And Jewelry plants are among
the industries workers control. -
. It is said the niovemnnt has extend-
ed to the peasantry and landlords5 in
Sicily have been- driven' off by ten
ants. "-7 ;;.", '".. '' "'- '."."'
Strikers have sent an ultiniatunr to
Lusignolia' demanding manufacturers,
to immediately accept the principles
bf labor "control, ' ' "; "' "
KIWAN1S EXPECT
fl EE
mil
REPORT
BE TOLD OF PROGRESS MADE IN
SECURING DATA ON WATER
AND LIGHT RATE. ,
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ULTIMATUM ' SENT TOpAY DE
MANDS'THAT MANUFATURERS ' -
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TENANTS TAKING . POSSESSION1
Landlords Are Driven From Property
Whl,ch They Own Seizure of ' In.
dustrlal Plants Continues on Large
Scale, Report Says. ' '' '
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SEIZED CABLES
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WASHINGTON, Sept." 16.-iDlspo9l-
tion of former German 'cables, seized
b the entente, at the beginning of fhe'.
war, will be the chief subject for dis
cussion at the opening of the . inter
national conference on communica
tions, provided for in the treaty pf Ver
sailles, here tomorrow. i' :
American members of the commis
sion will be Postmaster General Bur
leson, Admiral Benson, and W. S; Rog
ers, editor of the Washintton Herald.
Among the cable lines to be dispos
ed of are.the Yay cables, connecting
Guam with Shanghai, Chiiia, and Me
nado, Dutch East Indies ;; the Atlantic
cables, once connecting New York
with Emden, Germany,. but now divert
ed to Penzance, England arid Brest,
France; arid the' Germari-African-Bra-i
zil cable, the northwestern section Of
which has been diverted to Brest, t :
' Representatives from allied and ' in
terested countries will attend.
At the meeting otJLhe kiwanis"Xlub
at n6on Friday, it is expected that a
report of progress made in the investi
gation into the incre ased water, light
and power rates, will be made tp the
club by the committee appointed for
this purpose. The committee appoint
ed for this purpose haji, been invited
to co-operate with -the committees
apointed at the mass meeting of -citizens
and the commercial organiza
tions of the city, "it is understood that
good progress is being made in the
compilation bf data to be used in pre
senting the case to the public utilities
commission. '..' '-
'RESBYTERY TO '
HtET NEXT MOfiBAY
DELEGATES FROM DUCK RIVER
TERRITORY TO CONVENE AT
" CENTRAL CHURCH COLLEOKA.'
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
0 THE SMART SHOP
TO CELEBRATE 6cCA8ION SQME
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS ARE
" . OFFERED THE WOMEN.
To celebrate its first anniversary
the Smart Shop, beginning next Tues
day, wil otfer its patrons some excep
tional inducements. This concern
wan onened lust a vear ago in Colum
bia to cater especially to the women
and it has had a year of phenomenal
success and Is now One of the best
known establishments in the county.
The Smart Shop will show Its appreci
ation for the success that has attend
ed It in the initial year, by giving, its
customers, some interesting price.
At the Central Presbyterian church
at Culleoka on next Monday night the
fall session of the Duck river presby
tery will convene. The ' presbytery
will be in session for Tuesday and
Wednesday. About thirty or forty
delegates and ministers will be . in
attendance. The members of the
congregation have arranged to take
care of all the visitors.
ELECTION
TO NAME
PRESIDENT
OF FRANCE
(By. United Tress.)
PARIS, Sept". 16 The - French
chamber of deputies will meet on Sep
tember 25 to name a successor for
President Deschanel, it "was reported
in well informed circles. Premier Mil
hvand is conceded the election, if he
cares to accept
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