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VOL. LXXII NO. '40 .
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER i,. 1920
' ESTABLISHED IN 1848
GOX PARRIES CAMPAIGN
urSmue'BI
SAYS PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS THE
ONLY DEFNITE ONE WHICH
. WILL, PREVENT. WARS.
THREE SPEACHES TODAY
Making Vigorous Fight for Vote of
That State, and Confining Himself
Largely to Discussion of the League
Question. , ' v
,' (By Unlfed Press.)
WITH GOV. COX'S SPECIAL
TRAIN', HfTTCHEJtSON, Kan., Sept.
;!().- Into the great wheat belt of Kan
sas, Governor Cox carried his .presi
dential stump campaign today, and
further emphasized his previous dec
linations that the league of nations i
in the only definite plan suggested
that will prevent wars. .
The , governor was to speak at
Jltitcherson this morniug, Newton
this afternoon and Wichita tonight.
Governor Cox's strategy in Kansas
Kpems to be based upon the belief that
the Kansas vote for Wilson in 1016
was because the people-of that state
were opposed to war,, and he is mak
ing most of his entire, campaign on
the league of nations.
MAURY MEN IN
NASHVILLE TO
RESIST RAISE
ARMED WITH FACTS AND FIG
. URES, COUNTY EQtlALI?ERS,
BEFORE STATE BOARD,
MAKING
A.
VIGOROUS
PROTEST
. ALF A. TAYLOR
HERE NEXT THURSDAY
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL
SPEAK AT COURT, HOUSE AT
1 O'CLOCK.
Hon. Alfred A. Taylor, republican
nominee for governor, will address
the voters of Maury county at the
court house on xt Thursday after:
nuou at 1 o'clock, .Mr. Taylor will be
introduced by Hon. R. . S. Hopkins,
one of the r'e1hi1jilPan"1eaders''of the
roimty. A large . reception commit
tee of laeo'l republican will meet the
iiomlnee on his arrival" here and he
will hold a reception at the Bethel
House. It has been many years since
Atf Taylor was heard, in Columbia,
his last appearance liere being as a
lecturer. Tfheje are still a great many
citizens, however, that recall his ap
pearance with his brother. Bob Tay
lor, when they spoke in the Athc tae
nia grove in 1886.
SCHOOL WILL.
OPEN SEASON FRIDAY
M&ETING FAST JONES HIGH
SCHOOL TEAM OF LYNNVIL!. E
SOUTH SIDE ARK.
At ?, o'clock Friday afternoon Cen
tral High School will officially lat nch
iis 1!)0 football season, meeting the
strong Jones High School of L nn
Wlle. The game will be played at
South Side Park, and it is expected
that the fart flock will tnrn out en
masse to witness the first attack of
the purple and! gold macfiine.
Will Show the Injustice That 'Would
. Ee Done by Proposed Horizontal In
crease of Ten Per Cent in Lac.d Assessment.
Armed with facts and figures show
ing the injustice which would be done
by the proposed action of the state
board of tax equalizers the county
board of equalizers of Maury county,
headed by Judge W. C. Whittborne,
County Attorney, Hugh Todd Shelton
and Tax Assessor Webb Williams, ap
peared this afternoon before the state
board to make vigorous protest, and
to resist to the end the proposed hori
zontal increase of Jen per cent in the
real estate assessment of the county.
For the past several days these
county officials and members of the
county equalization boad have been
compiling data and securing evidence
to be used in the fight to retain the
county assessment just as fixed by
the county board.
Members in the Maury county com.
mittee in Nashville, hoped that they
would receive the final verdict before
the close of the day, as it will be nec
essary to have this information . be
fore the'tax levy' for the year can be
arrived at, and ;itjs hoped that this
can be arrived at in time for the coun
ty court, meeting the second Monday
in ctober, to act upon it.
i
political Ball
' starts to rolling
TWO SPEECHES WILL BE HEARD
, IN MAURY COUNTY DURING
THE COMING WEEK.
Politics should liven up considera
bly next week in Maury county. On
Monday Gen. Charles' T. Gates Jr.,"
former attorney general of the state,
and one of the most brilliant orators
in Tennessee, will open the democrat
ic campaign on Monday at 1:30
o'clock. He will no-doubt be heard by
a large crowd. , x '' ; '
On Thursday following at 1 o'clock
lat the court house, Hon. Altred A.
Taylor, republican nominee for gov
ernor, will open the republican cam
paign. Locally there have been no de
velopments recently in the political
situation.
TO HONOR NAMES
TWO HEROES OF
CHURCH SUNDAY
REV. J. W. CHERRY AND HON.
J. H. DINNING WILL BE SPEAK
ERS FOR THE OCCASION. '
WILL UNVEIL BRONZE TABLET
To Perpuate the Sacrifices of Lieut.
Wooten and Lieut. Gilbreath Ser
vice Men Are A3ked to Attend In
Uniforms. '
Dr. J, W. Cherry, the pastor and
Hon. John H. Dinning will be the ora-
tora at the services to be held oh
Sunday morning at the First Metho
dist . church when a tablet to the
memories of Lieut. James C. Wooten
and Lieut. Robert Gilbreath, tile two
members of the church who made
the supreme sacrifice in the great
war, both being-killed on fhe field of
battle." .
Dr. Cherry will speak first and then
Mr. Dinning will deliver an address.
There will be a special musical pro
gram for the occasion and some un
usually beautiful selections have been
arranged.
All of the ex-service men of the
county, soldiers, sailors and marines
are specially invited to attend. TJiey
are asked by the committee in charge
to come in uniform and as' far as pos
sible to occupy Seats together. Space
will be reserved In the auditorium or
the church so that they may be seat
ed together. "
The tablet of bronze will perpetuate
the sacrifice that two of the
youngest volunteers from the church
made. One, Lieut. Wooten was an
aviator, the other Lieut. Gilbreath;
was in the : infantry, the two most
hazardous branches of the service.
, Recently a scroll upon which was
engraved the names of all of the- men
and women from the church who were
in the ( armed service of the country
was unveiled iri the Sunday school
room. , .
LEGION PLANS TO
OBSERVE DAY OF
' . GREAT VICTORY
HERBERT GRIFFIN j POST WILL
MEET AT THE COURT HOU8E
TOMODROW NIGHT.
- f'
ANNUAL ELECTION OFFICERS
Terms of the Present Officers Expire
on Armistice DayTo Arrange for
Participation in Q'$& Fellows Pa
rade. :
I
For the purpose oflarranglng for
participation In the gfeat Odd Fel
lows parade on Wednesday, October
20, and to discuss plafts for the an
nual reunion and celebration on Arm
istice Day, November ill, the mem
bers of the Herbert Griffin Post of
the American Legion will meet at the
court house at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow
night.
Plans will also bemade'at this
meeting for the' election ofofflcers to
serve for the coming year. The terms
of the present officers will expire on
November 11 and it !is understood
that Major Frierson the commander
since the post was organized, will not
accept another term. Several names
have been mentioned as probable suc
cessors. .'..'
At the Legion meeting the impor
tant matter of a proper celebration
of Armistice Day will be taken up.
Just what the nature of the ppgram
will be Will probably be referred to,
a. committee, but it is certain that the
feature of the occasion will be a re
union and parade. It was planned
last year at the big celebration, to
make it an annual event and it is
hope dto have at least 500 of the men
in khak parade on that date, besides
all of fhe sailors and marines in the
county. It .is expected, that before
Armistice Day arrives the women
will have completed their auxil ary
which can take part in the celebra
tion. '
All Legionaires are expected to at
tend this meeting?"-- - v
TIME LIMIT ON
POLL TAXES -TO-END
SATURDAY
PAYMENT AFTER THAT . DATE
, WILL NOT QUALIFY VOTERS
FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION.
REGISTRATION IS ORDERED
GALVESTO
Y A $2,000.0
WATERFRONT DESTR
Citliens of the Third, Seventh and
Ninth Diatrictg Will Have a Chance
to Register on October 11, 12 and
ACADEMY TO OPEN
SEASON ON FRIDAY
FIRST FOOTBALL GAME BE PLAY
ED ON ACADEMY FIELD AT 3
O'CLOCK FRIDAY. . :
Columbia Military Academy . will
open the football season here with
Springfield High School Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock instead of Saturday
as had been originally planned, and
announced by the;School authorities.
This change was requested by the
Springfield team. It is expected tha"t
the opening game will be largely
attended.
CONCRETS CULVERT
FOR SANTA FE PIKE
A new concrete culvert is being
built on the Santa Fe pike at the Hull
property, where the old culvert re
cently went in and a truck was turn
ed over. Fortunately nd special dam
age was 'done. The culvert Will be
lengthened and the road widened at
this point.
WORK HOUSE HANDS v
' GO TO PULASKI PIKE
ITALY TO.
DECLARE
END WAR
If 10NTH
OVER $15,C00 EXPENDED ON THE
ROADS AND BRIDGES DURING
MONTH OF AUGUST.
The work house force is being mov
ed today to the' Pulaski pike where
some extensive repairs are planned
by the" county road commission.. Dur
ing the past two months an immense
amount of work has been done on the
highways of the county and at the
same time much bridge.work has been
carried on. In August over $15,000
was expended on the roads and bridg
es. Of this amount something over
$11,000 was pent on the roads. There
has be'en a marked improvement in
the roads of the county as the result
of the work that has been done in sev
eral sections.
R, L, HAYS IS BACK FROM
COLT BUYING TRIP
POPULATION GAIN
SHOWNBY KENTUCKY
STATE GROWS DESPITE "BLOODY
BREATHITT'S" RECORD FOR
PAST DECADE.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The cen
sus bureau this morning announced
the population of Kentucky as being
2,418,01;!, or an increase of five and
one-halt per cent.
M'SWENEY TIRES .
AFTER THIRTY DAYS
LORD MAYOR GETS THREE
HOURS SLEEP, ACCORDING TO
BULLETINS TODAY.
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Sep. 30. Lord Mayor
MacSweney slept three hours ' last
night, it was announced this morn
ing: He is described as appearing
healtry but tired.-
OPENING ROAD SHOW
OF THE COMING SEASON
UP IN MABEL'S ROOM WILL BE,
THE FIRST ATTDACTION AT
; THE NEW GRAND. , ;
"Up in Mabel's" Room," a screaming
farce comedy, will be the opening
road show at the New Grand on next
Tuesday night. It will inaugurate a
season of high class legitimate at
tractions that Manager Jackson be
lieves will appeal mightily to the peo
ple of this community. He hasbook
ed about a dozen of the finest attrac
tions that he can secure and will give
the people a list that will meet popu
lar approval. "Up in Mabel's Room"
is said to be just as attractive and
popular with theatregoers as "Scan
dal" the attraction- that made such a
hit here last, season. '
STORM WARNINGS
SOUNDED IN SOUTH
HURRICANE SWEEPS GEORGIA
COAST, ANOTHER VIRGINIA,
BUREAU REPORTS.
' (By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Storm
warnings have been ordered up along
the entife Atlantic coast, the weather
bureau announced this morning. One
storm is centered off the - Georgia
coast, and another over, Virginia, it
s said, and moving northeastwardly,
gathering intensity.
Supplemental registration will be
held in the three districts of the coun
ty where registration is a prerequi
site to voting on Monday, October 11,
Tuesday, October 12, and Wednesday,
October 13. This will be-tlje last op
portunity that the voters of the coun
ty will have to register before the
November election! Voters, who have
registered since' August 11, .1919 and
who have not moved tljeir place of
residence since they were Jas.t regis
tered will not be , required to again
register. "Only 'in the. third, seventh
and ninth districts is registration re
quired. Unless votjers pay their poll taxes
before the office . of Trustee . Burns
closes on Saturday tilglit they wilf pot
be qualified to vote in the November
election. The law requires the pay
ment of poll taxes not less than thirty
days beforethe election, The "elec
tion will bo held this year on Novem
ber 2, so that October is the last
day. But that Is Sunday hence Satur
day is the last day. ."
Judging by the utter lack of inter:
est about the trustee's office, the fact
that practically no one is paying a
poll tax and none have ' been paid
since the' last county election,, one
would imagine .that a presidential and
state election would be about the last
occurrence in. this section. It is
doubtful if a score of poll taxes are
paid in the county by Saturday nigfct
and yet there are hun'dreds in the
county who have not paid and who
are therefore not eligible fovote.
MERCURY WITHI
FIVE DEGREES OF
THE DANGER LINE
NO RECORDS BROKEN BUT LACK
. ED'ONLY FIVE DEGRES OF,,
FREEZING POINT. .
WAS COLDER TWO YEARS ASS
FEDERAL PRISONER
TORE SENT HERE
CONVICTED EMBEZZLER BE SENT
TO MAURY ;JAIL FOR SIX '
-
MONTH'S TERM.
Record for ' September Was Made in
1918 When It Was Within Two De
grees of the Freezing Mark Also
old in 1916.
'Although no weather records were
broken the thermometer descended to
rather1 unusual levels this morning
and fires were eagerly sought. At
fi:30 o'clock the mercury registered
37 degrees or within live degrees of
the freezing point. No damage was
done to vegetation -of any kind as
there was no ice and a stiff wind that
biev all night kept away any hIiis
of frost.
' The coldest. September wetttlier re
corded by the observatory at AbIi
wood according to Mrs. Fleming, was
in September, 1 01S. On the 22nd of
that month the mercury dropped
down to thirty-four degrees or with
in two of the . mark when real dam
age, w-ould have been done, Four
years ago on' September 2'!. nt(", the
mercury registered 35 degrees, both
191G and 191S being colder than this
morning. Warmer, weather in promis
ed for tomorrow.
The drop was orfe of the most sud
den and precipitate' in' the history
of thd weather observer""'" "Between 7
o'clock last night and (!:30 o'clock
this morning the thermometer run
down from 55 to .17 degrees, a sheer
drop of IS degrees in less than. twelve
hours or at the rate of over a degree
and a half an hour, something that
is very exceptional so early ' In ; the
fall. ; '" '
EIGHT FJREMgN OVERCOME BY
FUMES AS THEY BATTLE FIRE
IN SULPHUR PL.ANT. '
BURNS FOR NINE "HOURS
Started at 2 O'Clock' This Morning in
'Plant of Texas Gulf Sulphur Com
pany Spreads to Adjolnlno Bulld .
injjs and Piers.
'By "United Press.)
G ALVKSTON, Texas, Kept. :!0.i
Fire swept, part of the Galveston .wa
terfront today, doing .damage estimat
ed at $2,000,000. ' '
The blcze raged unrojjtrollivl for
nine hours before' if wajg finally got- .
Hen Hiider control by the heroic (;f
forts of arireiiien,uiid allowed to "burn
itself out.".
The Are was discovered in the plant
of t lie Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
at 2 o'clock this morwing and a high
north wjnd swept the bluze along.
The fumes of the sulphur made fight
ing difficult, and eight firemeu were
overcome.
The pier iiid plant were a mass of
ruins and stifl burning nt no'on today,
'.i j
I'nitiHl. VresK.)
OALVMSTON, Sept, nt) Fire which
canned hundreds of thousands of dolr
lars damage a Ions the Galveston wu
terfronloday, has been-, confined to
the present limits at li o'cloi-U. .Lit
tle hope is held out for saving any of
the" buildings now burning.
Potato Prices
Drop Dollar On
Market today
(By United J'ress.) '
CLEVELAND,- O., Sept. '.10. Tho'
wholesuta price of potatoes fell to
fifty cent per bushel this morning'
ir decline of a 'dollar being recorded.
Sheriff Hquser has been notified by
federal authorities that Horace Smith,
charged with embezzlement of about
$2,500. from the Harpeth ' National j
Bank at Franklin, who has been con
victed in federal court' at Nashville,
will be sent to the Maury county jail
to serve a term, of six months.
The sheriff said this morning that
he had written Judge Sanford, ask
ing that the prisoner he sent else
where if a place could-be found, as he
did not care to assume the; responsi
bility for a fe'ra prhjaper if he
could avoid Jt.'.' the federal govern
fnentallows board in the sum 'of only
seventy-five tcent.per day for each
pfis;ierknd Sheriff Houser said it
is almost impossible to "come but" on
this amount. ' -
President May
Appoint Woman
Succeed Clover
(By ITpite'd Press.)
WASHINGTON,' Sept. W. Presi
dent Wilson nay soon appoint a wo
man to another high federal office.
Federal Trade Commissioner Col
ver '.recently resigned, arid President
Wilson is known o have been urged
to name a 'woman to succeed biin.
PRICE CUTTING BY
DRY GOODS STORES.
MANY ADVERTISERS IN TODAY'S
HERALD MAKE MOST ATTRAC
" TIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BIG DECLINES IN
PRICE OF HUDSONS
GEORGIA FARMERS
WANT MORE CREDIT
REGISTER A FORMAL PROTEST
AGAINST POLICY OF SECRETA
RY OF AGRICULTURE.
n.
(By United Press.
ROME. Italy, Sept. 3(1 Italy will
declare the war at an.emf on Octo
ber 31, the cabinet h nnounced.
L. Docque) Hays las returned
from a trip north, where he purchased
a car loa'd of extra fancy mule colts
from Indiana and Kentucky. Mr.
Hays says that these colts rival the
famous Austin Harlan colts. They
are offered for sale privately.
REV, S. C. REED WILL
SPEAK AT WEST POINT
i h at
Point next Sunday night at it o'clock.
There will be a special musical program.
PARENT TEACHERS TO
MEET AT 'MCDOWELL
MOTION PICTURES WILL BE DIS
CUSSED IN A PAPER BY MRS.
CHARLES A. SLOAN.
Parent Teachers Association of Mc
Dowell school will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The aubject
will 1e' "Motion Pictures and the
Child bhnU," Mrs. Charles A Sloan
will present a paper and lead a dis
cussion on the subject. Mrn. Sloan
jviil be followed by Mrs. Tomlinson
and -Mrs. Kyle.
j. The meeting is an important one
j and It l.hoped to havo all of the mem
! bers- present. -.
, (By United Press.)
ATLANTA, Gal, Sept. 30. Georgia
farmers are to meet at the capitol to
day to register a formal protest to
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
against his policy of restrained cred
its, which means the failure of many
businesses at the present , low price
of cotton, according to Commissioner
ot Agriculture Brown.
QUIET SESSION OF .
COUNCIL EXPECTED
It is expected that he meeting of
the l)oard of niayof and aldermen, to
be held tomorrow night will be an un
usually quiet one, as only routine bus
iness wilj be transacted. The city
fathers have disposed of the bond
question through an . election. -nd
there I little left for thpm to discuss.
So far as has been reported no new
ordlaances will be introduced.
MORE AUTOMOBILE PRICES RE
DUCED BYfMAURY JVIOTOR COR
PORATION TODAY.
The Maury Motor Corporation to
day is formally announcing in The
Herald stiff declines In the prices of
Hudson and Essex automobiles, the
Hudson falling; off $450, while tho Es
sex price tumbled fc!00. The Maury
Motor Corporation is expecting, a
greatly increased business as the re
sult of the price slashing."
NASHVILLE BIOS '
- ON POWDER PLANT
INDUSTRIAL. CORPORATION
HOPES TO SECUDE BIG MUNI-'
TION WORKS VflOPERTY.
Automobiles aid tires are not the
only tlilngsl hat have felt (Tie. efforts
of the price knife, as a perusal of tho
columns of today's . Herald will dis-w
close. The dry goods merchants and
department stores are making some
most, attractive offerings. It. Is ex
pected that there, will be a big rush
to take advantage of those reductions.
HARBISON MOTOR CO.
GUTS TIRE PRICES
SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION WILL,
BE MADE BY THAT FIRM BEGIN
NING NEXT MONDAY.
Hardlson Motor Company tddny an
nouifrcd a "reduction of tvpnty-fiv
per cent on all tires, 'effect Ivo ..next
Monday. This is one of the biggest
price cjit.-) on tires, that, has so' far
been niado. The reduction will not
be effective until next, Monday.
C0ITI1E
PROBE 1:
BASEBALL
SCANDAL
. -n! I
i :uH
(By United Presa )
WASHINGTON. Sept. .10. The
Nashville Industrial Corporation of
fered 2,7.".O.00U for the' Old Hickory
Powder Plant, it was found, when bids
were opened by the war depsttremAO
were opened by the war department
this morning. A fluffalo firm was the 1 grand
only competitor. No decision
i fly l iiited l'rMS.)
CHICAGO. Sept. :'.(. Th Investi
gation uf alleged hit K.-la 11 scandal
w'll be C(iitintii'd desiiite States Attor
ney HoyiH-'s reque-ft that it tie delay
ed until hU return from New York,
n announced. -red
the indictment
fhe award was announced.
i
is the 1 grand jury foremar
as to Hoyne bad declar
are being improperly brought.