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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
THE TAX RATE.

AS explained in the very comprehen-
sive report of the tax levy committee
of the county court an increase in the
tax levy for this year of ten cents was
made necessary by legislation enacted
in 1917. No progressive citizen can
criticize this legislation for five cents
was levied for public education and
ten cents for good roads, both most
deserving objects.
However, these levies make neces-
sary an increase in the total rate of
the county. The committee and the
court very wisely eliminated a portion
of last years levy so as to make the
net increase less than the added rate
fixed by the state. The total rate for
the county is now fixed at $1.63 on
the 500, which is much less than the
average levy for the entire state. Con-
sidering the low assessment of prop
erty in the county this will not be a
burdensome rate.
One cannot have his cake and eat
II too. One cannot have the evidences
and the blessings of civilization. good
roads. good schools, well admins
tered government. proper provision
for the poor and the helpless. enforce
ment of the law. ETC.. without paying
'or q Maury county has a good and
generally an economical government,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
FAKE REPRESENTATION.

The act providing for the basis of
representation in the proposed consti-
tutional convention of Tennessee
should have been entitled An act to
disfranchise thousands of voters in
the state" 1t is a cardinal principle
OF democracy, one recognized in every
constitution of this state and practi-
cally every one in the Union that rep
resentation in all constituent assem-
bles shall be in proportion to popula-
tion. That principle has been grossly.
fagrantly and outrageously violated in
the arrangement made for representa-
zion in the proposed convention.
To illustrate: Lewis county, with
less than 5000 people is given a men,
Der. white Maury county, with 10000
people hes two members. It takes
10000 people in Maury county to get
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
MARsHALL's GOOD WORK.

Asking for $4,000 the committee in
charge of the Red Cross campaign in
Marshall county have received nearly
$4,000. This is an oversubscription
of over fifty per cent and equals
Maury's fine report. Marshall coun.
tians have shown their patriotism and
their liberality. The Herald expected
no less for they are splendid people.
No small amount of credit Is due
James N. McCord, the chairman of
the campaign committee. Mr.. Nc
Cord devoted pages of space in his
paper and hours of his own time to
the campaign and the victory is in the
nature of a deserved tribute to him.
1t is great pity that the county court
of Marshall county does not appreci
ate Squire McCord more than it does,
otherwise Marshall would be much
more progressive county than it is.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
PROFESSIONAL" SOLDIERS.

II would have been little less thar
treason for private citizen to have
uttered the sentiments credited to
Hardwick, of Georgia, on July 4, but
coming from a member of the senate
. OF the United States they deserve the
contempt and condemnation of all
, true patriots and the senate should
purge itself of Mr.. Hardwick's pres
ence. He spoke sneeringly Of the
regular army Of the United States as
professional soldiers" This army Is
made up of the bravest, the truest and
the very highest types Of the Ameri-
can citizen. The rawest recruit in
In the army is entitled to more con-
sideration than any senator of the
United States who utters reasonable
sentiments in time Of war.
The regular army of the United
States has on a hundred and more
bloody battlefields, in more than one
war, and in years Of peace, proven
its right to live. 1t has been the first
in every battle of every war for many
years. The regulars in the Spanish
american war won immortal glory;
they subdued the Philippine insurrec-
ton; they have made the Western
section OF the country safe for white
men and women. They were the first
to carry the flag of our glorious West
ern democracy to the battle lines OF
Europe. No American will have any
cause to blush for shame when the
exploits Of Pershing's gallant men are
recorded in history. But they are
heartily ashamed of Hardwick and all
of his breed. 1t does not lie in the
mouth of any American citizen to
speak with a sheer of the brave Off !
GERS and men who have left their !
homes, their loved ones, may be the
hope of life itself, to go far, far from
native shore to plant the flag of world
democracy and battle for the princi-
Piles which gave this nation birth and
l.
The pity is that there are not more
professional soldiers to send to
France and fewer Hardwicks to remain
ut home If there were more of the
former and none of the latter this war
would end in much earlier victory
fhan otherwise Will be the case. /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
HOME ECONOMICS
DEMONSTRATION N
C0lUM. IA JULY rs
MISS LOUISE TURNER OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY, is
COMING HERE.
Hid AT THE POST OFFICE
Efficiency Expert Will Also Go To Mt.
Pleasant, Where She Will Appear
On Wednesday, July 25-To Assist
Mrs. Artie w. Bryan.

Miss Louise Turner, professor of
home economics of the University of
Tennessee, will spend two days in
Maury county next week to assist
Mrs. Bryan, the home agent, in the
canning and food preparedness work.
On next Wednesday, Miss Turner
will be at Mt. Pleasant all day and on
the following day, Thursday, July 26,
she will spend the day in Columbia.
The demonstrations will be conducted
on the east side of the post office
lawn.
Every housewife in Columbia is in
vited and urged to attend this dem
onstration, which will show how
fruits and vegetables are canned and
preserved in the best and most eco
nomical manner.
The demonstration will begin at 10
o'clock and will last all during the
day.
Miss Turner is finished expert
in her work. For more than FIVE
years now she has been at the head
of the department of home economics
IF the University OF the State. Every.
thing in the line of home economics
that the women Of the city would like
to know they can hear from her.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
OLD ARNtlL PLACE
SOLD N. B. fAR|SS
BY I. Ed G0RD0k
ONE OF LANDMARKS OF COLUM.
BIA is PURCHASED By CLERK
AND MASTER.
SOLD THROUGH FIGUERs co
Is One OF The Most Attractive And
Desirable Pieces of Residence Prop
erty in the City-Brings Six Thou.
sand Dollars.

One of the biggest deals in Column
bia city property made in some time
was announced this morning when
Col. Mora B. Fariss, clerk and master
Of the chancery court, through the
Figuers Realty company, purchased
from T. Ed Gordon, the splendid resi-
dence and large lot just to the west
of the residence of Col. Farss.
The consideration for the place is
$4,000, which shows the high esteem
in which the real estate of Columbia
is held, although this is one of the
most admirably located and desirable
pieces of residence property in the
city. being on splendid elevation
and in ont of the finest neighborhoods
of the county. 1t was originally the
home of Samuel H. Arnell, one of the
most brilliant men of the county in
his day, and was the representative
in congress from the Seventh district
during the reconstruction days, being
the only republican who ever served
in congress from-this district
This home was afterward owned by
the ogilvies, the parents of the late
Wave W. Ogilvie. for four years CON-
missioner Of agriculture, and one of
the best beloved men who ever lived
in the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20

member, but only 5000 in Lewis.
IAN Buren, county, with 5000 people,
will have one member; Lawrence
county, with 10000 people, will elect
me member. The people of Van
3uren county without a mile OF rail-
DAD, will exercise just seven times as
ouch power in the convention as the
.eople of Lawrence, one of the most
rogressive counties of the state. 1t
) the same, all the way through.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
AN UNJUST CHARGE.

Newspapers advocating constitu
ional convention are charging that
he failure of the state to sell four
err cent bonds at par is due to its old
constitution. They probably do not
elieve any such rot. The United
States government recently sold as a
atriotic offering two billions OF three
nd a half per cent bonds, but they
re exempt from all forms of taxation,
md sold merely as an investment and
without appeals to the patriotism OF
he people would not have been sub
scribed. State bonds are not tax
exempt. Again the money market In
.lew York is near five per cent basis.
The states of Louisiana, New York
and several others were unable to sell
heir bonds a few years ago because
If the condition of the money market
The fact is the Liberty Loan has abb
sorbed so much loose capital that
money rates have advanced.
1t was also incorrectly stated to the
teachers at Memphis that the Normal
school bonds that were not sold, bear
interest at four and half per cent.
These bonds were offered at four per
cent and the act provides that they
shall not be sold at a higher rate of I
interest. The constitution has abso- ,
utely nothing to do with the money /
markets and the prevailing rates of
interest in this country.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
ELDER SOWELL TO
CONDUCT MEETING
BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY MORN.
ING AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK ON
THE BLOCKER LOT.

Elder F. c. Sowell will begin a
series of meeting out on the VII
Transport pike on the Blocker lot, next
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock
There will be preaching at eleven
O'Clock a. m. and eight O'Clock in the
evening throughout the meeting. He
will also preach the same day at Saw
dust Valley at three O'Clock in the
afternoon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
COURT PLEDGES ITS
FUNDS FOR STATION
MAJORITY OF JUSTICES AGREE
TO VOTE AN APPROPRIATION
FOR PURPOSE.
Special to The Herald.

opecldl 10 Inc herald.
FRANKLIN, Tenn, July 19.-Wil
Hanson county, after having turned
it down, is going after the experiment
station for Middle Tennessee in dead
earnest. A special session of the
county quarterly court will be held or
next Tuesday to vote 100000 for the
station. A petition addressed to Judge
Jefferson and signed by a large ma
jority of the members of the court
pledges support to the appropriation
1t is expected that the appropriation
will be almost unanimously made.
The court has already secured op
tons on four of the best tracts of LAM
around Franklin, one of them havins
both the L. & N. railroad and the In
terurban and two turnpikes. The fol.
lowing is the call for the court:
ITO the Honorable H. D. jefferson
County Judge of Williamson county,
Tennessee:
I'VE, the undersigned, Justices Of
the Peace, and members of the quar-.
terly court of said county, request
that the court be convened in special
session to consider the proposition of
making an appropriation to purchase
an agricultural experiment station
and school.
1--WE further state, that, at the regu-
lar July term of the court majority
of US voted against making this ap-
We have reconsidered
the matter and are now in favor of
this appropriation and proper
provision for the sale of bonds to pro-
vide for same.
~. w. Morgan, Walter Petway, F.
P. English, E. B. Anderson, E. X.
Smithson, S. A. Smith, w. E. Mccall.
G. w. Knapton, w. w. Wall, S. P.
Maury, R. F. Cotton, w. H. Dodson,
Robt. Hodge, B. NJ. Meek. O. C. Lii.
ard, S. A. Mosley, E. E. Eggleston,
). L. Sparkman, Dan L. Lyons, w. H.
Vaughn, R. P. Cook, T. J. Still, H. J.
Ben H. Paschall, W. F. Webb
~ N. c. Perkins, M. w. Southall, by
p. Maury, j. F. Cook, ]. w. Rash
}. j. Wilson, J. L. Covington, r.. R
harrison, Jno. Sinclair, by o. R. Brit
ain, w. A. Mefford.
I'm compliance with the above re-
uest, the Justices of the Peace com
losing the Quarterly Court of VIII Il
amson County. Tennessee, are called 4
0 meet at the Coutr House in Frank.
n, Tenn, in special session on Tues
ay, July "a, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m, J
Or the following purpose: >
"To provide for the purchase of
tie for an Agricultural Experiment s
tation for Middle Tennessee, as au {
lorized by, and provided for, in Oh (
IS Of the Private Acts OF 1917 of the 4
eneral Assembly Of the State of Ten. Z
essee.
"This July 18, 1917. IS
III. D. JEFFERSON, S
County Judge.
u. B. GRIGSBY, /.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
KEEP AT IT.

Here is another timely thought
For mid-July
No doubt an implement you've bought
So swat the fly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15
PROBATE NOTICE.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
state of Washington. in and for the
County of ThurstOn. AP
In the Matter of the Estate of Katie
Won Rotz, deceased. No. 2043.
Notice of Settlement Of Final Account,
Distribution and Discharge.
Notice is hereby given. That E. N.
Steele, as administrator OF the estate
Of Katie Won Rotz. deceased, has rem
dered and presented for settlement, and
filed in the Superior Court of Thurston
county, State Of Washington. his final
account. petition for distribution and
discharge as such administrator, and
that Monday. the 9th day of July. 1917.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at the court room
of said Superior Court, in the City of
Olympia, in said Thurston county. has
been duly appointed by said Superior
Court for the settlement of said final
account, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may
appear and file his exceptions in writ
ing to the said final account, and con-
test the same.
Witness Hon. John r. Mitchell. Judge
of said Superior Court, and the seal
of said Court affixed, this 18th day of
June, A. n. 1917.
(Sean A. e. BAKER.
Deputy County Clerk and Clerk of the
Superior Court.
Date Of first publication. June Is.
1917. 6-3-4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15
LARGE SPRING WHEAT CROP.
Increase Means COuntry's Total Pro-
duction VIII Exceed Last Years.

An excellent spring wheat crop
will save the United States from the
threatened wheat shortage which
few weeks ago babe fair to put not
only the American people but their
European allies on short bread ra-
lions.
The bureau of crop estimates Of
the department Of agriculture this
week reported that the present con-
dition Of the country's wheat crop
indicates a total production at har-
vest time of 656,000,000 bushels,
compared with 640,000.00O bushels
last year. The total wheat yield is
brought up by a forecast of a heavy
increase yield Of spring wheat.
The department reports spring
wheat will yield 283.00O.000 bushels
this year. compared with only 1884,
100000 bushels last year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State Of Washington In and for
Pierce County.
Phosa D. Beeman. Plaintiff vs. Edward
his wife. and Stebbins. Walker &
Norman and Anna Hoffman. his wife,
and WILLIAM F. Geisler, Defendants.
The State of Washington. to the said
Stebbins. Walker & Spinning. corpora
You are hereby summoned to appear
Within sixty days after the date Of the
flrst application Of this summons, to.
Of June. A. b. 1917. and defend the
above entitled action in the above en-.
titled court, ana answer the complaint
your ine answer Rs'H upon o the ss undersisned
attorneys for the plaintiff at their once
below stated; and In case Of your failure
to d T 70 the Be e
with the clerk Of said court.
The object Of this action is 70 RECOVER
as:hnss and ns Nora pons
hue in the sum OF S72s.00 together with
4 interest at the rate Of 12 per cent per
with costs and disbursements Of this
action. and attorneys fees in the sum
Of $4,000, and to foreclose the lien OF
plAlntinS mortgage on the IOIOWln9
described real property. situated in the
lto-wtt:
Lot is and the west half Of lot seven.
teen I'D in block eighty eight hundred
forty-nine (s849) according to the plat
entitled Map Of the Indian Addition to
the City of Tacoma, recorded in the
once OF the Auditor Of Pierce county
Washington and for the sale Of the
premises to satisfy the lien OF said
+, judgement and mortgage.
| RAY & DENNIS.
Attorneys for the plaintiff.
! p. o. Address:
| 6l3-14-15 California Bldg, Tacoma
| Pierce County. Washington.
J Date Of FIRST publication June I
1917. 6-1-7
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15

urged to mill a straight -four and to
agree ON a fixed charge for SO doing,
so that the consumer will get the
-four at practically o fiat rate, with
some variations for transportation.
Flour at $3.50 to ~.
Following $3.50 wheat through
the course, Hoover says, would re-
suit in -four to the consumer at $3.50
or 81 barrel-about one-half the
present price.
I'm other words" Hoover has de-
clared. here lies the protection of
the consumer. and at the same time
protection and inducement to the
farmer and the elimination of spec
ulation."
A similar course would be pursued
along the channels Of produce devel-
opment in other necessaries. Many
elevator men have already responded
to the idea and will be prepared to
start work along this line as coon as
congress creates the penalty meas
urer which will eliminate the posi-
bility of "slackers."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.


-, r,,,o S,,nCn,On ro7,DT q r,,r
state of Washjnston in and FOR
Minnie Herker. plaintiff, vs: Aqttie
rauikner 'tS naS ,! Mss AI h Pa pa
iewl ana FREQ Fauikner: ner nus
his wife. defendants. No. s4ss. spe-.
GA! EXECUTION. -
Under ana 1y virtue OF WITH OF
speciai e1ecution issuec OUT OF tne
in4ton. n0ldine terms az olympia, IN
ana for Tnurston county IN said stats'
ana dated on the letn gay OF nay
court on the 18TH DAY OF 1ay' III: y
and against the shove named deiend.
HaIlsw), for the sum Of s5sS.27 and
costs Of suit taxed At 413.l0, with In
forest = the rate Of per cent pei
ennnm from cate tnere05' sSEna0o sarmount'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15
HOOVER DISCUSSES
FOOD CONTROL PLAN
PATRIOTISM WILL BE BASIS AT
START, NATIONAL DIRECT
OR SAYS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June Is
Patriotism will be made the basis of
food control, during the war-at the
start. Autocratic measures such as
absolute price fixing and requisition-
ing will not be utilized except as a
last resort.
From the farm to the kitchen, the
regulation of prices and supply will
be administered through voluntary
agreement. according to the plans of
Herbert Hoover, national food ad-
ministrator.
"Slackers," or skunks-as Hoover
terms those who might refuse to
enter the proposed ,agreement--will
be taken care of by powers to be
authorized by congress.
Hoover proposes to have con-
trolling body in charge of each prod.
uct that will come under his depart
ment. This body will be composed
of representatives of every link in
the chain from producer to consumer.
They will work out voluntary ar
rangement designed to conserve the
food supply and greatly reduce
prices.
Thinks Majority Will Respond.
There are certain to be few OBJ
jectors. but Is per cent Of those to
be called upon will respond on pa
triotic grounds, Hoover believes.
Powers to requisition must be given
the government, therefore, to force
the other IS per cent to follow the
leaders.
Here is the Hoover plan, worked
out from the farmer to the house.
wife, with wheat as an example.
Reach an agreement on a price Of
wheat, say $3.50 bushcl, based on
a 1O-year average pro-war price.
with allowance for increased produc-
ton cost. simultaneously determine
a price for every other cereal SO as
to prevent substitution.
Call the elevator owners of the
country together and say to them:
1.-THE farmers are willing to give you
wheat at $3.50. The government
will arrange to loan you money nee
essary to pay the price and relieve
you of going to the Chicago auction
market to protect yourself"
Call the millers together and tell
them the elevators have wheat at q
basic price to the farmer, to which
they added legitimate charge,
agreed upon for storage. grading
and the like. and are now ready to
sell 1t to the miller at . price to be
The miller will then be
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15
DIRECT LOANS SAVE
BANKERS BIG FEES
MORGAN AND OTHERS WILL LOSE
MORE THAN 800, 900, 900
IN COMMISSIONS.

The policy of the Wilson admins
tration in handling the war loans
through the agency of the federal re-
serve system instead of private bank
ing syndicates, means a tremendous
saving to the nation. For example.
the allies of the United States will
save and a group of New York bank
ers will lose more than $1O0,00O,0O0
In commissions on the $3,000,000,-
900 which this government has ap-
propriated to assist them in prosecut-
ing the war against the Central Pow
ers of Europe according to Louis
Seibold. Washington correspondent OF
the New York World.
The chief loser will be the firm OF
u. P. Morgan & Co. of New York.
which will make no profit out of the
handling Of the money which this
country will loan to its European
allies.
The profits of the Morgan firm and
other banking institutions which
since the beginning of the war have
been financing the enemies of Ger
many ended on April %, when Sec
rotary of the Treasury McAdoo turn
ed over to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the
British Ambassador, a $2OO,0OO,OO0
instalment of the loan to be made to
that country.
Commissions Total $18,OOO,OOO.
While the commissions paid dur
ing the past three years by Great
Britain, France, Italy and Russia
were privately arranged between
those governments and the banking
interests. information in the posses
sion of financial officials of the United
States indicates that the rate of COM
mission on direct loans has averaged
three-Quarters of 1 per cent Some
have been one-half of one per cent
and others at l per cent. The full
total of foreign loans financed in the
United States from November, 1914
to March last, Is $2,392.571,000
and the commissions are estimated at
$4,000, 900.
In addition to the commissions on
these loans the foreign governments
have paid additional commissions on
the purchase of supplies. These com.
missions have ranged from 3 per
cent, the lowest, to 10 and even IL "
per cent.
The generally recognized rate
charged by the largest banking firms
engaged in this business has been
per cent. The aggregate of this form
Of commission has therefore been
$75,0O0,000 ON the $2,5o0.000 ex-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-15

tilted that Geo. + Yants is thu holder
of Certificate of DELINQUENCY numbered
1850. issued on the 10th day OF May,
4. u. 1917. by the county of Thurston.
twenty nine and il-l0o dollars, the
same being tho amount then due and
delinquent for taxes for tho years
1912. 1919. 1914. 1915. together with
upon real property assessed to you and
of which you are the owner or reputed
owner. situate in said county and par
ticularly bounded and described as fol-
''T Lots '' !. :. 3. 4. and 6. block "a,
American Home Fruit Tracts.
and upon which he has paid taxes as
sessed against said property as follows:
Years tax. none.
all of said amounts bearing interest
at the rate of fifteen per cent per an
he will apply to the Superior Court Of
the state of Washington in and for
said county. for a Judgment foreclosing
his lien against the property hereinbe-
summoned to appear within sixty DAYS
after the service of this summons upon
you. towit.. within so days after. May
tion hereof, exclusive of the day Of
service and defend this action or pay
the amount due, together with costs:
the lien for said Certificate Of Delin-
quency. taxes. penalty. interest and
costs. against the lands and premises
served upon the undersigned at the
address hereafter mentioned;
Bv GEO F. YANTrs. PLAINTIFFS Attor-
ney. P. o. Address. Olympia. Wash
Date Of first publication May IS. 1917;