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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Submarine and Sub Tender" in the Gatun Locks
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Brig Gen Clarence Edwards lin the foreground) Com
manding United States Troops in the Canal Zone
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
JR. @. j. A. M. MAKE
NEEDY HAPPY
GIVES LARGE DONATION TO THE
POOR AND BRINGS CHRISTMAS
CHEER TO MANY FAMILIES.

One of the most benefcent distribu-
tors of charity in the city this Christ
mas was the Junior Order of American
Mechanics. This progressive lodge
voted and gave to the needy and poor
Of the city over one hundred and
twenty dollars. Fifty dollars of this
money was taken out of the treasury
of the lodge, while the rest was given
by the individual members. A COM
mittee composed of Manuel Edwards,
Edd Smith and Walter Frazier, was
assigned to find out exactly what was
needed and see that they were sup
piled All day last Friday and Satur-
day these gifts were distributed and
many families that would not have
had any Christmas at all were remem
bered and enjoyed the pleasure of the
Yuietide.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
TWO OFFICIALS TO
Be ELECTED WHEN
JUSTICES CONVENE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT GRA.
HAM WILL BE GIVEN HIS
SIXTH TERM.
MURPHY TO Be AGAIN CHOSEN
Will Succeed Himself As a Member
Of The County Highway Commits
sion-Road Amendments Suggested
BY Comittee to be Considered.

Elections will engage the attention
of the members of the County Court
when the quarterly meeting is held on
the second Monday of next month
Two of the most important offices in
The county are to be filled, but there
will be no contest for either.
The term of County Superintendent
John P. Graham will expire. He is
the only qualified candidate for the
office and will be again elected with
out opposition. This will be the sixth
time that Superintendent Graham has
been elected without contest
He was first elected in April 1907, to
fill the unexpired term of the late
Superintendent Dodson, and was re-
elected in 1909, 1911, 1913 and 1915.
John H. Murphy will again be elect
ed a member of the county highway
commission. He is now serving his
first term, having been elected in jan
uary 1914, for three years. He has
lust successfully defended an custer
suit brought to remove him from Of
fee.
1t is not expected that bridge build
ing will figure very much in the appro-
priatons of the court Appropriations
have already been made for bridge
work that cannot be finished until next
summer and the justices will be slow
to incur any further expenses at this
time in this direction.
The question of amendments to the
county road law will be live question
before the court as the report of the
special committee heretofore appoint
ed for this purpose will be made. 1t is
expected that the report of the COM
mittee will be accepted by the court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT
MARKS OBSERVATION
Of CHRISTMAS DAY
COLUMBIA AND MAURY COUNTY
HAVE A VERY SANE
CELEBRATION.
ABSENCE OF ANY DRUNKENNESS
Probably Never In History Has This
Occasion Been so Correctly OBJ
served as it Was This Year-Just
Like Sabbath Day.

Christmas was more generally OBJ
served probably in Columbia and
Maury county than ever before. 1t
was the quietest Christmas ever
known. In marked contrast to the
noisy celebrations of the past it took
on that religious aspect beftting the
observance of the birthday of the King
Of Kings. There was lacking the
noisy fire cracker demonstration, the
carousals, the drinking and the hilarity
of few years ago.
After noon in Columbia, when near
ly all of the business houses were
closed, it was more like Sunday than
a holiday. The people generally spent
the day at their homes or went to
relatives of friends for big family
dining, Socially the family dining wa
the accepted form of observance.
They were numerous and the high cost
of living interferred in no way with
quality or quantity of the food served.
There were no indications ofsany boy
colt in Columbia on turkey because
that ever popular bird continued to be
the piece de resistance OF the Christ
mas dinner
The poor we're not forgotten in city
or county. Probably in no year of the
past was as much done for those in
needy circumstances as was done this
year In the aggregate the private
and public benefactions in city and
county would total an immense sum.
Trees were popular all over the coun-
ty and from them hundreds upon hun
dreds of useful gifts were distributed
to those who otherwise might not
have had visit from the patron saint
of the occasion.
There were no fights, no brawls mo-
public drunks in the city. The officers
had little to do 1t was just such a
Christmas celebration as the most
earnest Christian could ask for.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
.SRERIFFS SEEK TO
INCREASE PAY FOR
FEEDING PRISONERS
DECLARES THAT PRESENT RATE
TOO LOW FOR COST OF
LIVING.
TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION
Meet At Nashville Friday For The
Purpose Of Bringing the Matter
To The Attention of The General
Assembly.

The Sheriffs of the State of Tennes,
see will meet Friday evening in the
parlors of the Maxwell House in Nash
vile for the purpose of discussing
ways and means to get the state to
allow more than forty cents per day
for the feeding of prisoners.
Sheriff Griffin will attend the meet
ing and will be accompanied by Mrs.
Griffin. An elegant dinner will be
served to the Sheriffs. In talking of
the objects of the meeting of the off.
GERS of the counties, Sheriff Griffin
said to a Herald reporter today: "The
high cost of provisions has reached
such proportions that we are COM
PEELED to have some relief from some
source, and the object for our meet
ng next Friday is to discuss some
plans for placing the matter before
the Legislature asking the state to
allow us more money for the feeding
of the county prisoners.
"We cannot begin to feed the pris,
oners as they should be fed, upon the
allowance, forty cents per day. Any
man of comon sense will readily agree
that it is beyond all reason to expect
he sheriffs to pay ten dollars per bar
eel for flour, five dollars per barrel for
Irish potatoes, forty-fve cents per
dozen for eggs, and twenty-five to
thirty-five cents per pound for bacon,
md all other provisions in equal pre-
portion, to feed the prisoners at the
same price they have been fed here
tofore."
1t will be recalled that in 1907 bill
to increase the pay of the sheriffs for
'eeding prisoners from forty cents to
fifty cents per day was passed by the
Legislature, but Gov. Patterson killed
the measure with a veto. At almost
each recurring session of the legisla,
ture an unsuccessful effort to enact
similar legislation has been made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
MAI. E.B. STAHLMAN
ACCEPTS INVITATION
TO ADDRESS PEOPLE
HAS THROUGH HIS PAPER ES-
PoUSED OLD HICKORY ROUTE
FOR MILITARY HIGHWAY.
WROTE MANY EDITORIALS
A Splendid Speaker, and the News of
His Coming to Columbia On Janu
uary Eighth Will Be Hailed With
Delight.

Major E. B. Stahlman the presi.
dent of the Nashville Banner, in a
letter to Chairman Eugene Anderson
and Secretary w. C. Whitthorne, has
accepted the invitation to be in Co
lumbia and deliver an adress upon the
occasion of the celebration of the
Jackson Military Highway.
Major Stahlman was great advo-
cate of the route selected by the Jack.
son Military Highway Commission and
wrote editorial after editorial com
mending the route taken by Old Hick,
ory when he made his memorable
march to New Orleans. Major Stahl.
man has great feeling in this matter
and will no doubt deliveria great ad-
dress to the people of Tennessee on
the Sth, and the announcement of his
coming will be hailed with much pleas
ure upon the part of his large follow
ing Of the Tennessee people. Major
Stahlman's letter follows:
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 10th, 1916.
Eugene Anderson, Chairman, and
w. C. Whitthorne, Secretary,
Committee on Invitations, Columbia,
Tenn.
"Gentlemen:-I beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of the 18th inst.
and invitation to me to be present at
the celebration of your victory in Sc
curing the Jackson Highway on the
Sth of January, 1917 asking me to
deliver an address on that occasion on
any subject that l may deem perti-
nent.
81 am a very busy man. If | can
possibly attend the celebration it viii
affor me pleasure to do so, and will
endeavor to advise you day or two
in advance of Jan. Sth.
Thanking you for the invitation,
am, with great respect,
"Very truly yours,
"E. B. STAHLMAN."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
VII SONS LEAD ON
OFFICIAL RETURNS
OVER HALF MILLION
TOTAL VOTE OF THE UNITED
STATES SHOWS A TREMEN-
DoUS INCREASE.
SOCIALIST STRENGTH DECREASES
Illinois Was Banner State For Hughes,
While Texas Gave Wilson His Lar
oest PluraIity-SmaIIest Difference
In New Hampshire.

NEW YORK, Dec 27.-Complete Of
fetal returns on the presidential elec-
ton shows that Mr.. Wilson received
9,116296 votes and Mr.. Hughes S,547,-
474, a plurality of 56S,S22 for Mr.. Will
son. In 1912 Wilson (democrat) re-
ceived 6,297099, Taft republican,,
SS46,399, and Roosevelt (progressive),
4,124953.
The vote for Mr. Benson (socialist)
was 100000, with eight missing states
estimated, against 9O1,S73 for Debs
(socialist) in 1912, and for Mr. Hanly
(prohibitionist) was 225,101. against
2O792S for Chaffn (prohibitionist) in
1912.
The total popular vote for the four
candidates was 1S,638,S77, as against
15,O45, 1922 in 1912. This is an increase
of S,593,54 accounted for by the in
creased population and the women
vote in the new suffrage states. The
vote by states for Wilson and Hughes:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
ALL ATTENTION NOW
TURNED TO The GREAT
HIGHWAY CELEBRATION
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND AN,
NlVERSARY OF oLDHlckoRYs
VICTORY AT NEW ORLEANS.
COMMITTEES Urged TO WORN
Big Parade Will Be Growing Feature
Prominent Speakers to be on Pro-
gram-January 9th to be an Epoch
Day in Maury History.

One naturally ask, what next? The
Jackson Military Highway Celebration
is the next big event upon the pro-
gram. The Christmas season is about
spent and the attentions of everyone
is turned to this big and glorious cele
bration.
January Sth, the one hundredth and
second anniversary of the battle of
New Orleans. When "Old Hickory"
gave the command not to fire upon
he Red Coats until they could see the
whites of their eyes. In this historic
engagement Maury county soldiers
played most important part. 1t was
ought practically by Tennesseans and
Of the nine men killed five We're from
Maury county.
The Board of Trade has planned
splendid entertainment and celebra-
ton for this day. Some of the most
noted men of the nation have been
invited to visit Columbia upon this
occasion, among them being Secretary
of the Navy Joseph Daniels, Hon. Will
liam jennings Bryan, Congressman L.
P Padgett and other noted men, in
terested in the welfare of the South.
Some of the speakers have accepted
the invitation and expressed desire
and hope to be here. Others will no
doubt be heard from within the next
few days.
The committees appointed by the
Board of Trade have been quite busy,
but for the past few days have ceased
operations on account of the Christ
mas season. Now that the holidays
are passed, it behooves every commit
tee to get right down to business and
bring up each department of the cele
bration to the top notch of perfec-
tion, and no doubt this will be done.
The Grand Opera House will be used
for the speakers. The parade in
charge of DR.. w. P. Woodbridge, will
be the crowning event of the occasion.
Every man in the line of march will
be furnished with a hickory walking
stick. Hundreds of infantrymen and
cavalrymen will go to make up the
line of march, while there will be hun
dreds of automobiles
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
WORLD WHEAT CROP
FAR BELOW NORMAL
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
AGRICULTURE MAKES PREDIc-
TION OF YIELD.

ROME Dec. 26.--(Via Paris THE
International Institute of Agriculture's
harvest estimates continue to indicate
poor world crops. 1t is now able for
the first time to forecast the wheat
production of Argentina at 100000
bushels, one-half that of last year.
Australia's wheat crop is estimated
at 135,000,00O bushels, which is per
cent better than the yearly average.
For the worlds eighteen most i'm
portant countries, including the United
States, Canada, British India, Japan
and all Europe the estimated total
wheat crop is placed by the institute
at 2,5OO,OOO,OOO bushels, 25 per cent
less than last year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29

country of the warning nations
that indicated any enthusiasm
over the note of the president. It
had been believed that its reply
would be favorable, but it had
hardly been expected that the at.
titude of the imperial government
would go as far as the note shows.
Whether or not the idea of a
peace conference in some neutral
city will meet the approval of the
allied countries or whether they
will insist that Germany state the
terms upon which it would enter
into peace negotiations is not
known. Ii is probable that no re.
ply will be received from the en-.
tente nations until after there has
been an exchange of views be.
tween them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
FOR DISCUSSION
OF TAX PROBLEM
CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD BY
GOV. RYE AND CITIZENS
TOMORROW.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 27.-A
number of prominent men from vari-
Gus parts of the state interested in
taxation will hold a conference with
Gov. Rye tomorrow with view to tax
to be adopted by the coming
legislature.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 2e.
Germany has replied to the
peace suggestions of President
Wilson, expressing full and COM
plete sympathy with the attitude
of the American chief executive.
The German answer goes even
further than was expected and II
suggests that representatives Of
all belIiserents meet at some neu-
traI city and talk over the plans
for peace and also some plan for
the elimination of any future wars.
The reply Of the German govern.
men had been somewhat forecast
in the attitude of the press on the
suggestions made by President
Wilson. Germany was the only
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
CHATTANOOGA TO
STOP SALE LIQUOR

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 27.-
The city commission after a some,
what stormy session Tuesday after
noon, adopted Mayor Littleton's mo,
ton that the police and detectives be
put on notice of their strict accounta-
bility to the entire board of commits
sioners for violations OF the liquor
selling law.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
IOFFRE TO BE MADE
MARSHAL OF FRANCE

PARIS, Dec. 27-The government
has decided to raise General Joffre to
the dignity of marshal of France in
recognition of his eminent services to
the country. A decree nominating
him will be submitted for the ratifica-
ton of parliament as soon as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-29
GERMAN APPROVAL IS
GIVEN PEACE PROPOSAL
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE CON
FERENCE IN SOME NEUTRAL CITY OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE
BILLIGERENTS TO DISCUSS
THE TERMS.

ALSO WOULD EMBRACE THE SCOPE OF THE
THE DISCUSSION OF SOME PLANS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
ALL FUTURE WARs-ATTITUDE OF TEUToNs IS sEEMINcl v
WHOLLY SYMPATHETIC TOWARD THE SUGGESTIONS OUTLINED
BY THE PREsIDENT-NoT BELIEVED THAT THE ENTENTE Al
LIES WILL MAKE ANY RESPONSE UNTIL AFTER 7HEer LAC
BEEN AN EXCHANGE OF VIEW S BETWEEN THEM
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-10-14

president in 1912 was only 4S,942
There is Alabama electing Mr.. Under
wood to the senate on $1,000 ballots
md having 100000 black and 100000
white male citizens Of voting age.
TN Iowa Mr.. Cummings polled 2OS.
S32 votes for senator, and the COM
bined vote Of all candidates was 49,
1902. These two states have about an
equal population. One state, Alabama
has ingenious laws to restrict voting
The other, Iowa, has free government
Alabama refuses to recognize United
States citizenship az distinctive from,
state citizenship and declines to per.
NIT the sovereignty ballot rights OF
all male citizens, while Iowa Is within
the letter and the spirit OF the fedora
constitution.
SHOULD a candidate for the presi
dency take up the cause OF human
rights, 20 into this southern question
show up the methods employed to re
press the masses Of the south. the
flow of tears from Mr.. Tillman would
have the aspect OF q Youngstown nooc
instead Of q sort Of theatrical politi'~
play on the superficial sentiment OF
the north, always easily induced moi
to discuss those issues In the soutf
that are, In fact. Of national concern.
The north goes ahead building
monuments to its heroic dead, honor
ing the memory Of Garrison, Sumner
Lincoln, Grant and those like them
while the southern political machine
goes as steadily ahead undoing al
that these great opponents Of human
justice championed and defended ant
established, but as yet no voice Il
raised to protest Its wrongs In Soutl
Carolina-to cry out. for example. a
against the triple lynching In south
ern state, which occurred In August.
"Are not the lives OF those this sid
the ocean or the border as much to b
protected as those on or across tn
ocean or over the border? II this
bloody shirt 1t IL not at least blood
conscience!, The counting out gam
| was played in the south until the pref
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-10-14
FIERY WORDS,

direct violations of a nations SOW
ereignty cannot await vindication In
suits for damage. The nation which
violates those essential rights must be
checked and called to account by direct
challenge and resistance" - From
Woodrow Wilson's Speech Accepting
the Democratic Nomination For Presi.
dency. ..
BUT
The American dag is still unsaluted
at Vera Cruz.
vills Is still uncaptured and unpun
ished.
Carranza still slaps the United
States.
There stin has been no accounting
for American lives and property de-
stroyed in Mexico.
The whole question Of reparation fol
invasion Of American rights by vari
Gus warning nations 10 still sleeping in
a pigeonhole.
AND
All the direct challenge and resist
ance" noticeable to the average Amer
lean Is included in series Of notes
said to possess high literary quality. II
nothing else In particular. g..
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-10-14
RACE PREJUDICE, NORTH.
George z. Wibsean Enters euit Against
1hsatsr Official In Brooklyn.

George z. Wibscan Enters Suit Against
Thsatsr Official In Brooklyn.
In the south the colored people are
lynched upon the most finsy charges
or suspicion Of guilt when charged
with crime, and In the north they are
Disseminated against at sight In the
matter Of places Of public amusement
or social comforts. A case in point at
the north is being tried out by the
courts In Brooklyn. George ID. Wibecan,
well known and popular in social and
political circles and clerk In the gen.
eral postoffice for quarter OF cen
tury or more, entered suit against John
Crawford, treasurer Of the Empire the
alter, on Tuesday. Sept. II, for refusing,
as Mr.. Wibecan alleges. to sell him two
theater seat tickets.
Mr.. Wibecan In making the charge
against the theater official called the
attention Of the court to section GA Of
the penal law Of the state. Mr.. Wibe-
can says he went to the theater and
stayed In line for some time. and when
he finally reached the box Office and
asked for two tickets for the perform
ance for the next day he was told:
I'VE haven't got any. Get out Of line
He received the same reply, he said
when he asked for two tickets for Fri
day night. Sept. 8.
Manager Curtain Of the theater n
court told the magistrate the box ofbct
man did not refuse to sell Wibecar
tickets because of his color. but Be
cause there were no tickets left. Tn
casa was put over. for further hearing
] Some time ago Mr.. Wibecan stsrtet
suit against a downtown restaurant
keeper because he refused to serve
him and gained an award Of $10(
when the case was brought into thu
| courts.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-10-14
BUSINESS MEN COMMEND
GOOD WORK OF STUDENTS
National Urban League Told colorsd
Boys Give Satisfaction.

The following communication from
the Connecticut Leaf Tobacco associa.
ton, which is composed of practically
all the tobacco growers in the Hartford
valley. has been received at the Office
Of the National Urban league:
tons Among Negroes, 1908 Seventh Ave-
nue., New York:
0entlemen--I am glad to be able to write
that upon every plantation where the
colored students are now employed they
are giving satisfaction. and plans are
being made for their return to Connect
cut at the end Of the school term in 1917.
These boys have proved to be efficient
and conscientious workers, and they have
won the approval Of both the planters
they have been working for and the men,
bers Of the different communities in which
they have lived.
7 believe II to be the duty Of the asso-
citation to send some letter of, apprecia-
ton to the National League on Urban
Conditions Among Negroes for their ef-
forts in this movement and at the same
time to mention the efficient and able
manner in which they have handled this
proposition. Very truly yours,
CONNECTICUT LEAF TOBACCO AS.
ISOLATION
This letter is in commentator of
the work Of the 500 students who
were recruited from the southern
schools and colleges as an experiment
to All the places Of foreign laborers
who had found more remunerative EN-
ployment In the various munition fac
tories of the north.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-10-14

Brooklyn to Have Employer Union.
A preliminary meeting for the pur-
pose Of forming an employees union
was held at the Carlton avenue branch
Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, In Brooklyn. Thursday evening,
Sept %. Messrs. J. II. Hubert and
Harold Pilgrim and Arthur Comither
are among the prime promoters Of the
movement.
corrothsrs on Future Of Dark Races.
The Rev. 8. L. Corrothers In an ad-
dress before the race conference re-
tently held at the Mount Carmel Bap-
dist church In Washington made the
following striking predictions: THE
dark races OF the world. with the col
ored race In America leading. will
eventually take the lead In world
movements along all lines II the white
race does not stop the wild. nerve
racking pace at which 1t Is going" d"
Psrnsy lvsnia Masons May Build He~s
The local lodges of the Masonic or
der In the Seventh Pennsylvania dis
trict have renewed their effort to per-
feet plans for the erection Of modern
Masonic temple In Pittsburgh. Grand
Master J. @. Morton has already taken
the matter under advisement with
members Of khs fraternity.