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COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 19 a 1
ESTABLISHED IN 148
RUSSIAN SOVIETS HOPE
TO DESTROY MORALE OF
ES OF 'WORLD
ALL
ARI
COUNTY COUNCIL
DIRECTORS WILL
VISIT SANTA FE
IMPORTANT, MEETING OF COMMU
NITY CLUB WILL BE HELD ON
FRIDAY EVENING.
HOLD ELECTION OFFICERS
Farm Problems Will: Be Discussed by
Several Speakers County Agent
Will Outline Agricultural Plans for
Year. -r. :: V, --
Farmers, their wives,, sons and
daughters of the Santa Fe community
will assemble Friday evening at the
school house for the annual meating
of tho community club, the election of
officers, the discussion" of farm prob
lems und the mapping out of work
for the present year., -: ; . ; ','
County Agent K', A. McLean will be
0110 of the speakers, and will empha
size the importance of concerted ac
tion upon the part of the farmers, the
necessity of cb-operatlon and will
urge them to become members of the
county council of agriculture, which
has done much to bring the farmers
into closer touch with each other dur
ing tho past year. . ' i ! :
Mr. McLean will call attention t
the work that, is being.done in other
communities of the county, and will
urge that Santa Fe have a big commu
nity fair next fait. '."'.
Especial attention will be paid ti
the oganization of the boys and girls
clubs in that; community, and an jef
fort will be mMa to organize the
boys corn dub at once, as it id almost
time the boys were marking off their
acres and planning for-the ..work;
which will be done under, the supervi
sion of the county agent. '
The meeting will also be addressfll
by T. Y. English and Albert Holt, who
ar? prominent in" the councils of the
county council ot agriculture, and in
the community organization at Eater
prise, one of the largest comm mity
dubs of the county. . ,
Hoover Accepts
Cabinet, Place,
Please People
(By United" Press:
NRW YORK, Feb. 24. llei'i.-rt
Hoover's acceptance of tho po.'t of
Bcrotury of commerce in the new
Harding cabinet will be commun'cat
fd to HavdJnj? today, It was stated on
ihn highest pulhoriy here this mo. n
big. . - ' .'
The former food administrator will
enter the cabinet'' with the greatest
reluct::ncV it vti said, "and only
through a torss of obligat:on to the
public und Mr Harding."
TRAVELS 2400 MILES
, TO PBEAOH FUNERAL
f!t"V. S. H. ESHMAN CALLED FROM
LAKELAND, FLA., TO GAiNES-,
VILLE, KY.
Rev. S. II. Eshman. former pastor, of
the rumbcrlnnd' Presbyterian church
at Culleoka. was In Columbia this
i.'cining on route t5 his home at
l.:i!uknd, Florida,: from Gainesville,
I'y.. where l.e had. been called, to
preach the funeral of one of his for
1 if r members. , Mr. Eshman traveled
'.'.tilt) miles to perform this function ot
the duties of his calling.
GOOD STATEMENTS
NATIONAL RANKS
Statements of the two local national
banks published today under the call
.f the comptroller of the currency
show thnU these Institutions are in
splendid" condition. Notwithstanding
the general Reflation in progiess and
the curtailmont of credits oter the
counfry these banks show handsonw
totals of deports and resources as
far In excess of those in normal times.
PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TO BE
WAGED IN EVERY NATION OF :
WORLD, IS REPORT.
ATTACKS OH ARMY OFFICERS
Brigadier General Nolan Makes This
Startling Statement in Testifying
Before Senate Militady Committee
Today. . '
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The Rus
sian soviet government has instruuet
ed a world wide system of propaganda,
designed to wreck the discipline of all
of the armies in the world, including
the American army, according to testi
mony given the senate military af
fairs' committee todayby' Brleadior
general Nolan, head of the intelli
gence division.
General Nolan declared that in
structions have been issued by the
third international at Moscow for rad
icals of all countries to seek thft de
struction of'military morale and par
ticularly to attack the officers per
sonnel of the armies of Europe and
the United Slates. No headway , has
been niado in the American army,
General Nolan believed.
Mrs Anna Vforley
Retains Seat In
Senate Of State
Special to The Herald: !
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Feb, 24. Ten
nessee's first woman ; senator, .Mrs.
Anna Lee Worley, will remain unmo;
iW.'ji in her huusband's seat in thi
upper iiouEC of the general assembly,
according ta. tho action of the senate
Invecttgatint; committee which was
probing the charges of election fraud
in the contest filed against Mrs. Wor
ley by her republican opponent, H. M.
McNeil. : -
The committee adopted the report
of the fsnb coinmitteo which .recom
mended that the contest bo dropped.
DECLAMATION CONTEST
RRANHAM AND HUGHES
MOST INTERESTING PROGRAM BY
MEMBERS OF TWO LITERARY
SOCIETIES OF SCHOOL.
Special to Tlie Herald.. , '
SPR1NC1 HILL, Tenn., Feb. 24.-
In Academy hall in en interast.'ng con
test on the evening of Washington's'
birthday the epresentatives of the1
Sam Davis literary society "'were
awarded. the decision over the speak' '
ers of the Henry Grady literary socle
ty. The, winner of the contest ;was
Cadet Green Ledbetter, of Linden,
Tenn., whose declamation was enti
tled "Sam Davjs Martyr." Other rep
resentatives for the Sam Davis society
were, Cadet David Clay, Athens, Ala.,
The New" South.;" .Cadet William
Clay, Athens, Ala., "Spartac.ua to the
r.lniliators:" Cadet vMiltori. Briggs,
Chicago, III., "After the Charge at La
Quisanaf' and Cadet Major Ldgar
c.,nn. Adairvllle, Ky., "Abraham Lin
coln." The speakers for "the Henry
Grady society were.. Cadet George
Clark. Christiana. Tenn., "Plea for
William Freenman";" Cadet John Je
ter Dresden, Tenn., "Thoughts on the
Battle Field of Fort Doneison,
det Wayne StovaM, Dodson, La.,
T'Onssalnt L'Ouverlnre; tadei
Chas. Basleay, Linden, Tenn.. "Spirit
of LaFayette." and Cadet Kouert
Binkley, Tenn.. "My Country. My
Mortier, My God." The Judges of the
contest were. Rev. J. E. Woodward.
E. H. Ayres, Jr., and Major Frank B.
Jordan. -
Probe Back Tclx System
Resunied mslfterhdoh
Manff ffifictols Testify
QUESTION EXTRA
SESSIONS COUNTY
BEING DISCUSSED
SEVERAL JUSTICES HAVE ASKED
THAT THE COURT BE CALL
TOGETHER IN NEAR FUTURE.
TO CONSIDER . NEW ROAD LAW
Also Look Into the Finances of the
County As Sa,me Funds Are Embar
rassed' Due to the Postponenfcnt
of the Tax Collections. ;
Although no call for it has been is
sued it is 'generally believed that the
county quarterly court will be con
vened in extra session at an early date
for the purpose of considering the
new road law, becoming familiar with
its provisions and tidvising with the
officials as to its execution and also
to consider the financial affairs of the
county growing out of the extension
of the time for the payment of taxes.
Several members of the county pourt
have expressed a wish that the court
be called together and Judge Whit-
thorne- has the- matter under advise
ment. The members of the court whi
have expressed themselves on the sub
ject have said that the court should
get together and talk over the new
road law and if there are provisions
In It that will hamper it3 execution
that fact should be brought to the at
tention of the legislative delegation to
the, end thai the necessary amend
ments may be made when the legisla
ture, again convenes. The legislative
session will be practically ait an end
when the regular April session is
held and should the members of the
court feel that there are changes that
ought to be made no ppportunity
would then remain to tho legislators
to obtain the changes.
Then it would probably be , best to
have the court consider the question
of the county's finances owning to the
fact that the road and school funds
are both exhausted. Only by an ar
rangement with the banks has the
payment of teachers' warrants been
provided for. Judge Whitthorne has
made no statement of his plans but
it is known that he is giving earnest
attention to the suggestions of the
members of the court. ,
Special to The Hetald.
' NASHVILLE, Tehn., Feb. 24 The
back tax probe committee will hear
proof this afternoon when F. 0. Beer
inan, who audited the books of Da
vidson county, will be called as u .wit
ness. J eerroan will be followed by
Cpunty Clerk Romans Hailey and
County Trustee Asa Bell, .
: The' county court clerk and county
trustfe of Shelby county have been
subpoenaed to "appear" before the com
mittee Frldty afternoon. , Attorneys
for Comptroller' Johi B. Thonmson and
the respective reve lye agents have
abo been summon 1. Col. Harry S.
Borry, defeated candidate for comp
troller, will appear friflay afternoon.,
COLUMBIA DISTRICTS
. IVINSIDISTINCTION
INTERESTING CASE
IN CIRCUIT COURT
CAUSE J OF HORACE" v
RA1NEY
NATIOf
BANKS
HAKE- STATEftlENT
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON.- Feb. 24.-The
comptroller of currency this morning
Issued a call for the conmuoi. m
on February 21.
AGAINST FRY BROTHERS GOES
' ! " TO TRIAL 'TODAY.1 ;i' ' ', '
v I. t
Ccnsiderable interest Is being man
ifested in the trial of, thd case of Hor
ace Rainey against Fry Bros., which
was taken up in circuit court this
morning. In his bill Mr. Rainey al
leges breach of contract with refer
ence to rental of the building occu
pied by Fry, Richards, Mount on
South Garden street, now occupied by
F. M. Mount & Company. Fry Bros,
in the defense allege that Mr. Rainey
ulso breached his contract in the
trection of tho building, which was
constructed for the use of Fry, Rich
ards, Mount Company.
It is o.ptcted that the taking of
testimony will consume the greater
part of the day and arguments will
probably not be heard by Judge Tur
ner until Friday morning. The case
is not being Hied before a jury.
Mr, Rainey is represented by W. S.
Fleming, Jr., and Major Horace
Frierfon, while Fry Brothers are rep
resented l Hughes, Hatcher &
.Hughes, agisted by Col. John W.
Fry. '
SECOND YEAR CLASS
WILL HAVE A PARTY
HIGHEST RECORD MADE BY
BRANCH OF NATIONAL LIFE &
, ACCIDENT INSURANCE HEHE.
Another distinction has bown
awarded the "Dimple," the Columbia
district of the National Life & Acci
dent Insurance Company winning
the state prize for leadership against
eleven other branch offices. '
At the beginning o 1920, the Home
Office of the Company offered as a
prize to the branch, office leading in
production for the y,ear, a handsome
hand pairfted eagle in blue silk flag,
and which contest was won by the
Columbia district, composed of coun
ties as follows:. Miury, Giles, Mar
shall, Lincoln and Jlore, with branch
office located in FEierson building,
this city. The rocaf district staff is
composed of- A.-H 'nithirSTiptSTWith
three local agents as . follows: Joe
Walsh, John Howell, and Kinneth A.
Andrews, with detached agents locat
ed at Pulaski, Lewisburg. and Fay
etteville. L
This contest was . offered : In the
Industrial Department, but in addi
tion to this, the localjoffice stood 3rd
on a percentage bases against' all
districts in 19 States in the production
of Ordinary Life Business, The Com
pany having added a Department of
Ordinary Life Insurance at the begin
ning of 1920. In tlijs Department more
than Six Million dollars of business
was written by all districts combined.
This company is now the largest per
sonal Health and Accident insurer in
the world. '
Attention is called to the remark
able growth of this company as shown
in the annual statement published in
these columns.
IMPORTANT MEETING
, SUOF HAMPSHIRE CLUB
WILL BE. HELD FRIDAY eVeNING,
.. HOME SERVICE NURSE WILL'
MAKE-.&HQRT ADDRESS.
Tomorrow evening an important
meeting of the Hampshire communi
ty club will be held. This meeting
will afford the people of that section
their first opportunity , to meet and
hear Miss Louise W'eed, home service
nurse of the American Red Cross,
who will explain the nature of her du
ties in the county, and will ask the
co-operation of the Hampshire commu
nity. Interesting farm problems will be
dlscuussed by able speakers. An ef
fort is being made to hold a fair in
each community of the county this
fall, and this will probably be taken
op at this time.
Members of the Second Year Class
of the County High Sibool will on to
morrow night give their annual par
ty. It will be a George Washington
nartv and the amusements and dress 1
will be ssipestivc of that petiod in !
i h..kn at the close of business history. The obi fasMonrd miiuiet (
ana rvtl ui ue u.t:itm. 1
I
FULL MEMBERSHIP '
. OF KIWANIS CLUB
URGED BY PRESIDENT BEASLEY
AT THE REGULAR WEEKLY
LUNCHEON TOMORROW.
. Every member of the KIwanis Club
is asked by President Beasley to at
tend the regular luncheon tomorrow
at noon at the Bethel House. Mat
ters pertaining to the invisible guest
dinner to, be given on the evening of
March 4 must be discussed and decid
ed on and It is desired by the pres
ident and members of the committee
in charge to ascertain the sentiment
of the merabershlD on these questions.
PLAN FOR TAXING
SHARES OF STOCK
BEING DISCUSSED
STOCKHOLDERS IN CORPORA
TIONS IN THIS COUNTY PLAN
N ING JO HLD MEETING.
COIIITTEE IS
CHARGES AB1
ROUGiJT BY
PROBING
1ST PECK
8EH0UK
Be REPRESENTED AT NASHVILLE
Claim Made .Jhat Proposed Amend
ment to the Assessment - Laws
, Would Resull; in aij,. Increased As
sessment on This Class Property.
Much interest is being aroused in
the proposed amendments to the as
sessment laws which would tax the
o.ncrfi on all shares of stock held n
any' character of corporation. Here
tofore the companies have been tax
ed and not the shareholders bit un
der tn amendment proposed and , which
is bf.ing discussed by the special com
mittee of the legislature these shares
will be taxed to the individuals.
There is some misunderstanding or
disagreement as to the nature' of the
proposed changes.
Every shareholder in a corporation,
aid there are altogether hundreds of
them in the .county, is interested in
this legislation and it is altogether
probable that Maury county will have
a large delegation to attend the pub
lic hearing on the bill. " Already plans
are being made for a meeting of the
holders of shares of stock in corpora
tions in the county, to meet and plan
for action on the bill. Attorney- Thoa.
H.. Peebles, wh.Q is said to .have draft
ed the amendment' to the tax laws,
denies that it would result in double
taxation of corporate property. How
ever, It is held on the other hand thai
the bill would increase the taxeB on
this class of property. In any event
the owners of such stock feel that they
ought to be fully Jnformed as to the
effect of such amendments before ac
tion js taken by the legislature.
It is altogether probable that when
the holders 1 of stock of this kind
come together they will form some or
ganization and make arrangements to
sand a representative to Nashville. -The
local owners of corporation
stocks will meet tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock at the rooms of the county
council to discuss the law and plan for
a delegation at the Nashville hearing.
ALLEGED WASTE, MISMANAGE
MENT AND NEGLECT IN . OFFICE
" TO BE INVESTIGATED.
MISUSE OF MAILS IS ALLEGED
Eeasiey Insists That Committee Be
Specific In Its Charges Against the
Governor's Appointee as Commis
sioner. v
Special to The Herald. ,
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 24 The
Peck investigating committee is prob
ing the charges preferred by Senator
John C. Houk against Governor Tay
lor's appointee to the position of com
missioner of agriculture, met this
morning and decided to investigate
Capt. Peck's record on four founts.
J. S. Beasley, legal represenetatiye
of Capt. Peck, insisted that the com
mittee be specific in its charges and
the following lines of investigation
wilf be gohe into.
. First, ('apt. Peck's competency, ex
perience arid efficiency prior to his
appointment by Governor Hooper to
be -commissioner of agriculture in 3911
and the" conduct of his office, after "ap
pointment!
Second. The alleged acceptance by
Capt.'Peck of large quantities of fer
tilizer from . fertilizer companies dur
ing his commissionershlp.
Third. Alleged waste, neglect, mis
management and loss in the operation
of the state serum plant, located at
Nashville from 1913 until it was clos
ed down in J915. ,
. Fourth. Captain Peck's official
connection with authorized leases of
state fair property. '
W, C. Cherryt attorney for Senator
Houk,dec!ared that the cbarC3 made j
by" his client against Capt. Peck re
garding. the , allegedmisuso . of. ..tho
mails was being , investigated at
Washington and it will be determined
whether it will be necessary for the
committee to go to Washington be.
fore the members leave for Etowah
tonight. ,:. ,
ASSES
Wheel Tax Tags
Expected A rrive
On Every Jrain
County ( ieonri 3 Cl'feH? l3pscon& 1 is
now expecting to; arrival of the 1921
wheel tax license tags-upon every
iriln, and until ' these do, arrive the
collection of, county, tax , on automo
biles, buggies and wagons will be de
layed. At this time last year the tax
had been paid on hundreds of vehi
cles, and the rush at Mr. Lipscomb's
office was beginning to slow down. At
that time he was collecting both the
state and county tax at the same time
on automobiles, this year this, work
will be doubled, in that the owners of
automobiles will have to go again to
his office to pay the county tax, hav
ing already paid the state tax.
Just as soon as the tags arrive Mr.
Lipscomb will begin a vigorous cam
paign for the collection of this road
money, and due notice will be given
through the columns of The Herald of
the arrival, and all vehicle owners will
be requested to come forward and
make prompt payment of the tax.
AMERICAN TROOPS '
TO BEJITHDRAWN
WILL BE REPLACED ALONG THE
RHINE BY FRENCH FORCES
NOW BEING MOBILIZED.
(Bf Ualted PTfM.)
PARIS, Feb. 21. The United
States has Informed Belgium that she
has decided to withdraw American
troops from the Rhine, according to a
Paris paper this morning.
France has expected the withdrawal
of the Americans and has arranged for
mobilize lien of troops to replace
il-tni. ' '
8
WESTERN SfCTIO
TAX ASSESSOR VILLIAMS GOING
OVER THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH
AND TENTH DISTRICTS.
Tax Assessor Vebb Williams is here
today working on his books and
checking up his silts. The tax assess
or has been busy "in the eighth, tenth
and seventh districts of the county
and has . been making progress with
his assessments. He is endeavoring
is far Oa possible'to make the realty
assessments in person so that the val
ues in; the different sections of tho
county,. may be uniform. He believes
that it will be possible to do this by
vvtrkinfe constantly. Many of the as
sessments made last year will have
to be radically reduced, as there has
been a decided change in the valuation
of property. " '
Mr.'Williams is having less personal
property reported to him and its value
will probably be considerably less
than last year. This, of course, is in
part accounted for by the big decline
In the value of live stock during the
past year, and also by the fact that
there is less live stock in the county
than a year ago. -'
MAXWELL CAR BORNEO
WEDNESDAY EVENING
ON MT. PLEASANT PIKE NEAR
COLUMBIA BELONGED TO
J. J. UNDERWOOD.
A Maxwell car belonging to J. J.
Underwood was consumed by fire
Wednesday night on the Mt. Pleasant
pike near the C. M. A. Dan Fenster
macher was driving the car and was
returning from a trip to Mt. Pleasant
when the car was discovered to be
on fire. A telephone call tr Under
wood at th.a City Meat Market was
sent in.. Mr. Underwood rushed to
the scene with a fire extinguisher,
which proved to bo empty. The car
was only brought out of the factory
last July and had been driven less
than two thousand ' miles. Jdr. Un
derwood carried insurance.
ROAD WORK WILL
BE RESUMED SOOII
CONTRACTORS SAY
WITH CONTINUANCE, OF FAVORA
BLE WEATHER LARGE FORCE
WILL BE ON NASHVILLE PIKE
EARLY COMPLETION SOUGHT
Contractors Plan to Speed Up Work,
Some Travel Over Road Now Since'
the New Bridge at Rutherford CreeV
Has Been Completed. ... . ''
Engineers and contractors are, now
on the scene with the expectation ot'
resuming operations of the new high
way between Columbia and the Wll-
liamson county line! With anything
iike favorable weather corttlitions work
will begin within two weeks if pres
ent plans are not changed. ' -"
Contractors declare the work will
be" pushed with all possible sipeod in-
an elTort to throw the road open to
traffic at the.' very first possible mo-
mcnt.. DurinE the Winter nmnflia
there has been considerable travel "
over the new road since the -comple-
Uon of the Rutherford creek bridge,,
md those who have 'made the trip
ver over the Completed portions of
the highway declare it is one of the
greatest roads in Middle Tennessee.''
It is possible in "dry weathei' to get
ivcr the unfinished link between Co-
(umbla and Spring Hill, although the
oad is very rough whereat has not' (
yet been surfaced. In wet weather it
is alrn,ojmpos?rfbla forViia ifttitbrno.
bile to negotiate certain sections, but' ' '
wagons and buggies have been using.
the road. .-'i' , ' . ,' '-
The new, road when completed will
lessen the distance to Nashville by -several
minutcB and with the high '
passenger (rates on the trains the new'
highway will be a most popular one.
HARDING'S ATTITUDE
ON FILLING OFFICES
QUESTION THAT IS GIVING THE
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE HUN
GRY FOOD FOR THUGHT.
Ixjcal republicans are much more
interested in the attitude that the now'
president will lake on the executive'
order of President Wilson placing all'
postmasters under civil service reg
ulations than they are over the coni-'
position of the cabinet. ' There are',
two big postofflces In the county, ML-,
Pleasant and Columbia, ; that' will be
eagerly nought after by "deserving
republicans''; should the old so-called, ' t
"spoils system" be restored and the
executive order making these offices
subject to civil service rules be repeal-'
ed. And that is not. all, there are of-f
fices like Culleoka and Spring Hill
third class offices, to which the same'
order applies and they are attractive'
offices for many of the faithful. !
Already the loyal republicans are '
manifesting interest in all of these of
fices and there are several willing'
souls who would like to handle the
mail not only in the communities men
tioned but in other places in the
county where there are rural routes '
and which have a compensation at
tached to the offices that Hake theni"
desirable adjuncts to one's irrwrne es
pecially in these days 'of scarce mon
ey. There is a great deal of specula-.
Hon as to the attitude of the new Pres
ident tn the all important question1
of whether or not he believe with
Jackson that "to the ' victor belongs
the spoils" and should the civil sef
vice order be revoked some tall huust
ling among "original Harding men" la1
expected. . . 's-
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WILSON WILL RIDE :
V WITH NEW PRESIDENT
(By United Press.) t '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. President
Wilson will ride to the capitol with
President-elect Harding on fnaugura-
tion day, secretary Tumulty said to
day, denying the reports from Florida,
that Harding's plans did not call for
this. - .