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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
HIGHEST PRAISE IS
GIVEN HIGH SCHOOL
BYSTATE INSPECTOR
PROF. W. r. BOURNE DECLARES
ocAL INSTITUTION EQUAL TO
BEST IN TENNESSEE.
GRATEFUL FOR Entertainment
Fine spiriG Of the Community Is JUS
tilted by the Accomplishments of
the High sehooI-Good Work of
Superintendent Harris.

Declaring that "the people should
have just pride in the high school
of Maury county" and expressing the
opinion that it measures up in every
respect to the best to be found in the
state, Prof W. r. Bourne, the state
high school inspector, pays a tribute
hot alone to the public schools but
Ito the spirit manifested by the ;iti-
gems Of the county as shown in the
recent entertainment of the circle
conference here. The following is
prof Bourne's communication:
ITO the Editor Of The Herald
II want to take this opportunity
10 thank you personally as we'll as in
behalf OF the high school teachers for
the consideration given us in your pa
per during the High School Circle
conference just closed. Your reports
and notices have been generous in
deed, and our warmest thanks with
deepest appreciation are yours. This
is but a type of treatment received at
the hands of all Columbia.
I'VE are under lasting obligations
to Superintendent r. l.. Harris and to
his able corps Of teachers who made
every detail a complete success. Co
lumbia has joined equal rank with
the best high schools Of the state,
and the people should have pride in
this institution. Every department
has stood the test of the expert con-
ference and all teachers have gone
back with the loudest praises OF the
school spirit and of it's ability to do
the work of the high school in the
best way.
1T was the beautiful and gracious
thing that the teachers should have
been given entertainment for the
night spent here and these courtesies
were most kindly received
Your interest in the school is fully
justified by the grade of work being
done and the general character of
service rendered. am sure that this
combination means much for the fu-
ture education of Columbia.
Sincerely,
"W. r. BOURNE,
State High School Inspector I"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
JOINT CONVENTION
NAMES NOMINEES
BRAckEN AND PARDuE ARE
ELECTED TO STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS.

Special TO The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March "a
In joint convention of the house and
senate today held for the purpose Of
filing vacancies on the state election
board, James NJ Bracken, of Dyer,
and Lyt ]. Pardue, Of Cheatham, the
nominees of the democratic caucus,
were unanimously elected Speeches
endorsing Messrs. Bracken and Per
due we're made by both democrats
and republicans and every vote was
cast for them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
HENRY REA IS
TURNED LOOSE,
ATTORNEY GENERAL FRIERSoN
WILL NOT PROSECUTE HIM
FURTHER.

Henry Rea, who was tried at this
term of the court for shooting his
wife, given by the jury sentence of
involuntary manslaughter, and later
granted a new trial by Judge Turner
upon application of his attorneys,
will go free.
General Horace Frierson cannot
find new and more substantial proof
for the state, and so has decided to
abandon the case and let Rea go free.
The evidence against Rea was purely
circumstantial.
Rea was defended by W. ]. ans
Hugh Lee Webster.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
SENT TO PEN FOR
STEALING A COW
WILLIE GREEN, CoLoRED, SENT
UP FOR ONE TO FIVE YEARS
FOR THEFT.

Willie Green, colored, was convict
ed Tuesday afternoon in the circuit
court for petit larceny, and given an
indeterminate sentence Of one to five
years in the state penitentiary.
Green stole a COW from W. A. Han
son and butchered her for sale, Hen
~ Dawson was indicted jointly with
him for the theft, but on motion of
Gen. Frierson, Judge Turner granted
a severance Of the two cases. The
case 1s to Dawson was continued.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
MAURY COUNTY FLOUR CONTRIBUTED
TO BELGIANS REACHES DESTINATION
COL LuMgIA MILL & ELEVATOR CARD FROM MR. Ed
GAR, TRUSTEE REACHED ROTTERDAM ON
FEBRUARY AND is BEING DISTRIBUTED

The South Point, containing the car
go Of the Millers' Belgian Relief
Movement, arrived here on Saturday,
February 27, at midnight I boarded
the ship off Deal, England, and cross
ed on her The cargo is in perfest
condition and is now beng rapidly
discharged into barges, which are
proceeding into Belgium under the d.
rection Of the Commission for Relief
in Belgium"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
WILL MOORE TELLS
PEOPLE Of MAURY
SOME ROAD FACTS
FORMER MAURY CoUNTIAN DE.
LIVERs SOME HOT SHOTS
AT OUR ROADS.
FAVORS BUYING PRIVATE Pixies
Believes That the Issuance of $780,.
900 In Road Bonds Would Be Good
investment for the People Of This
County and City.

In response to letter to him, viii
P. Moore, former Columbian, who is
the chief road engineer of Lauder.
dale county, Miss, has written to
The Herald the following letter in re-
gard to his experience in road build,
ing around Meridian
To the Editor Of The Herald:
There are possibly a good many Of
you who know me who have not kept
sufficiently in touch with me for the
past fifteen years to know the repu
tati0n have made in the profession
of highway engineering, but If you
haven't, all you have to do is to ask
those who have. l use this introduc
tory explanation for the reason that
! am going to say some very plain
things, and want you to know that
am not speaking from hearsay but
from actual experience.
Just to think, Maury county, THE
Dimple of the Universe" is still pay
ing toll for the privilege of going
from farm to market and having to
ride in the mud ! stopped off in Co.
lumbia about three weeks ago and
drove out on the Pulaski pike and
could not but wonder how long you
will put up with such conditions. Do
you realize that you are paying the
highest road tax of any people in the
South, and that you are getting moth
ing for it? | do not know what your
assessed valuation is, but | am going
to venture this assertion. You can
borrow $500,000, levy tax against
your assessed valuation sufficient to
pay interest and create a sinking
fund with which to pay this money
back in twenty-five years, and then
60 to every farmer in the county who
has toll gate between him and Co
lumbia and ask him how much toll
he pays each year and how much his
farm is assessed at, and by compari-
son you will find that he is paying
more than twice the amount of road
tax now than he would have to pay
if the county owned and maintained
it's own roads, and instead of going
to and from the city in the mud you
could have a paved surface equal to
any asphalt street in any city in the
state, free from noise, free from mud
free from dust, surface that 1t
would be absolutely unnecessary for
the farmers to keep his horses shod
to travel over it. The saving in this
shoeing bill alone would more than
pay his road tax.
Now this may sound like fairy
tale to you, but it is being done all
over the South | have constructed
over 200 miles Of just such roads in
Mississippi and l have shipped the
stone with which to build these roads
from Southern Illinois, over 400
miles, and still it has proven the
best investment the public has ever
made. l have built roads like this
through sections Of the country that
one acre OF your land is worth a
whole section of it and still it has
proven an investment that yields
CONTINUED on Twelfth Page)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
PRES. JAMES SLOAN
NAMES MEMBERS Of
BOARD COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE HEAD OF BOARD OF
TRADE NAMES HIS ASSIST.
ANTS FOR 1915.
|ELtVEN COMMITTEES FILLED
Every Man on Each Committee Nam.
ed With an Eye to His Fitness for
That Special Position-Full List Of
the Members.

Hon. James A. Sloan, president of
the Columbia Board Of Trade, made
public announcement this morning Of
the standing committees of the board
for the coming year.
The members OF the committees
were selected with unusual care and
with an eye to their fitness for the
committee, on which they were nam.
ed Mr.. Sloan made an attempt TO
assign each man to some branch OF
work in which he was especially in
terested. Upon most of the commit.
tees only three men were named, bull
upon those on good roads and agri-
culture, the most important ones,
President Sloan thought it wise to
name more.
The committees and the members
of them are as follows:
Public Roads-James A. Sloan,
chairman. Robert L. Mckinney, Jos.
NJ. Dedman, D. w. Shofner, of Mt.
Pleasant, Oscar L. Dortch, Prof. VIII
liam Hughes, of Spring Hill, Senator
]. W. C. Church, Dr. w. B. Kicks, and
DR.. Theodore Stephenson.
Agriculture-Jas l. Finney, chair
man, Horace Rainey, Sr., ]. M. Dean,
W. P Ridley and Arthur Murphy.
Live Stock-Dr. w. P. Woodbridge,
chairman, W. D. Hastings and J. Clint
Moore.
Manufacturing-W. F. Anderson,
chairman, J. J. Wilson and J. F.
Brownlow.
Poultry-Looney Walker, chair
man, Will Barker, w. S. Beasley, C.
B. Hardison and E. j. Park, of Guile.
Okla
Legislation-Wm. B. Greenlaw,
chairman, J. H Dinning, j. B. Gar
ner, Charles P. Hatcher and George
T. Hughes, Jr.
Railroad and Transportation-Eu-
gene Anderson, chairman, Will Dale,
Jr. and Will Barker.
Entertainments. H. Foster, chair
man, Robert j. Harlan and Harry
W. Frierson.
Education-Prof. R. l.. Harris,
chairman. DR.. w. B. Capers, and Prof
/ H. c. Weber.
Advertising-Reese Amis, chair
man, Ashley B. Sowell and George E.
McKennon.
Membership:
The Live Wires"-Ashley Sowell.
chairman, Fred Latta, Charles Sloan,
Jim Thomas, Abe Bauman and DR..
Dake Biddle,
1.-THE Hustlers" Reese Amis,
chairman, w. w. Evans, DR.. Richard
Smith, Gordon Morton, Connor Tuck
er and Enoch Stephenson.
The membership campaign will not
begin until after the first regular
meeting in April The members OF
the committee, however, were nam
ed at this time by President Sloan
although the plans for the campaign
will not be formulated until after the
April horse show.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
JURY IN THE NOTED SPRING CASE
AGAIN FAILS TO REACH VERDlCT
REPORTED THAT THEY STOOD UPON THE QUESTION
DAMAGES, THE FORMER FINDING FOR PLAINTIFF
THE LATTER FOR THE DEFENDANTS

plaintiff, while an equal number
found for defendants.
This is the second time that this
noted case has been tried Each trial
has resulted in hung jury, which
had to be discharged. On the first
occasion, seventeen days were con-
sumed in the trial of the case, while
this last time about half of that time
was necessary. The costs OF the
case have mounted up until they are
very considerable.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26

The $50 barrels Of -four contribut-
ed by the people of Maury county to
the Belgian population have at last
arrived at their destination.
The Columbia Mill & Elevator Co.
received this morning the following
card from w. C. Edgar, editor of the
Northwestern Miller, and trustee of
the -four fund:
Rotterdam, Holland, March l, 1915.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
MARSHALL FARM IS
SOLD BY FIGUERS
LOCAL AGENCY MAKES BIG DEAL
IN REAL ESTATE IN ADJolN.
ING COUNTY.

Figuers Realty Company has sold
J. f. Stephenson's farm near Farm
ington, Marshall county, to w. D.
Stockard, of Mt. Pleasant. The farm
contains only 104 acres, but 1t Is re-
ported as being a splendid piece Of
property. They also report the sale
of three residences and four vacant
lots in Mt. Pleasant,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26

Late Tuesday afternoon the jury in
''' celebrated Brown-Rainey-Dale
>#1.ns case reported that they were
unable to reach verdict Judge
Iarner thereupon discharged them
ana allowed them to go to their
homes.
Inc members of the jury stated out
vi court that they stood six to six
upon the question at issue, half
'''oFing some compensation to the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
MISS GLASS ALSO
GETS IN CONTEST
POPULAR YOUNG LADY OF HIGH.
LAND PARK WANTS BANNERS
FREE TRIP.

Miss Sinclair Glass announces in
The Herald today that she has enter
ed the Banners free trip to the Pana
ma Exposition at San Francisco.
The trip is to be given to the most
popular young lady in this district
which is composed of Maury county.
Miss Glass is quite popular and will
no doubt make good race.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-03-26
EXTEND TIME OF
PAYMENT OF TAXES
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO POST.
PONE PENALTY UNTIL FIRST
OF MAY.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March "a
The bin for extending the time for
the payment of taxes to May was
passed by the house today
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-21


Bertano Constantine, blind pig
owner at 377 Monroe ay., Glencoe,
pleaded guilty. Fined $25.
James McEIrose, IS, Arlington
Heights, stricken with heart disease.
Dead.
John Daily, 5649 S. Leavitt ST.,
freed on charge of killing goose Of
Mrs. Edna Schulursky, 921 W. 18th.
Paid for fowl
Safeblowers got $50 in offices of
Matchelss Metal Polish CO., $40 w.
49th pL
David Adamson, sailor, South Chi
cago, bought booze for two other
sailors. Beaten and robbed. Pair ar
rested.
Water 72 degrees off North Shore
beach yesterday.
Chicago band to play in Grant park
tonight
Policeman Dan Keough, traffic
squad, fell on slippery street. rO'
quois hospital
Joseph PhiIIipus found guilty Of
making bad coins. Sentenced today,
Michael Kolassa resigned from
West park board. Succeeded by J..
K. Ankelbrandt, mill supply dealer.
S. J. RosenbIatt, chairman of bath
ing beach committee of small park
committee, said beach east of Chi
cago Beach hotel will open in few
days.
MAR Shapiro, alleged owner Of sew
eral Riverview park concessions,
sued for $25, 900 by Rose Reiter. Sup
posed SANDER.
A. v. Miller, Denver, Colo, held to
grand jury charged with stealing
jewelry from John Lynch.
Harry Kreiger, grocer, 9T2 MilWau-
kee av., arrested for arson. Had sUs-
picious fire in store.
Mrs. Mary Scepin, 512 Osborne, ar
rested for shopIifting, prObatiOned for
year.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-21


Serg't Charapota and Policeman
Martin reelected trustees Of West
park police pension fund.
WaIenty Lukeshite, 2O19 String,
had fight with wife She left home.
Police searching.
Richard Zunt, II, 3046 w. 22d, SEN
fenced to Bridewe1 for 80 days for
trying to steal auto.
Thomas Fink, 1874 S. Sangamon,
arrested for enticing little girl into
alley.
John HUrr, taxi chauffeur, 1880
Washburne, married. Drove bride
to church. Later reported for work
in front of Hotel Sherman with signs
newly married. all over machine.
August EinfeIdt, former president
of Oak Park, presented with special
gold star by police.
Two young men, who robbed Tony
ViOlo, grocer, 42O1 S. Maplewood av.,
Of $27, escaped from mob after chase.
Billy" educated monkey of John
VelOti, 1117 S. Wabash av., freed on
charges Of mayhem. Bit Bessie Hine,
10, 1858 ROsemont aN Owner ar
rested.
Lawndale police seeking man who
attacked Bertha BewersdOrf, IA, 1437
S. KOstneT aV Escaped from crowd.
Unclaimed, abandoned and ware
housed good held by U. S. to be auc-
toned off at appraisers stores at
Harrison and Sherman SITS.
Newly elected circuit judges ask
ing county board for windows in 18th
floor cOUrtrooms. Not enough air.
Thousand fox-trotting couples on
Garfield blvd. stopped by police. Cele-
brating carnival night.
Serg't Edward Goggin, central sta
ton, head of squad of five appointed
to clear loop of undesirables.
Patrick Murphy, bartender, Nc
Healy's saloon, Rush st. and Austin
aU held I'm nv two vvOOnO and man
Evening star., 1915-02-04
BUYS WAR SUPPLIES
TO BE DELIVERED DURING APRIL

ROME, February 4, 500 a.m.-The Rou
rnanian government has placed orders in
Italy for a large quantity OF ammunition.
delivery to be made during the month
of April. This war material is ordered
with tho consent Of the Italian govern
ment.
Cant Michel, the Roumanian military
,t+ache at Rome, was instantly killed
Yesterday by an explosion while ne was
conducting experiments with a bomb
Active With War Plans.
LONDON, February 4.-'Thcre Is no
siyp that Rournania will break her nell
trality vet" says the Bucharest corre-
snondent of the Times, although mill
,arv PREPARATIONS continue. The Hou-
ma MAN minister to Bulgaria has been IN
bucharest for a fortnight. but has JUST
returned to his post with instructions 70
eYnress friendly sentiments: he look no
offer however, Of concessions
wireless dispatch from Berlin says
the Berliner Tageblatt reports from Con
stantinople that Greece is industriousiy
making mobilization preparations ana
continuing the fortification OF her IRON
tiers.
Evening star., 1915-02-04

paratory bombardment by artillery, the
unsuccessful attacks on several inipor-
tant Belgian trenches. The desperate
lighting of the past two days Is indi-
Gated by the large conveys Of wounded
being sent to GERMANY
Snow Melting in Vosges.
The snow in the Vosges mountains
has begun to melt, according to the
statement of the French war office on
the progress of the war given out in
Paris this afternoon. This is one of
the first evidences of the coming of
spring. The first SHOWS fall In No
comes correspondingly early.
Yesterday saw the customary daily
artillery exchanges, which at some
places were conducted with particular
violence. All the encounters mentioned
in this report\g t\gesulted favorably to the
French. In the Vosges mountains men
have been fighting on skis.
The official statement given out in
Berlin today by the general staff says
the Germans. near Massiges, have been
successful over the French, occupying
their positions for more than a mile
and capturing over 800 men. They
claim also success in the fighting on
skis in the Vosges.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
REMNANTS OF BELGIAN ARMY
BEAR THE BRUNT OF BATTLE
Defending Little Strip of the Fatherland
Under Their Control Against Fierce
German Onslaughts.

LONDON, February 4.-The remnants
Of the Belgian troops. which are still
defending the little strip of their ia
therland not in possession of the Ger
mans once more are bearing the brunt
of the fighting in the west.
Unofficial reports from Amsterdam
state that the Germans are again maxi
ing an attack along the User. which
was the scene of the heaviest fighting
and greatest loss of life of the war
thus far during the earlier German at
tempts to break through the allied line
and reach the English channel.
For the last two days Belgians and
Germans have been engaged in COM
bat, in which the possession of trenches
has been decided with the. bayonet
Both Sides Use Bayonet.
A press dispatch from Amsterdam says:
"The Belgian positions on the User near
Westende again have been the scene of
fierce alta cks by the Germans in which
the bayonet was used by the troops on
both sides Of the trenches. the Telegraa
states in dispatch from its Sluis CORE
spondent:
1.-The Germans, after the usual pre-
Evening star., 1915-02-04
Roumania Releases Grain.

BUCHAREST, February 3. via Lon
don. February 4.-Nearly 10000 car
loads of grain for Germany and Aus
tria have been for a long time stored
in Roumanian railway stations, owing
to the indisposition Of the Roumanian
government to permit Its shipment and
also because Of lack of rolling stock
Germany, which is to take half of
the grain, recently agreed to send 300
cars daily to Roumania and is now
moving out it's share. Austria also is
receiving it's quota of the grain as
ears become availa BILE.
1t is learned that the Roumanian
minister of finance has just received
20.000.000 leu (about S4,00O.000) in
Roumanian silver coins from Hamburg,
after having permitted Germany in re-
turn therefor to ship 80.0O0.O0O marks
(s20,000,000) gold through Roumania
for German banks in Constantinople
1t is stated that Germany has agreed
in return for certain concessions to OBJ
serve a liberal commercial policy to-
ward Roumania.
A report in circulation is to the effect
that there are 100000 tons of beans
rotting in Roumania owing to the re-
strictions upon their shipment to Ger
many and Austria.
Evening star., 1915-02-04

PRETORIA, via London, February =
a1e a.m.-The rebel leader. Bezulden-
hout. and the so-alled Prophet" van
kensburg surrendered to the British
forces with Lieut. Col. Kemp. 1t was
officially announced today. The COM
mando which gave up its arms also
included forty EIGHT officers and 500
burghers. The rebels capitulated at
Upington vankensburg's influence is
credited with being largely responsible
for the rebellion.
The announcement states that addi-
,ional surrenders are expected tonight
md that Lieut.. Col. S. G. Maritz and
his men probably will give themselves
up before the end OF the week..
lieut.. Col. Kemp was one of the
Evening star., 1915-02-04
THREE OF BOER REBEL LEADERS
SURRENDER TO BRITISH FORCES

Boer leaders in South Africa who fol-
lowed Lieut.. Col. S. G. Maritz, Gen.
Christian De Wet and Gen. Christian
F. Beyers in revolving against British
rule shortly after the European war
started.
The last previous account of Kemp
was contained in a dispatch from Pre-
toria January "a, which said that 1900
rebels with four guns under Maritz
and Kemp had attacked Upington,
Bechuanaland, but were repulsed, leav-
ing behind twelve meh dead and twen-
oners.
With Kemp captured. Maritz is the
only one of four original revolutionary
leaders still at large. Early in De-
cember Gen. De Wet was captured at
Waterbury, and on December . Gen.
Beyers was shot from his horse while
crossing a stream and drowned.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
TWO GERMAN VESSELS
ARE REPORTED SUNK

PARIS. February 4.T-An Official state
ment from Petrograd as transmitted by
the Havas Agency, says that a Gerrna n
torpedo boat destroyer was sunk by a
Russian submarine in the Baltic jan
uary 20. The submarine attack was
made off the Danish Island of Moen
BUENOS AIRES, February 4.-The
Buenos Aires newspapers announce
that a German auxiliary cruiser for
merIy of the Woermann line, was sunk
January off the Patagontan coast by
the British cruiser Australia. The crew
were taken to the Falkland Islands.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
WHY COTTON IS FREE.
England Thinks Germany Has Am.
nle Supply for War PURPOSES,

LONr ON, February 4-Replying in
the house of commons to ar John Q.
Rees, unionist member for Motifs. who
urged that cotton should be declared
contraband of war. Harold ]. Tenant,
parliament under secretary of war.
said yesterday that the requirements
of Great Britain had been adequately
safeguarded, so far as the war Office
could see at present.
The authorities, ACCORDING to Mr..
Tennant, believed that Germany had a
sufficient supply OF cotton for her war
requirements and that Therefore to
place the staple in the list of contra
band was not necessary from the bel
Iiperent point of view. Mr.. Tennant
added that other intere 8 were In
yolved which it would not be desirable
to touch at present.
Evening star., 1915-02-04
GIRL WARRIOR is SHOT
IN NINETEENTH BATTLE

MOSCOW, via Petrograd and London.
February Among the wounded who
have arrived in Moscow from the front
is Olga Krasilnikoff. girl OF nineteen
years. After taking part in nineteen
battles in Poland she was wounded in
the foot
The girl enlisted under a mans name.
and this deception has just been discov-
cred The cross Of St George, fourth de-
9re4. has been awarded TO her.