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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
ROAD REPAIRS IS
QUESTION OF LABOR
VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANY
WORK DONE IN SOME SEC
... TIONS OF COUNTY.

Road work has progressed to a sat
is factory stage in about half of the
districts of the county, according to
County Superintendent of Roads But
ler In the other districts very much
remains to be done. The fourth, fifth
and seventh districts have not had
anything like the work done on the
roads that the superintendent hoped
to have. But" said Mr.. Butler, sit
has been absolutely impossible to get
the labor. | have gone over those dis
tricts and actually begged men to
leave their farms and work and give
time to the roads and / have met
with many refusals. ! think we have
done the best that we could, but the
results are very far from being what
we desired.
Eve are going to have to have a
permanent force of road workers and
repair men in my judgment. so that
we can shift them from one section Of
the county to another as the situation
may demand In some districts the
roads have been very greatly improy-
ed and with a little work from now
on we will be able to go through the
winter in fair shape
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
NEGRO MURDER
CASE ON TRIAL
CIRCUIT COURT
SAM GANNAWAY, CHARGED WITH
SHOOTING MARY JOHNSON AT
MT. PLEASANT.
JURORS ARE HARD FOUGHT
Have Many Reasons Why They Can
not Be Away From Home While
Those From Community Of Crime
Have Expressed an Opinion.

Trial of the case of the state against
Sam Gannaway, alias Galloway, col
ored, charged with the murder of Ma.
ry Johnson, negro woman, at Mt
Pleasant about a year ago, was com.
menced in the circuit court this morn.
ing. 1t was a difficult matter to Sc.
cure jury as many of the veniremen
had excuses that made it impossible
for them to be away from home. Those
from the section where the murder
occurred had formed and expressed an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the defendant.
This is said to have been a most
dastardly crime, as the woman was
found with bullet in the back of her
head and sitting up in fence cor
ner. The state is represented by At
torney General White and Percy S.
Chandler while the negro is being de-
Tended by Salmon & Turpin.
The grand jury is still busy with a
big batch of witnesses before it ev.
cry day. All the crimes in the New.
gate calendar are being investigated
and another report of indictments are
expected soon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
EMERGENCY FUEL COMPANY MAY
SOON Be OPERATING IN CITY

the company had lost less than S. in
the enterprise.
1t is believed that this company
could be organized now, begin buying
wood and having yard in Column
bia, and the fuel shortage would in a
measure, lose its frightfulness.
OF course wood has advanced, as
has everything else since the Elmer
gency Fuel Company was in operation
here, but still it can be purchased
almost as reasonable as coal. Word
has been received that plenty of cord
wood may be received in Lawrence
county.
1t has also been suggested thai
there are vast tracts of timber that
would furnish cord wood in Maury
county. Attention is called to a most
generous offer made by Lon McFar
land state senator from Wilson coun
ty, who offered through Governor
Roberts to furnish the city of Nash
Vile, free of cost 10000 cords OF
wood to combat the fuel famine.
Sooner or later the people must
realize the fact that the coal short
age is real, is not mere newspaper
talk" and get busy.
Those who have suggestions tt
make are invited to call or write
Joseph Parks, who was formerly
President and General Manager OF
the Emergency Fuel Company, or Viii
Anderson at Anderson Brothers ant
Foster. 1t is expected that re-or
ganization meeting of the Emergency
Fuel Company will be called at ar
early date.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
JOURNALIST OF
MAURY COUNTY
ANSWERS CALL
CAREER OF WlLLOUGHBY S. Will.
LiAMs ENDED BY DEATH IN
NASHVILLE.
LONG PROMINENT IN POLITICS
Had Done Newspaper Work in Three
States and in Metropolis of the Ma
tion-secretary of the State Print
ing Commission.

News of the death of Willoughby S
Williams, formerly of Maury county,
in Nashville on Sunday morning was a
decided shock to hundreds of friends
in this county. Mr.. Williams had been
sick for some time, but the latest re.
ports from his bedside were decidedly
encouraging. 1t has not been long
since he was in Columbia mingling
with his numerous friends. He was
one of the best known newspaper writ
ers and public men in Tennessee. 1t
is doubtful if a newspaper man in this
state had a wider acquaintance than
Mr.. Williams. Several years ago Mr..
Williams was quite active in politics
in this county, although never can
didate for Office.
The following sketch of his life ap.
pears in the Nashville Tennessean, on
which he was writer for several
years:
Willoughby S. Williams, secretary
of the state printing commission, well
known throughout the state as a
newspaper man and politician, died
Sunday morning at 200 o'clock at a
local infirmary. He had been in bad
health for several months
He was born January 16, 1871, on an
Arkansas plantation owned by his
father, DR.. Robert N. Williams. Dur
ing his young manhood he became as
ISOLATED with the Lexington Leader,
of Lexington, Ky. He later became
editor of the Lexington Democrat
After holding this position for num-
Der of years he became connected
with the New York World as a writer
of special features. His writing grad
ually became confined to sporting ar
ticles and he was for years a well
known authority on horse racing.
He came to Nashville several years
ago as farm and market editor of the
Tennessean and American. He took
an active part in all affairs Of the
Democratic party.
When the term of Eugene Herndon
expired recently, Mr.. Williams was ap-
pointed by Gov. Roberts asst secretary
of the printing commission. Prior to
this he had served as archivist at the
capitol during the regime of Gov. Tom
c. Rye.
Mr.. Williams was also a great fan
cier of live stock and has devoted
much time and attention to the devel-
opment of this industry in Tennessee.
His father died several years ago.
He is survived by his mother. Mrs
Mary Morgan Williams, and his sis
ter. Mrs. William p. Morgan, both of
and two brothers. Morgan
Williams and Robert n. Williams,
both OF GTeenyille. Fla.
The body will be taken from the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
STRIKE IN PHOSPHATE FIELDS OF
FLORIDA IS NOW THING OF PAST

The strike in the phosphate mines
of Florida is over, the mines are pro-
ducing more rock than during the two
years before the strike and they have
more men on the pay rolls now than
during that period. This in substance
was the statement made this morning
by Stephen B. Fleming, president of
the International Agricultural Corpor-
alton, who is here for day or two.
There are a few agitators who are
trying to keep the strike alive, said
Mr.. Fleming, but it is over and the
companies are running full tilt, the
only draw back being shortage of
cars. The companies completely won
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
NEXT MEET OF
FOX HUNTERS TO
Be IN COLUMBIA
JUDGE ERWIN PREDICTS THAT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WILL
COME TO MAURY COUNTY.
ATTENDANCE TO Be LARGE
Lovers of the Chase Will Come in
Numbers From Alabama and Geor.
gla Next Year-lncreasing Interest
in the Sport.

The next meeting of the National
Fox Hunters Association will be held
in Columbia, and with very greatly
enlarged attendance. This predic.
ton was made this morning by City
Judge WP Erwin, who has just return,
ed from the national meet held at
Crab Orchard, Ky. Judge Erwin said
it was the almost unanimous opinion
of fox hunters that there is
no place like Columbia and
nearly every day while he was
on the hunt he would hear some mem.
Der of the association say How wish
we were back at Columbia, in dear
old Browns bottom"
Judge Erwin was offered the presi.
dency Of the association, but declin.
ed the honor. He says there is increas.
ing interest in Alamaba and Georgia
in the association, and he is expect.
ing all the lovers of the sport from
these states to attend the meet next
year.
The Judge says they had lots Of
sport, despite the fact that the water
at the summer resort made practical
ly all OF the hounds sick. One beauti-
full gray fox was caught.
The Judge made the trip to Crab
Orchard in his "Gipsy car" He says
he will never have another word to
say about bad roads in Maury county.
He has been converted, he says. Some
of the highways in Kentucky beggar
description he says. He recounted
one experience where he became
stuck in the mud. Several natives
volunteered to assist him in pulling
out. When he started the motor the
wheels spun so, those who were help
ing him were literally plastered with
red clay 1t was almost impossible
to distinguish them from the clay bank
said the judge, and 1t was some time
before he could screw up courage
enough to thank them for the assist
ance they had rendered. But all in
all. taking bad roads, bad cold
and all into consideration, the Judge
says he had a splendid time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
DARING BIRDMEN
!. COMING HERE TO-
PERFORM STUNTS
AERoPLANE WILL ARRIVE FRI.
DAY TO SHOW PoPuLAcE HAIR
RAISING FEATS.
IN COLUMBIA TWO DAYS
Those Who Are Crazy About Astrono-
my Will Be Given Opportunity to
Get Closer to Their Subject-Will
Show Battle Feats.

Business will be looking up in CO.
lumbia Friday and Saturday. The
most daring feats known to airmen
will be performed over the city. The
people of Columbia will be given an
opportunity to see how the allied aces
downed the Hun planes. None of the
stunts will be omitted, the Immellman
turn, the falling leaf, the tail spin, and
so on until one grows dizzy thinking
of them. The stunts will be perform
ed by Eddie Stinson, who, if he had
never done anything else, would be
famous because he is a brother of
Katherine Stinson, one of the first
women to take to the air in the United
States. But Eddie has a claim to glo-
ry all his own. He has been shot into
the sky attached to huge rocket, has
dropped from balloon in para
chute from a distance which made
the feat seem impossible, and last
but not least he has proved himself
to be one of the most daring avia-
tors in the game. ......
During the war he was stationed at
a training camp in Texas, and trained
many recruits how to come out of the
tail spin, and how the falling leaf
should be done properly. In fact he
is an all around airman, his partner
calls him bird and probably he is
right at that, for Eddie seems about
as much at home in the air as human
beings do down on old mother earth.
! But so much for that, Eddie and his
| pal, r. J. McMurray, business mana
| ger of the concern are coming to Co
lumbia Friday and Saturday to show
Maury countians all the tricks known
to the trade. They have secured a
landing field four miles out on the
Mt. Pleasant pike, and for certain con
siderations will take passengers. This
! representative of The Herald was of
/ fered complimentary passage in the
good ship" and for some time con
sidered the offer, thinking perhaps that
il the record for altitude was broken
a glimpse at old man Hi c. o. Living
might be abandoned-bu what good
would just glimpse at that old bird
do? He is too high to get to, and with
a good strong glass he may be seer
from terra firma, and we finally Sc
lected the glass.
The time will come, no doubt, when
people will travel from farm to farm
in air planes, and they will fieck the
sky like birds, and be so numerous
and noisy as to be aggravating, but
that time has not yet come, and the
novelty of flying has not yet worn of
for most people, and when these
birds leave Columbia it is not at all
unlikely that the drug stores will have
sold out of liniment to be used in lu
bricating squeaking necks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

The alarming fuel shortage in Co
Iumbia has put all serious minded
people of the city to thinking. If
real suffering, and freezing is to be
avoided, something must be done at
once. Fortunately there has been no
real suffering in the city, thanks to
the mild weather, but this cannot pos
sibly continue. When winter really
sets in, and it is sure to before many
more weeks, Columbians will freeze
unless something is done to provide
fuel.
AS one method of relieving the stu
alton the reorganization of the Emer-
gency Fuel Company, which sprang
into existence for the relief of suffer
ing during the extremely cold wealth
er of 1917-1S, has been suggested. That
company was organized with a men,
bership of approximately forty men,
bers who purchased stock to the
amount of $50 each. A charter was
obtained for the company, and this
charter has been retained. All that is
needed to put the company on an OPP
Grating basis again, is a reorganization
of the company. During the time the
Emergency Fuel Company was in OPP
Grafton here, an incalculable amount
Of suffering was relieved, and great
good resulted 1t was not the purpose
of the company to sell wood for profit,
but it was distributed to those who
could not buy coal at actual cost, and
it was found when the company ceas-
ed to function that each member of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
ORGANIZE CIRCLE
Of KINGS DAUGHTERS
MAURY FOUNTAINS AID IN Sc.
CURING A CHARTER FOR
LAWRENcEeURe.

Assisted by Mrs. Walter p. Vol.
bridge and Eugene Anderson. of Co
lumoia, and Ed Orr and E. Dan Smith
OF Mt. Pleasant, the good women of
Lawreneeburg have organized a circle
OF the Kings Daughters. While the
attendance was not large the reauir.
ed number to obtain a charter was on
hand and the circle starts on under
suspicious circumstances. Mrs. VOL.
bridge and Mrs. Anderson both made
very helpful and interesting address.
es on the objects served by the Kings
Daughters.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

chapel of Cornelius Martin Co. Monday
afternoon at o'clock and conveyed
to Mt. Olivet cemetery for burial. Rev
Geo. o: Watts, of Columbia, Tenn.
will conduct services at the grave
Offices of the capitol will be closed
Monday afternoon in his honor.
Several friends and relatives from
this county went to Nashville today
to attend the funeral.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
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Rev. F. E. Fincher arrived this
morning and is the guest of the Beth
ell House.
J. A. Coble ST., of Union City, a
former resident of Mt. Pleasant, is
visiting old friends.
The Rev. w. H. Matthews, mem
Der of the Fincher evangelistic party,
is being entertained by Mrs. H. o.
Fulton.
Mrs. ALLEN Davis, of Lexington, KY,
who will be pleasantly remembered
as. Miss Mary Raines, is visiting
friends here.
Mrs. Beulah Pickens, of Bigbyville,
is in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Doris and little
son, D. F., Jr, have returned from
Nashville.
Barnett Hine, manager of the Ten
nessee Inspection Burea of Memphis,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary
Hine.
&C. e. Frost, prominent banker of
Athens, Ala, is visiting his son, who
is in school at the Columbia Military
Academy.
Mrs. A. l.. Blocker left for Texas
Sunday evening for three weeks
visit to her sister, Mrs. John Eskew,
and other relatives.
Miss Elsie Wells, the attractive
daughter of Judge and Mrs. Madison
Wells, and R. Leonard Pratt, of Nash
vile, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Granville P. Pratt Sunday.
r. A. Coleman, of Nashville, and
Elem Fleming, of Franklin, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Amis Timmons
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Amis Timmons
will spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Morris.
Mrs. A. L. Hoyt, of Birmingham, was
here Sunday to visit her daughter,
who is in the Columbia Institute
Mrs. Douglas, of Lynnville, is in Co
lumbia shopping today.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray were the
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Wakes.
Miss Martha Beck, of Chicago, is
the guest of Mrs. Ashley Sowell for a
few days. sell
Miss Matte Lou Foster, of Dyers-
vile. spent the weekend with Miss
sarah Haywood in Highland Park.
Mr. and Mrs. George Adams and
Miss Martha Ledbetter motored to
Nashville to hear John Mccormack.
Mrs. r. C. Church, Miss Grace Du-
Barry. John Robinson and J. A. Harris
motored to Nashville Monday evening
to attend the Mccormack concert.
Mrs. H. p. Figuers has gone to Nash
Vile to attend the Mccormick con-
cert and will return Wednesday ac-
companied by her daughter, Mrs. Ro-
zelle
DR.. and Mrs. W. P. Woodbridge will
leave this afternoon for a visit to DIR.
and Mrs. w b. Capers at Jackson,
Miss. DIR. and Mrs. Woodbridge will be
with DR.. and Mrs. Capers until after
the Christmas holidays.
Frank G. Cook. of Albany, Ala,
spent Monday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred S Cook on his return from Nash
vile where he has been to see his sis
ter, Miss Bertha Cook. of Mt Pleas
ant. who has recently undergone an
operation in a Nashville hospital. but
who is reported doing nicely.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
ROAD BOARD WILL
NOT PAY ACCOUNTS
INCURRED BY CLERK IN THE COL.
LECTION OF THE WHEEL
TAXES.

After mature consideration and
having the opinion of the county at
torney Hugh Todd Shelton. the coun-
ty road commission has declined to
pay the bills presented by County
Court Clerk Archibald w. Lipscomb
for road tags and for advertising the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

The swift is the speediest of all
bires and is built like a humming
bird. The Chinese eat swifts' nest
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

The exodus of skilled Italian work
men has seriously hampered the SILK
industry in the United States
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

White oak is by far the preferable
wood for construction of barrels
used to contain liquids.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

Glordano Burno was the first man
to understand that all the stars were
suns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

the strike in Florida, declining to
treat with the strikers. The governor
who at first took the side of the strik
ers, was forced to restore the sheriff
whom he had removed.
Mr. Fleming is an old newspaper
man, having in his time been the own
err of no less than FIVE newspapers, but
he is now completely OF of the bust
ness. His father was for several
years the owner of the Kansas City
Star, now one of the greatest and most
profitable newspapers of the Middle
West. He was formerly from Indiana
but since his phosphate interests re
quire him to be there most of the time
his home is now in New York.
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road taxes. These bills amounted to
something over $500 and had been
originally presented to the county
court. That body at its last session
referred the bill to the county high
way commission with the recommends
ton that it be paid. The commission
then sought an opinion from Hugh
Todd Shelton the county attorney and
the latter advised that he did not find
that the law authorized the payment.
The commission acting on this advice
did not pay the bill. 1t did. however,
decide to allow the clerks bill for
the receipt books
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

The statistics of the first census of
the United states were published in
one small volume consisting of Sc
pages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28
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BIRTHS.
as=sss=s .sEs=s=1

Mr.. and Mrs. W L. Cooper are the
proud parents on a fine eight pound
boy, born Wednesday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

Herald Cheap Column Add. Pay.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-11-28

H.rsIs Cheap columa AZ. Pay.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
LOCOMOTIVES REMAIN
 IDLE IN GERMAN SHOPS

Coblenz, Dec. 1O.-Ten thousand locomotives are Idle in the repair shops of Germany according to rail- road men who conferred recently in Coblenz with Pierrepont B. Moves, the American representative on the Inter-AIIied Rhineland High Com mission. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the coal shortage in Germany and the part the railroads are to play in distribut- ing fuel this winter.
 The labor representative, at the conference, contending that the Ger man workmen are not holding back in efforts being made to meet the economic difficulties facing the coun- try. The chief trouble in repairing the locomotives, the railroad men as- serted, was lack of proper raw ma terial which Germany had been un- able to secure since the armisdce.
 The railroad men asserted that the men in the railroad shops realized the responsibilities placed upon them to repair locomotives and that there was no desire on the part of the Workmen to slow up on this work.
 The average wage in the railroad shops Is sixteen marks a, day. The mark, at the present rate of exchange at army headquarters in Coblenz, is valued at a fraction less than three and a half cents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
C. OF C. PLANS FOR BUSINESS
 MEET THURSDAY

The Bridgeport Chamber of Com merce will hold a business meeting on Thursday evening of this week at 8 o'clock at Masonic Temple at whiSh time the members of the Chamber will elect a Director to the Connecticut State Chamber of Com merce and Councillor to the Ma tional Chamber of Commerce. Sev- eral other matters of business will be tranacted and there will be an explanation of some of the work In which the Chamber Is engaged.
 There will also be on this occasion a reception to the 400 new members who were "in'' before the recent membership drive. It will be an all round acquaintance meeting. and in order that the festivities may be pro- noted, as well as business transacted a buffet luncheon will be served
 Murray!s orchestra has been secured to render music and the committee hopes to have several singers as well.
 The evening will be divided into two parts-the business session at which President Bradford D. Pierce, jr., will preside, and the entertain nent session at which Albert E. La- very will preside. Speakers will be heard on several subjects of much importance to Bridgeport. and it is anticipated that there will be rec ord breaking attendance.
 The members of the entire division on Public Affairs have been appointed the Reception Committed as well as the members of the Board of Direc- tors.
 The Committee on Arrangements comprises the following: Chairman John J. Fisher, Edward T. Bucking- ham, James c. Moore and Charles T. Brodie.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
HOT CONTROVERSY ON SILK STOCKINGS
 AND HIGH HEELS

Men and women connected with the life insurance companies in Hart ford are considerably interested in the discussion now in progress in New York between the commissioner of health, pr. Royal s. Copeland and some of the insurance statisticians about the longevity of women. pr. Copeland declares that women thrive on tight corsets. silk stockings, higE heels, f1irnsy gowns and cosmetics. An expert of the Metropolitan Life In surance Go. urges to the contrary and says that women who wish to live long should take up their abode in the rural districts, wear cotton or wooIen stockings, breathe deeply and often of the country ozone and cling to gowns of substantial texture until they are 90. After 90, the women
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-10
Drastic Steps
 Being Taken
 Against St0waways

Washington, Dec. 1O-Drastic steps are being taken by the shipping board to prevent stowaways entering the United States aboard government vessels. J. E. Cushing, director of operations of the board, today issued an order requiring that the greatest vigilance be exercised in the inspec- ton of ships for stowaways. Under the order a captain who permits a stowaway to reach America will be removed from command
 > Stowaways as a rule, 1t was pointed out, are undesirable citizens of other cunrieos who cannot obtain pass ports and take this method of reach ing American. Many of the most ob- jecttonable radicals are believed to have reached this country in such a manner.