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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
Hundred Fifty
Barrels Or Corn
At $40 A Barrel
Tuesdays Daily Herald0

John W. Matthews, of the Sixth dis
trict, and one of the best known farm
ers in the county, today sold to the
City Mill & Grain Company 1872 bar
rels of corn at $40 barrel. He re-
ceived check for $3.50, one of the
largest ever received by farmer
probably in the county for that
amount of corn. Mr. Matthews made
on his farm last year an average of
eight barrels of corn to the acre which
was worth $50 at the price at which
he sold that here. Had last year been
a good corn year his yield on the same
land would have been ten or twelve
barrels to the acre.
Mr.. Matthews stated that he would
not have sold this corn even at the
big price of so barrel had he been
able to buy hogs. He believes that at
present prices it would have been
more profitable to feed hogs than to
sell corn, but evidently other farmers
are thinking the came thing as they
ito are feeding hogs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
FINE FOR 8
CANTELOUPE CROP
HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES AT
CULLEOkA INDICATE A GOOD
YIELD.

Preparations are being made for the
shipment of the county's big canta-
loupe crop The melons will begin to
go to the market within about two
weeks and, from the first of August
the ensuing two weeks it is expect
ed that several car loads each. day
will be shipped from Culleoka which
is the center of the industry. About
$50 acres are planted to this melon
and the prospects at this time iindi-
cate a splendid yield, The crop had
too ymuo h1irains eayljerni in the season
and many acres were abandoned for
this reason, hutawhere the plants were
we'll worked they have grown rapidly
and are full of blooms and young mel
ons. Last year about fifty car loads
went out from Cuileoka and it is es-
timated now. that, the crop this season
should not fall below that of 1918.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
GENERAL RAINS TO
Benefit ALL CROPS
EARLY CORN WILL BE ESPECIAL.
LY PRoFiTED FROM GROUND
SOAkER.

General rains that fell all over the
county Friday night will be of great
benefit to crops of all kinds and es-
pecially to the corn crop. The early
corn will be especially benefited and
where it is in silk another good rain
will practically insure a yield The
rain will interfere with the threshing
although the greater part of it has
been done Most of the hay has been
saved so that taking it altogether the
rain fell at a fortunate time for the
farmers OF the county. There was
considerable wind in various portions
of the county, trees being blown down
and telephone wires being put out of
commission. N&4~i'n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
DOBD|NS HOUSE
ON ". SEVENTH
CHANCESHANDS
ANDERSON BROS. & FOSTER PuR.
!. CHASE STORE OCCUPIED BY
s, sATTERFIELo G. co.
CONSIDERATION Z IS s27,5oo
One of the Largest and Most I'M.
portant Realty Deals in : Columbia
In Recent, Years Is Consummated.
IS No Change In Occupancy. al~
wednesdays Daily Herald.)

fWednesday's Daily Herald.)
Anderson Bros. & Foster today pur-
chased from John B. Dobbins the
store house and lot on West Seventh
street now occupied by B. A. Satter-
field & Company, the consideration
being $27,5O0. This is one of the
largest and most important realty
deals made in Columbia in some time.
The store house occupies the en-
tire lot, which is thirty-two feet front
on West Seventh street and 121 feet
10 inches deep. The house is three
stories and basement under the en-
tire building. 1t is under lease to B..
A. Satterfield & Company and there
will be no change of tenants by rea-
son of the sale. .scZ. 3d.. g. "a
This building joins that of Ander-
son Bros. e Fosters big department
store and was erected at the same
time, following the disastrous fire Of
1918 The property was purchased
by Anderson Bros. & Foster as an, in
yestment and because of it's close
proximity to the house of the latter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18

hard for the professional agitator to
refrain from shop talking.
immigration should be very much
restricted because we need time to
assimilate the hordes that have come
to this country In recent years. There
are some countries in Europe from
which we should bar immigration alto
gether. There are others from which
only very limited number should be
admitted each year. There should be
no restrictions upon immigrants from
the British isles except that they
must be in sympathy with our sort
of democracy. No Bolsheyiks, free
love advocates, internationalists, So
cialists, professional agitators and
the like should be permitted to land
on our shores no matter from whence
they come or what their lineage may
be. America must be saved for those
'who believe In and practice genuine
Americanism We owe it to the hero
ic dead in France and Flanders to
save this nation from the enemies
within. Immigration should be re-
stricted because America must new
er again be the dumping place for the
undesirables, of the world.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
TO BAR Immigrants.

President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, declares his OPP
position to immigration to the Unit
ed States during the next four years
upon the ground that workers will be
brought here by the trusts" and 9TH
er aggregations of capitalists to be-
come Slaves" That of course is ar
rant demagogy. Talk about slaves
among the wage earners of this free
country is idle rot There is no
doubt that many employees are bad
~ treated by their employers, that
will doubtless he true always, but
talk of wage slaves is the most arrant
tomfoolery and can only do harm
There, has never been a time in the
history of this country when the
wage earners were more independent
than, they are today. The man. for
example in Maury county, physically
and mentally fit, who has not a job
OF, some sort. has himself alone to
blame. There is I o wage slavery in
this country and the man who gives
to statements ike this is
simply stirring up strife. But It is
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BILL.

President Wilson states IN hts veto
: of the socalled or rather miscalled
|, daSliai4 SAYINGS ,rsleal bill that the.
law has given almost UNIVERSAL salts
-faetione and has resulted in real econ
y oinies. This again 1goes Ito prove what
The tHerald has often said that the
president is an idealist. He does not
always appreciate real conditions. A
/. few so-called experts may have in
' formed him, that this act gaversatis-
{ faction but be swould have found out
-etshoM sadly mistaken they were had he
the pains to inquire among the.
x producers. OF the nation, the real farm
ers: The farmers submitted generous
ly.l and +patriotieally to the measure
y during the war because it was de.
7ciared war necessity. but they have
absolutely no patience with the act.
/. It has proved source of loss and in,
= convenience to them. 1t has dissat-
isfied their. labor and has been so far
as the tillers of the soil are concern
ed "a most unnecessary and .vexatious
and arbitrary measure The. emer-.
gency that brought the law into being
having passed it shou have been re-.
pealedn There. is no good reason why
many of the regulations enacted dur,
? ing the war should be continued now.
President Wilson does not speak
either fer organized labor or the farm
rse when when he yetoes this repeal
act. He speaks for lot Of theorists
who go to bed when they get ready
and nese breakfast after the farmer
has done a half days work. One
farmer very forcefully stated the sit,
nation Iwben he declared; You can,
not legislates the dew of the grass
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18

The. president has ben SO accustomed
to speaking for the American people
without coqsultIng anyone that he has
Probably come to believe that he is
their authorized representative on all
watteH,. even .pfypure domestic poll
yVeThe representatives, in congress
who passed the repeal bin by an over
,whelming vote are better judges of
public sentiment than the president,
They have been in touch, with their
constituents the past six months
while THE president has tbssH onathe
other side sofsthe. waters, I, In tintss de
spite the opposition Of the president
the miscalled daylight savings act Is
going to be wiped from 1.-The statute
books along With a lot''of other7new
tangled legislation. vi
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
TIE REFERENDUM.

Experience daily teaches that the
American system, that of a represen-
tative democracy, which came to us
from our Anglo-Saxon forbears, is,
after all, the best system of govern
ment yet devised We ought to hold
fast to the ancient landmarks. As
long as we cling to the ideals of
Anglo-Saxon liberty our institutions
are safe, The referendum, a direct
democracy, is not success and in the
nature of things will never be in a
nation of the extent of ours. Respon-
sible representative government has
made our nation what it is, the great
est upon which the sun shines, and
no change is needed or desired.
Referendums attract little attention
as rule. For example the city of
Jacksonville, Fla, the largest city in
the state, voted bonds a few days ago
for school purposes The bond issue
received one vote for every thousand
dollars of bonds proposed. The people
simply did not vote. They were not
Interested. In Nashville a few years
ago 242 voters approved bond issue
of 100000, that was one vote for ev-
cry $4,000 of bonds issued. Better
trust to the ancient and time honored
representative democracy and let the
new fads and fancies alone.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
M|LESCOOKH HAS
PLAN FOR LARGE
APARTMENT HOUSE
TO BE BUILT ON NORTH HIGH
STREET AT OLD MAYES PLACE
HE ANNOUNCES.
DEPENDS ON DEMAND FOR II
If Sufficient Number of Leases Can
Be Signed He Will Begin Construc-
ton Of the Building lmmedi atcIy.
To Meet Housing Demand.

That Columbia Is soon to have an
apartment house seem to be GER
tainty, provided the people want one,
and will contract for apartments.
Miles Cook, one of the leading bust
ness men of the city, called The Her.
aid Office Monday afternoon and asked
for a reporter to be sent around to his
place of business on South Main
street, when he gave out the following
interview:
IF the people of Columbia, that is
the families who have been wishing
for an apartment house, are really in
earnest about the matter and will give
me contracts for the apartments, am
ready to erect one on my lot on North
Highs&Hreet !, known as the Mayes
property.
Il .havera lot 60x120 feet and will
erect either an eight, twelve or an
eighteen room apartment building, de-
pending entirely upon the wishes of
the people. All want is for these
people to say they will take the
apartments and sign up for them and
am ready to proceed with the work.
If do not succeed in securing the
desired number of tenants, as mat
ter of fact, there would not be any
thing binding upon the part of those
who signed up. nor would | be bound
by few contracts
When asked about the style of the
apartment house, Mr.. Cook stated
that he proposed to erect a building
equipped with all modern conven-
fences. Steam heated, hot and cold
water connections, each apartment to
have three rooms, kitchenette bath
and toilet.
What do you figure you could rent
these apartments at? was then ask
ed Mr.. Cook Il have figured ON this
also and have Appropriated every
thing and figure they would rent from
$25 to $50 per month"; he said
Mr.. Cook has given the matter con-
siderable thought and. stldy ,,and. the
recent building campaign put on by
the building material dealers and con
tractors through The Daily and Week
ly Herald has been great factor in
bringing the idea to a concrete forma-
ton in the mind of Mr.. Cook.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
THE ROAD PROPOSITION.

With county after county voting
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
Jake advantage of state and federal
aid 1t is hardly probable that Maury
county will>refuse to avail itself of the
offer, made by, State r. Engineer Moore
on behalf of the, state. highway com,
mission. Not a dollar Of, the funds
chat will be expended in Tennessee
by the state commission and the fed
eral government will be created
wealth. 1t all comes from the tax
payers, and Maury county is one Of the.
argest in the state 70 refuse to take
advantage Of the offer of state and fed
eral funds would be to continue to pay
taxes for road building in other coun-
les. Maury county is one of the pro-
5ressive counties of the state, one of
he richest and is abundantly able to
lave good roads. Assuredly the peo-
pie of the county are just as much in
crested in good roads as are the peo-
lie of Obion or Weakley or Marion or
my of the score or more counties that
lave already made provision for the
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construction or maintenance In Ten
.nessee.. Soemany counties will have
similar arrangements with the state
commission that their members of
the legislature will see to it that the
to maintain the roads are
carried out in good faith There need
be no uneasiness on that point.
The county court since it's election
last year has on more than one occa-
sion shown that it is progressive. 1t
is in no sense a reactio6ary body. It's
members appreciate the fact that this
is progressive age, that without easy
means of, 1inter-communication, be-
tween the city and the country the
people will not be able to enjoy to the
fullGmeasure the prosperity which
,abounds everywhere. The Herald is
confident that large majority of the
justices when. they convene nexte Mon
day .will.ngive hat consideration land
that sNmpathetiG cooperation in meet
ing the proposition of the state that
its Importance demands t1e -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
Fail To ODerride
Vote Of Daylight
S4Ding Measure
by United Press.

WASHINGTON, July 14-An at
tempt to override Presidents veto
Of the dalight savings bill failed to-
day in the house. Opponents of the
measure lacked 90 votes of the two
thirds necessary to pass measure
over the Presidents veto. After the
vote the bill was referred to the agri.
cultural committee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18

The skin of the whate is in places
as much as two feet thick.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
GOVERNMENT TRUCKS
FOR LEWIS COUNTY
ASSIGNED FOR WORK ON ROADS.
: DRIVEN FROM NASHVILLE
TO HoHENWALD.

Two large government trucks as
signed to Lewis county for work on
the roads there passed through Co
lumbia Tuesday. Judge Grimes was
in charge of them and stated that he
expects to get a. vast amount of work
out of them in the construction of
roads for which bonds have been is
sued. @' ,.'5'''' r. u. .''s.''
Application has been made for two
of these thucks to he. used in Maury
county. .--..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18
BOSTON STREET RAILWAY
PARALYzED BY STRIKE
SURFACE, ELEVATED AND SUB
WAY LINES AFFECTED BY
COMPLETE WALK OUT.

BOSTON, July 1.-THE entire street
railway system of Boston, including
the surface lines, subways and eleyat.
ed railways, was paralyzed today
when practically all employees walked
out on strike.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-07-18

To check the spread of flames in
mine explosions an automatic device
has been invented that scatters rock
dust into the rushing air that pre-.
cedes them, = -' - +
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
MORALS Of
BRITISH AIR FORCE

LONDON, Aug. 4.-The House Of
Lords has ordered, by a vote Of SO to
A., and in the teeth of the govern
ment's opposition, an inquiry into the
circumstances OF the dismissal Of Miss
Violet Douglass Pennant from the
command of the Women's Royal Air
Force, the counterpart of the Waacs
attached to that force, says a copy
righted dispatch to the New York
World.
Earl Stanhope said that her dis
misSal, which had been justified Of
icially hitherto on the ground Of her
alleged ''unpopularity," was really
due to her efforts to put an end to
laxity and immortality in the force.
He gave one instance in which a
colonel in charge of a royal air force
depot near London was giving all
night leave to girls training as motor
drivers. who were constantly return
ing from London very often drunk, in
charge OF government mOtorcars."
There are grave scandals ." he
added, concerning the officers and
women officers"
The reports of the women in charge
of this camp were prevented from
reaching Miss Pennant, but when she
heard what was happening she sent
away the two women officers con-
cerned to different camps in the coun-
try and the colonel also was removed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
FRAMES LAW TO
GUARD HOTELMEN

Proprietors OF washington hotels
will be protected from liability for
losses OF yaluables from the rooms OF
their guests. il a bill introduced IN
the House by Congressman Alien 1:
Treadway OF Massachusetts, is passed
by Congress.
The bill also provides that the hotel
proprietor in no event shaII De
liable for the loss or injury or va
liable property delivered to him or his
clerk in any amount exceeding 200
Whenever the proprietor OF
hotel posts conspicuously a notice re-
curing the guests 10 keep the doors
Of the rooms occupied locked states
the measure, "and when leaving the
room to deposit the key at the hotel
office, then IL the guest shall neglect
to comply with such notice the hotel
proprietor shall not be liable for any
baggage which may be stolen from
the room, il it appears that the room
was left unlocked and the Key was not
deposited at the office"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
American Chemical
Society Opens War
On Patent Pirates

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4.-War
against patent pirates has been
started as a matter of. public
policy by representative chemists,
according to a bulletin issued by
the American Chemical Society.
The men OF the laboratory have
taken the initiative, they say, be-
cause, although the abuses which
they are seeking to correct apply
TO all industries and to individual
inventors as well.
The patent pirate, they say,
thrives by making blanket claims
on processes and products based
often. only on vague information
of what inventors and scientists
are doing. Frequently he may
cover any possible developments
by filing fictitious claims. This
trick, technically known as pat
enting along the progress OF the
art. often has placed experts at
the mercy of pirates who demand
to be bought OF before a process
can be made a success.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
OUTINGS PLANNED
FOR j. S. WORKERS

Elaborate plans for the recreation
OF Government workers in the District
are being made by the Federal EN-
ployes Union No. 2, in conjunction
with the Government Recreation
League.
The slogan OF the union Is that a
healthy, satisfied employe is an eff
cient employee"
The union will conduct a three-day
trip to New York on August %, %
and "a. Trips to Great Falls, Chesa-
peake Beach, Mount Vernon and Balti-
more also are being arranged.
Use of the swimming pool at the
Young Women's Christian Association,
614 + street northwest. has been
granted the Federal workers. French
classes will be opened August 10 at
the Washington Salon, 1913 H street
northwest. A number of picnics are
being arranged to points in and near
the District
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
OLD OREGON TO Be
REVIEW FLAGSHIP

The old battleship Oregon of Span
lsh war fame will be President VIII
sons flagship" as he reviews the
newly created Pacific fleet when 1t
steams into the harbor at San Fran
cisco early in September, it has been
announced by Secretary OF the Navy
Daniels.
Mr.. Daniels will meet the PACING
fleet at San Diego August Z ana az
Los Angeles August 9. The fleet VIII
then scatter and reassemble for the
review at San Francisco by President
Wilson on September . or 3.
The Secretary announced yesterday
that contract for the construction Of
BattIeship No. "a. to be known as
the Massachusetts," has been award
ed to the Fore River Shipbuilding Cor
poration, Quincy, Mass. The ship Will
be of $500 tons displacement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
BOY IS BLOWN TO ATOMS
PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4.-Playing
with dynamite in a stone quarry cost
the life OF one boy yesterday after
noon and two companions will die,
say hospital officials, as a result Of
the explosion.
The dead boy was blown to atoms.
The fragments Of his body are at the
morgue. 1t is believed he was Wal
ter Ioleiski. thirteen years old.
At St. LUkes Hospital are Frank
Heladio. fifteen years old, and his
brother Stanley, thirteen. Both these
boys were terribly cut. At the hos
pital Franks right leg was ampu-
tated at the hip. An operation was
performed on Stanley in an attempt
10 save his life. Flying boards
pierced his abdomen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
KOLCHAK TROOPS
FORCED TORETIRE

PARIS, Aug. 4-The all-Russian
government OF Admiral Kolchak is
preparing to move from omsk 70
Irlxutsk. Siberia, and the morale Of
the KOlchak army is becoming so bad
that there is little hope of IL regain
ing the territory recently lost to the
bolsheviki. according to dispatches
received in Paris.
The dispatches indicate that gen.
eraI war WEAKNESS. rather than boil
shevism. is weakening the Koiehak
forces. The Czecho-Slovak troops.
which were the backbone OF the army
of Admiral KOlchak. have shared the
general Generalization. and most OF
them insist on returning to their
newly established country, refusing
to fight longer in Russia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
PRESIDENT BACK
FROM RIVER TRIP

The President and Mrs. Wilson re-
turned to the White House shortly
before 9 o'clock this morning from
their week END cruise down the Po-
tomac river. They remained aboard
the Mayfiower throughout the trip,
the President occupying much of his
time over a mass of data pertaining
to the high cost of living.
During the trip the President kept
in touch with the White House by
means of wireless. and was apprised
of all developments during his abb
sence.
Accompanying the President on the
trip were his two brothers. in law,
John Randolph Boiling, and Prof.
Arson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-04
ITALIANS AGREETO
.FIUME COMPROMISE

PARIS. Aug. AFTER many months
of discussions an amicable solution OF
the Fiume problem has been found,
the Petit Journal stated today,
Foreign Minister Tittoni already has
agreed to a compromise. and soon will
go to London to work out the details
with Premier Lloyd George, according
to the Petit Journal.
Fiume, which has been claimed by
both Italy and Jugo-Slavia, will be
subject to a special statute, appeasing
the desires of the Italian residents
but the Jugo-Slavs will be allowed TO
use the port as a sea window. the
settlement, 1t is said. will be worked
out along the lines OF President VIII
sons proposals.