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COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
UNITED STATES
3, i g 2d
ESTABLISHED IN 1848
ARIHAIHURI
RAZIL
I WILL SETTLE
HSHFUS
COLUMBIA SHOPS
NOW READY FOR
COMING HOLIDAY
GOLD WEATHER
EXPECTED STOP
HIGHWAY WORK
FINE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW JACKSON ROAD.
MAKE ELABORATE PLANS FOR
THE RECEPTION OF PATRON
SAINT OF CHILDHOOn
LfcAUUE OF NATIONS AUTHORIZ
ES THESE THREE POWERS TO
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. i CHRISTMAS SIGNS ALL ABOUT
BANK ASSETS OF
COUNTY DOUBLE
THDSEOF 91 14
DEPOSITS ARE ALSO TWICE
WHAT THEY WERE IN FORMER
PERIOD OF DEPRESSION.
FOLLOWS WILSON'S ACCEPTANCE'
Within the Local Establishments One
Can Find Anything and Everything
' I ft"" Gifts at Christmas All Now on
League Today Interprets Article X of j Display.
Covenant to Mean That "Territorial 1
Integrity of Member States Is Not! Already the stores mid shops of Co
Guaranteed by League. lunibia are beginning to show abun-
NO REASON FOR ANY PESSIMISM
Financial Situation Is In Every Re
spect Markedly Better Than It Was
at the Time of the Former Low
Prices for Cotton.
NORMAL VOLUME
OF BUSINESS IN
1921 PREDICTED
LEADING FARMER, BANKER 'AND
MERCHANT OF TENNESSEE IS
VERY OPTIMISTIC.
WRITES CASHIER FULTON HERE
George R. James, of Memphis, De
clares That There Will Be An Ad
vance in Commodities Prices Short
ly After the First of the Year.
THREE AND HALF MILES COMPLETE
Mere Than Fifty Per Cent of Entire
Road Has Been Graded, and Good
' Speed Can' Be Made With Work
When Spring Opens Up.
Very little more construction work
will be done on the new Jackson .Mili
tary Highway between Columbia and
the Williamson county line this win
ter, on account of approaching co"d
and bad weather, engineers believed
today.
Splendid progress has been made on
the highway since the beginning of
work in June, and the highway has
been completed from the Williamson
county line to a point some two and
nne half miles this side, known as the
Whitfield place. From this end of the
line the asphalt surface has been laid
for a distance of about one and one
half miles, or to within a half mile
to the entrance of the Bear. Creek
pike, which, will be used this winter
an r. detour route.
More than twenty-five per cent of
Hie entire fink has been completed,
and more than fifty per cent of the
twelve miles of highway has been
graded.
Fine progress has been made in cut
ting down the Rutherford creek hill,
and it is said that by the time the
grading work reaches this point, the
new road on the hill will be ready for
tlx1 crushed stone.
owing to the fact that the asphalt
surface will not bond with the crush
ed stone at a temperature" lover than
fifty degrees, it is expected that with
in the next few days all work on the
roadway will be suspended i:ptil
spring opens up, when it will be U ken
up and rushed to completion.
It is believed now that next sr.vnii
labor, which is one of the hea iest
items of expense in the construe lion
of the new highway will be somewhat
lower, and more plentiful and 1 ore
rapid progress can he made in the
construction of the, remainder ol the
highway.
(By United Press.)
GKN15VA. Dec. 2. The ieacue of
nations today "authorized the United
States, Brazil and Spain to intervene
in the Armenian-Turkish nationalist
quarrel.
The action by the league followed
the acceptance by President Wilson
and the governments of the other two
notions of the league of nations, the
invitation to mediate between the
'quarrelling fac tors.
The league interpretation of Arti
cle X of the covenant was declared by
Lord Robert Cecil to be "that the ter
ritorial integrity of member states is
not to be guaranteed."
That .Maury county is not only ab
solutely sound financially, but that it
dant evidence of the impending visit j lias assets much larger than ever be-
of that old and familiar patron saint
of childhood the best beloved figure
in the memory of all who hark back
to their earlier and better days. There
are signs about everywhere that Oil
Santa Claus is on the way. He will
come just as lie has for centuries re
gardless of the weather of the busi-
fore is proven by a comparison of the
bank statements of the banks of Co
lumbia made recently and those made
by them in the fall of 1!H I.
This is the first financial stringency
or business depression that the county
has known since the beginning or
the European war in the fall of 1914.
ness situation and he is going to get i The cotton market was just as badly'
demoralized then as it is now. The
staple sold as low as five cents a
pound and there was no demand for
-Maury county mules. Other products
were similarly depressed.
But in 1194 the banks of Columbia
there are little boys or girls, or both, I ,la(l combined assets of only $2,:;;;4,-
will be the coming of Santa Claus. "10.R7. According to statements pub-
the same warm welcome from both
young and old.
From now until the morning of Dec.
25, just a little over three weeks in
the distance, the one topic that will j
be uppermost in the homes where: i
Favors Giving
Aid To Farmer
In Marketing
There will be a deal of speculation,
I morning, noon and night as to what
I he will probably bring.
The kindlv old cptitleniMTi will nnt
I nave any iroume wun ins snoppin,-
11c can easily find just
he wants here for young and
in Columbia
what
old, the rich and the poor. Elaborate
preparations have been made by the
stores to supply all Christmas wants.
No larger or more varied stocks have
ever been brought to the city than now
repose on the shelves and in the show
cases and windows of the local merchants.
(By United Press.)
HARRIS BURG, Pa., Dec. 2. Gov
ernor Parker, of Louisiana, address
ing a conference of governors here
this morning, said the only way to
deal with th serious situation con-
fmnimn- thp fVirmprti i ti PlH'illlfflirp
jj m ' ' lm' the "tile folks. But Christmas is
, ' . , , ,la season of joy and gift making, of
Governor Parker said he favored i .,. .... . , ,,
. . , self sacrifice lor the old as well as the
some sort ot a rural croons pian which r- ' - -
will enable the farmers to dispose
of their products, on the foreign mar-
I P.H-1.-PI- lins little faith in the
plan of Governor Harding, of Iowa,
to form a United States Finance Cor
poration, similar to the War Finance
Corporation. He said, "The situation
lished as of November ir, last they
had combined assets of $ l,0777,S."!U9
or a gain of a million and three-quarters
of dollas.
In. the fall of Utl 4 the combined de
posits of the banks of Columbia were
only $1.2Sfi.322.."ifi. By their last state
ments this had more than doubled
and the aggregate deposits of the
banks were $2,692,739.07.
The exact figures for the four coun-
j try bauks, those of Santa Fe, Culleoka.
: Spring Hill and Hampshire and the
I two banks at Mt. Pleasant are not
j available for the two periods covered,
There are some regular fairy lands ; ,)Ut il is known that their combined
assets and combined deposits have
made the same rate of growth record
ed by the banks of Columbia so that
.... i lltn lii,b:,wr ...,,1 .1 p
young and rememurnaces ol all sorts i eposii oi
land suitable for any relationship or j the county have doubled in the past
age can easily be obtained in Colum-jfilx 'ears-
I bia. If there has ever been a time ! during the period between 1914 and
I' when there was any excuse for goiiri I 1920 t,l0l'e w'a a decrease in the pop-
confronting the farmer today is a
problem of marketing and distribu
tion. The farmer has not the necessa
ry machinery to distribute his own
clop," fiovernor Parker declared.
j away from home to do the Christmas
! shopping assuredly there is none this
! year. Not only can one get anything
that they may desire in Columbia but
I they can get it at prices that will save
I them money as compared with Nash-(
j ville or any other city.
ALL DAY SESSION
LEAGUE NATIONS
DAN CUPID MAKES
RECORD IN NOVEMBER
1 1
IN
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO SAVE FAfiK
PASSE5,' MRk ' ESTABLISHED
1919 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
During . the month just ended Dan
Cupid was on the job every minute
and outdistanced Ills speed record es
tablished in the corresponding month
of lit in. During November just ended, j
no less than forty-seven couples were i
united in the hob' bonds of matrlmo
ny in this county. In November. 1919,
Cupid undershot this mark by just one ;
lone certificate, the number for the
corresponding month of last year be
ing forty-six. i
December, 1919, was a record break-1
er for marriage licenses in this conn-'
ty, when in the thirty days, eighty-,
four licenses were issued by County
Court Clerk Lipscomb. The Little God
of Love will have to go some to excell ;
that mark during the present month. I
WOMEN OF THE FIRST METHO
DIST CHURCH HEAR FINE AD
DRESS FROM PASTOR.
" 'Members, of the Woman's Mission
ary Society of the First Methodist,
Church enjoyed a delightful and very
profitable all day session at the
church on Thursday. Delicious re
freshments were served and a very
able address delivered the members
by Dr. W. B. Taylor, the pastor of the
church. The society is making rapid
progress, growing in members and in
usefulness.
WILSON BELIEVES THE LEAGUE
WOULD HAVE AFFORDED RE
LIEF FOR, FALLING PRICES.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 The adop
tion of the leagr.3 of nations may be
President Wilson's suggestion to con
gress as the proper way of relieving
the conditions which are now con
fronting the farmers due to the rapidly
falling prices of agricultural products.
The President, it was intimated, is
considering offering this suggestion in
the forthcoming session of congress.
ulation of the county, but assuming
that it was the same in both periods
:i),000, the wealth of the county as
measured in bank assets has doubled
per capita. The aggregate bank as
sets of the county are around five and
a half million dollars as compared
with less than three millions six years
ago.
These figures show that there is ab
solutely no justification for the people
here taking a gloomy view of the situ
ation. There will be some losses by
reason of a readjustment of the value
of the dollar. As its purchasing pow
er increases of course values will de
cline and there will be losses, but the
fact, remains that the banking re
sources of the county are just twice
what they were six years ago and that
t here will be double the number of dol
lars for use in business that there
Were in. the former period of business
depression.
FOUR CANADIANS -
JOIN MARINES
FIVE LIVES LOST IN
APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE
IS. S. T. UARDISON
CLAM BY DEATH
END COMES TO MOTHER OF DRS.
JOE B. AND ROY HARDISON,
OF THIS CITY.
BIG PROGRAM KIR
THE KIMS CLUB
PRESIDENT BEASLEY IS ARRANG
ING A PLEASANT SURPRISE
FOR THE MEMBERS.
Kveiy Kiwanian should be present,
at the luncheon tomorrow for Presi
dent Poasley is preparing a :g sur
prise for the memliers. lie is arratis-
iin. n nmrram hat thev are coins t for th
appieiate and if they should fail to.pinlias Desosiers had got off fin the
,... .t,ev will bo forty all of th-'riKM foot this time In his devotion
rest of their lives.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. One year,
ago Philais Raymond Desosiers shook ,
off allegiance to King George of Eng
land, marched across- the Canadian
border into the marine corps office at
Detroit, and was shipped to the train-,
ins depot tor the sea-soldiers at Parris ;
Island. S. C, in the status of an alien ;
who had declared his intentions to
become an American citizen. Philias
got off on the wrong foot, however, by ;
adding on a fictitious birthday and
his parents refused consent to his en-,
listnienf.
Still determined l become an Anier-,
lean Philias eased himself once more :
into the Detroit office last week, prov-1
ed to th satisfaction of Major Mau
rice K. Shearer that he luid passed the .
eighteen year mark, ami then intro-,
duced thro other young Canadians
who announced their motto as -A Van-
,re or bust!" The Canadian quartette
passed the surgeon with living tolors.
executed -sounds south'" and set sail
lioot camp in South CaroMna.
tBy United Press.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Five lives
were lost today in a fire which swept
through a Fifty-Seventh street apart
ment house. The flames leaped from
the cellar t the roof through an air
shaft, trapping the vicitius.
Bandits Loot
Southern Train
And Postoffice
Mrs. George Ann Davidson, wife of
Dr. S. T. Hardison. died at her home
in Lewisburg at 1 o'clock this morn
ing from organic heart trouble. She
had been sick but a short time when
the nd came. She was the mother
of Dr. Joe B. Hardison and Dr. S. R.
Hardisonf of Columbia, and in addi
tion she is survived by Dr. C. C. Har
dison and Dr. .T. A. Hardison, of lew
isburg, and one grand daughter, whose
father died some years ago. Mrs. D.
Bell Ashley, of Franklin. The funer
al services will be held in Lewsihurg
tomorrow.
Mrs. Hardison was seventy-two
Dec. 2. Four years of age and had been a resident
up passenger f Lewisburg nearly all of her life.
Shortly after the first of next year
conditions throughout tho cotton
growing sections will show a big im
provement. Prices of most commodi
ties will advance considerably next
year and there will be a nearly nor
mal volume of business in 1921.
These are the views of George R.
James, one of the big men of the
state. lie' is a farmer, merchant,
banker, philanthropist and public spir
ited leader In Memphis and West
Tennessee. He is one of the strong
men of the state and was among the
dollar a year men who did such
tremendous work in the organization I
of the nation for war. His dairy near
Memphis is a model and his farm one
of the largest in the state. He is
the head of the Memphis farm bureau
and is probably more familiar with
conditions in the south than any one
in it.
Mr. James views are contained in
the following personal letter to Cash
ier Henry O. Fulton, of the Phoenix
National Bank:
"Mr. H. O. Fulton, Cashier Phoenix
National Bank, Columbia Tenn.
"Dear Mr. Fulton: It is eevtainl
a pleasure to see a statement from
the southern bank such as is yours
reflecting the condition of your good
institution at the close of business
November 13th. It certainly shows
splendid management and apparently
a thorough co-operation between the
officers and directors. I k congratu
late you and your associates on the
showing.
"Answering your question as to my
opinion of t he immediate future, will
say that one man's guess is usually
about as good as another, but 1 uni
rather optimistic and believes that
shortly after the first of the year we
will find conditions throughout tho
cotton growing states very much im
proved. "I have great faith in the Idea that
(Continued oa Fighth Page.i
DETERMINED EFFORTS TO
END BRITISH-IRISH WAR
BEFORE CHRISTMAS. PLAN
r
HOWEVER GOVERNMENT WILL
GIVE NO TRUCE UNTIL IRISH
MURDER CAMPAIGN ENDS.
BRITISH LABORITES ARE BUSY
Lloyd George Will Be Asked If He Is
Preared to Consult Irish Opinion in
An Effort to Effect Peace Death
List Grows.
BIG CROWD WILL
HEAR QUARTETTE
ADVANCE SALE OF TICKET INDI
CATES GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
FRIDAY'S ENTERTAINMENT.
From the way the advance ticket
sale has progressed, it is evident that
the lovers of music is Columbia will
fill the high school auditorium to
capacity Friday evening to hear tfie
Nashville male quartette. The pro
gram which has been prepared for
this occasion is one which will delight
both old and young alike, and those j
who love real music, such as is only
furnished by four male voices, blend- j
ed in perfect harmony, cannot afford to j
miss this treat in store for them.
Tickets are on sale at the Elks Club.
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 2. A detrmined ef
fort will be made to end the firiiish
Irisli fighting by Christmas, it became
aparent today. At the same time it
was announced that no truce will be
considered until th "campaign of
murdei' in Ireland is terminated."
Lord Henry Bentick. is expected at
the first opportunity, to rise in parlia
ment to ask Lloyd George whether
or not he is prepared to consult Irish
opinion in an effort to effect peace.
The British laborites are also ex
pected to make a move to bring peace
During November twenty-seven per:
sons were killed in Ireland. The to
tal number of deaths since the revolt
started Is now placed at 771.
PREMIUM LIST ;
POULTRY SHOW
VERY LIBERAL
PRIZES OFFERED EXPECTED TO
STIMULATE INTEREST AMONG
THE FANCIERS.
Republicans
Planning Tax
On All Sales
THE MERCHANTS WERE GENEROUS
Not Less Than 500 Birds Will Be On
Display When the Doors Open t
Oliver's Garage Next Friday Morn
ing for Two Days.
Some fine premiums and prised Iihvo
been offered In the poultry exhibit dto
be held here on Next Friday and
urday and from indications now Su
perintendent Bosttck predicts that not
less than a score of breeds of chick
ens will be shown. '
The show will be open at h o'clock
Friday morning and will close at'4i
o'clock on, Saturday afternoon. The
big garage of Oliver Motor Company
will serve as an admirable place for"
the show as it Is roomy and has au
abundance of light. ..
Not only will there bo a big lot of
chickens shown here, but there will
be a fine turkey exhibit. Three or
four varieties of the national bfrd will
make up the display of what has prov
en this-year to be tho most profitable
product of the Maury county farms. ,
The merchants of the city have glv-,
en generous support to the show by bt
fering prizes and also by patronizing''
the program. This will return a liber
ty United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A one per
cent tax on all sales to the ultimate
consumer will be proposed as a subsh
tute for the excess profits tax, Senator
Snioot, of I'tah, said today.
This is one device which Senator j M to the promoters' of the show,
Smoot declared the' republicans will!11'1'1 assist materially in meeting the.
use in revising the revenue schedule, j expenses. Coops have been obtained
Other details of the republican finan-! f,'onl the state Fair so that a un!",
cial program, Smoot said, will be the (Continued on Fifth Page.) '
increase in the tariff on many articles, 1 . . ,
including the revision of the income i . ftT iimTII I IsrilT '
tax schedule, and the reduction of tlt i LAST INSJALLMcNI
least fifty per cent in the force of
government employes in the district
of Columbia and throughout the conn
try.
OF INCOME TAXES
Investigation
Living Costs
Being Sought
(By United Press.)
WASH INC 1TON, Dec. 2. A sweep
ing investigation into the cost of liv
ing throughout the United States and
of the profits of big corporations deal
ing in food, fuel, clothing and other
necessities of life will be demanded of
congress, Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor
said today,
MUST BE PAID TO THE COLLEC
TOR ON OR BEFORE FIFTEENTH
OF THE MONTH.
HERALD PUBLICITY
DELIVERS HE GOODS
WHEAT FUTURES UP
TEN CENTS TODAY
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. T.ains of from
eight to ten cents were made in wheat
futures today. Slight gains were
made by other grains. The buying
was for export purposes.
"When it comes to getting results
I must hand it to The Herald," said
Mr. Ashton, of Ashton Mills, this
mornig, when he called The Herald
office to cancel an advertisement.
"Before the paper hardly got dry I
l had calls from three concerns to i
handle the cobs that 1 advertised.
If you don't believe that Hrald pub
! licity delivers the goods, just try it."
i The last installment of Income taxes
I for 1920 are due today aud must be
paid before December 15 If the tax
payers avoid the penalty, a targff
number of Maury county inqpnie (tax,
payers took advantage of the Ihatalb ;
ment plan and have one moro payment
to make rthe, first ' wadK,wade$n
March', the next In' June and "the third
in September. With this- payment
the tax will be settled for tho year.
However, it is not long until Janua- '
ry when the schedules and blanks will
i begin to arrive upon which the re
turns for the past year must be made,
There are some advantages in pay
ment of the Income tax on the Install
ment plan but there are also disad
vantages, for when made in this man
ner one is figuring on paying taxes
all the year. r
Deputy Collector Irving Peeblf
urges every taxpayer In the county
I to remit the fourth installment of che
Income taxes before the fifteenth and
j not wait until the last day. By doing"
this they will greatly aid the offlca
and at the same time make certain
that they do not go over time and In
cur a penalty. '
l0
CHATTANOOGA,
e asked bandits held
tsri i No. fi on the Southern Railway ' she was married to Dr. Hardison more
Would Suspend
Immigration To j
United States
MODERN WOODMEN
TO ELECT OFFICERS!
IMPORTANT MEETING WILL BE '
HELD FRIDAY EVENING BAR- i
BECUE TO BE SERVED.
REVIVAL
MEETING
NAZARrl
E
CHURCH
WILL COMMENCE ON NCXT SUN
DAY IN VACANT STORI ROOM
ON COURT SQUARE. .
Teiitcssee. early this! than fifty years ago. She was a con-
at Oneida
moruinf!. , serrated Christian, a member of U.h
The express and mail cars w?re Christtian chun h since early child
looted. The men escaped. The, nood and was one of the best wonipn
ai H.unt of the loot obtained was un- w)io PVt.r jjved. She was faithful to
ki'.own. fvciy relation of life. kind, charitable
The postufTire at Oneida was r'M. ;n devoted to any duty.
l-itfd. presumably by the same 1 art fin many friends- of Dr. Jo arid
d'1- ! Boy Hardison here have tendered
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Inimigia-tion
would be suspended for two years
by a bill submitted to the house immi- other important business transacted
gr.ition committee by Chairman John
A most inipoitaiit meeting of the
.Modern Woodmen will be held Friday
evening, at which time officers for
the ensuing year will be elected, and
to 100 per cent Americanism.
, Officers and bloodhounds have enthpnt their profound
dispatched from here to take the trail, j (heir great loss.
son. of Washington. Johnson lias
been making a study of tp Immigra
tion question for several months and
stated that ku Ii action is nrefFary
to prevent the "hordes of foreigners.
sympathy iu J many of whom are undesirable, from
j entering the Tnited States."-
The Church of the Nazarette will
begin a revival meeting in the vacant
store room in the northeast corner pt
the Public Square at 7:13 o'clock Sun-
In addition t the business meetin? day evening. There will be services
lodge members will enjoy a regular every evening at : IS o'clock CondUct
feast. rnouuh barlK-cue fur the entire tvi by Rev. IJge Weaver, assisted by
membership will he s. rved with nil Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Fisher as sing
the trinimin's md in addition there ' ers. They are from Nashville. The
wil be lots of good cold Select, giv-1 meeting will be open to the public
ing the feed the air of an old time and a cordial invitation Is extended
Dutch lunch. " to all to attend. J