The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-08-10
BY NARROW MARGIN
OF ONE VOTE MAURy
ASKS FOR STAT|Oa
RESOLUTION TO REScIND GOES
TO THE TABLE ELEVEN
TO NINE.
WARM SESSION. OF AN HOUR
Committee Is Directed To Receive
Other Options for the Next Ten
Days and Also to Report it's Final
Recommendations in Matter.

| ~ WIG haiIoW anu Embarrassing mar
gin OF just one vote the Middle Ten
aessse Experiment station was saved
for Maury county court in the special
session this morning. The vote on a
motion to table a motion to rescind
the action of the April term in offer
ing 100000 for the location of the
station in the county was tabled by
the vote of eleven to nine. A change
of one vote would have lost the mo.
ton to table.
After this hair-raising finish sub.
sequent motion to approve the action
of Gov. Rye and his conferees in To-
eating the station in Maury county
and thanking them for so doing pre-
vailed by the vote of sixteen to moth
ing. Four members who were Cd.
posed to the station, declined to vote
on this motion.
1t was remarkable situation. Nine
votes were cast to rescind. Eight of
those who voted to rescind were pres.
ent at the April term and voted to
offer 100000 for the station. Two
members of the court were not pres
ent in April when the vote was taken.
One OF them, Justice Grove, voted to
rescind and the other, Justice Rick.
etts, voted not to rescind.
The court instructed the committee
to take options for the next ten days
on any tracts of land that might be
offered for the station and also in.
structed the committee to recommend
whether or not the station selected by
the college of agriculture should be
purchased.
Il The court was in session for an
hour and it was lively session, too
]. N. Meroney got the permission OF
the court to speak and made an ex.
tended argument in favor of buying
Il the Gordon farm, six miles from Colu
: bia.
y When court met prayer was offered
by Justice Ross. The roll call showed
! four absentees, Justices Hunter
Brooks, English and Wilkes.
Immediately after roll call Squire
Guest moved that the court do now
adjourn. This was regarded as a test
vote, the advocates of the station vot
ing to adjourn. The motion failed
ten to ten.
The detailed vote on the motion tc
adjourn follows:
i Ayes-Justices Brown, Pinkston
Denton, McKibon, Ross, Guest, Web
ster, Hayes, Pogue and Taylor; total
10.
NOes-Justices Mullins, Forgey
IChurch, RUSSELL Grove Davis, Voor
HES, Jackson, Ricketts, and Alexander
total, TO-
Not voting-Justices Brooks, Wilkes
English and Hunter; total, four.
Squire Jackson then addressed tn:
.ourt. He declared that since votins
or the appropriation in April, he ha(
cached the conclusion that at this
ime the county could not afford this
preparation; that again lands hat
,een offered for the station at far an(
bove their fair market value. He
therefore, moved to rescind the actor
# the April court.
y Justice Webster moved to table thu
notion to rescind and the vote on tina
notion follows:
Ayes-Justices Russell, Brown
Pinkston, Denton, McKibbon, Ricketts
Ross, Guest, Webster, Hayes and Tay
ar; total, II.
Noes-Justices Mullins, Forgey
Church, Grove, Davis, VOORHEES,, Jack
/, son, Alexander and Pogue; total, 9.
The motion to table prevailed.
Squire Webster then moved thai
he action of the state committee be
approved and that the thanks be re
turned to Gov. Rye and the others fol
locating it in the county. The motion
prevailed sixteen to nothing
Four were abesnt and Justices Null
Inns, Forgey, Jackson and Alexander
sat silent and did not vote
A motion then to instruct the com
nittee to take other options until ter
'ays hence and to ask the committee
. make recommendation to the
Hourt prevailed unanimously and the
curt adjourned