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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01
WHY DON'T WE DO
It, ASKS Chief OF
ROAD COMMITTEE
1. c. Hutson Gives Views on Road
Activity in Grady County and De-
elares Citizens Partly Respon-
sible for Inactivity.
SAYS COMMISSIONERS AS
GOOD AS COULD EXPECT
Longs for Time When "Why Don't
They DO lt2o win Sc Forgotten
Line in Grady and When All
Win Pull Together.

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WIN run 'o9ether'
l.. c. Hutson. chairman Of the
good roads committee Of the Chick.
asha Chamber Of Commerce in let.
ter addressed to Alger Melton. presi.
dent Of the organization. replies to a
communication from the president as
to what proeress IL nossible tbroneh
The roads committee toward improy.
ing roads in this county
VT, 'iu'So" ie''er iol'o"s'
nave yep' l"'o' OIL me zoth IN
Wii'cn you reler 70 me lelter OF e.
w i'Nreioo' postmaster N this let-
Ter Mr' bafeioet calls our attention
TO lhe conoi9oh OF roads used as ru-
RAJ routes out OF this town am
having this matter laid before the
county commissioners as forcibly as
possible Outside Of this, don't SEE
hlueh lhal can be done by the COM
mittee OF good roads to remedy the
conditions mat exist ! realize nat
~ would be the next thing to a
aelFy 20 nave the rural routes going
ou' y N"4ehdshA postoitlee dlscon-
.Nued. y would be gredt injustice
~ p 1 .AFlA2f I'aeAas living in the
rural communities, ana certainly it
would be an advertisement OF our
city that we would not be proud Of
IL mas peen layorite pastime with
many OF our citizens 10 criticize cur
county commissioners IN their road
work. I sometimes wonder II TINS
er'iaiam rs wen placed
'ou are lamiiiar with the history
vi puO"c enterprise ana good roaas
boosting IN thls community. You viii
remember tAe number OF attempted
gooa ROADS meetings hela IN the past.
'ou remember lasl spring "hen the
on'i'''er OF commerce was reor
s"nl4od an dtge Dig talks that were
mace "h'n we met 't the city hall
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01
Many Mines Idle
by United Press.

TJ VHItuU TODD
UMaaoma CITY Nov. l. More thaa
5000 miners are on strike and more
than l20 mines are shut down in the
oklahoma c-al fied ds, according to
carly reports Of uaioa leaders.
IN tie McAletlor district 200 min
ers are reported to be idle and an the
mines shut down vita the exeepual
Ct Edwards aon-union nine Hyery
tliug s. Gr Is quiot and there ofe
no sign, tAat there will be CLASHES,
unless tae aritators gel in their w3r6.
No troops hoye arrived at dcAla5,ar
according to advices.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01
mIMERs REEuaE ro MoRK

Ey United Press.
Springfield, Ms, Nov. Nv a,
Erewerton. pr sident of the Sang
mon Coat COMPANY here, received or
ders from the quarternaster general
Of the army to work the mines and
fill the government contract. Mr.
tcswQrton read the telegram to the
mnera, bus they refused to return
to work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01
WORK TO SAVE MINERS
BY United Press

y ~ UIIT1N ITgaa
:! Amsterdam Ohio, Nov. H. .
: with the recovery Ct two ,
: bodies from the burning coal .
! mine here, the rescue force =
= is working desperately in an .
8effoTt to Gear the mine of gas
= and debris in the hope Of saw .
= ing the lives of 20 minters .
: VINO are imprisoned further :
= undergr- und.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01
WAIT TO DRY COTTON
By United Press.

: BY United Press.
= AIuskogee, Nov 1.-THE ma g
> iority of the cotton gins in
= eastern oklahoma have sus- "
= pended operations. The man
& ayers announced that the gins
= would stop until the cotton
= had time to dry. This move &
= was taken with the idea of
= discouraging the farmers in
i picking wet cotton.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01

ov found yester-
railroad track at
op between Amber
heen identified ass
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01

J., G. Hutson, chairman of the
good roads committee Of the Chick
asha Chamber Of Commerce in a let
ter addressed to Alger Melton presi-
dent of the organization, replies to
communication from the president as
to what progress is possible through
the roads committee toward improv.
ing roads in this county
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01

All the latest news by
wire every day from the
United Press Association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-01


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Confined on page 81
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14

to preside over the popular legisla-
tive branch of the government.
Mr.. Mann made speech after the
crime of the Lusitania in which in eff
feet he declared that the American
dead were mere pleasure seekers and
entitled to no consideration from this
government. A monstrous statement
like that disqualifies him from the ia
vors of the American patriots. He had
no word in condemnation of Germa-
ny's crime, one of the blacklist of all
the ages. He had no word to say in
defense of the inalienable rights of
American citizens, non-combatants,
women and children, to sail the high
seas. The republican patry, whatever
its faults, and they are indeed numer-
Gus, has always stood for the national
honor, and it is unthinkable that it
would reward with one of its highest
honors one who uttered the senti-
ments above quoted
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
CHECKING UP INCOME
TAX REPORTS HERE
DELiNQUENTS OF LAST YEAR
ARE BEING ROUNDED UP BY
COLLECTORS OFFICE.
Tuesdays Daily Herald.)

Deputy Collector Horace Frierson,
Sr., of the Internal revenue depart
ment was in Colum bia Monday check
ing up last years income tax returns.
Mr.. Frierson is investigating to as
certain whether or not there were
taxpayers in the county who should
have made returns of their income
but who failed to do so. If there are
single men in the county whose in
come for the previous year was over
$1,000 they should get busy and
square their accounts with Uncle Sam
and the same thing is true of the
married men with incomes of more
than $4,000. Efforts are being made
by the revenue department to get
last years business all squared up in
preparation for the big rush that is
coming between now and March Is
when returns must be made for last
years taxes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
COLUMBIA ELKS
SOON TO HAVE
A new HOME
JAMES A. SLOAN HEADS A WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE
FOR PURPOSE.
ASSURANCE OF BOND POPULAR
Local Lodge Has Outgrown Quarters
and When Members Get Back From
Army the Congestion Will Be Ter
rifle.
Tuesdays Daily Herald }

That Columbia Lorge 6S6 B. P. o.
Elks will have new home some time
in the near future seems to be GER
tainty now. The first step in this di-
rection was taken at the meeting
Monday night when the action of the
banqueters of week ago in selecting
James A. Sloan as chairman of a
ways and means committee, was rati-
fed by the members of the lodge Mon
day night, and in addition Exalted
Ruler l.. u. Turpin named the follow
ing members on the committee: w.
c. Salmon, Secretary T. e. Digger,
G. A. Parker, Sr., Mora B. Farris, DR..
P. D. Biddle, W. D. Hastings, F. Swans
burg, DR.. A. S. Horsley, T. l.. Cum
ningham, w. c. Whitthorne, A. B..
Sowell, DR.. George C. Williamson, j..
R. Afford and Fred Latta.
Chairman Scan will call this com
mittee together some time this week
for the purpose of formulating plans
for financing the movement and re-
port to the lodge next Monday night
There were several plans suggested
at the meeting Monday night, but the
most popular method of building the
home seems to be the issuing of bonds,
thereby placing everybody on an equal
footing.
1t was the concensus of opinion of
practically every member present that
the quarters as they are now are in
adequate, and that to attempt to re-
model the old home to make it suita-
BILE would just be prolonging the
building of the home, which must ul-
timately come, and that in the very
near future.
One of the best points brought out
was that made by Secretary Digger.
Mr.. Digger stated that when the boys
got back from lover there" and there
are about forty-five more of them still
in the service, there will not be room
enough to have your shoes ,shined,
1--WE have got to have a new home"
said Mr. Digger, "and the sooner we
build the better off we will be-" And
that was the opinion of all the bal
ance of the members.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
TWO DOPE FIEND BIRDS
PAY FINES AND SPEED ON
PICKED UP THIS MORNING WHEN
THEY STOPPED ON WAY TO
NASHVILLE.
Wednesdays Daily Herald

Two dope fiend birds" journeying
Shoals to Hadley's Bend were bagged
this morning when they lighted in Co.
lumbia by City Marshal Tom Mclean
and Patrolman r. w. Hight. They
plead guilty to a yagrancy charge in
city court, paid their fines of $40 and
costs and departed speedily from the
city. The arrest Of these men was in
line with City Marshal MCLeans re-
cent manifesto in which he proclaim
ed that Columbia will no longer be
safe place for dope fiends and other
Migrants to sojourn
The men who appeared to be be-
tween % and 35 years old, gave their
names as j. A. Gilstrap and Leonard
Lochle. They claimed to have homes
in Nashville.
The arrest of these men also led to
the detention of one George Fltzger-
ald colored, from whom they are said
to have secured a small quantity OF
dope in violation of the Harrison and
other anti-narcotic laws. Fitzgerald is
an old offender. He was once ordered
sent to the workhouse and later to the
county poor house, but upon plea
for another chance he was released
on his good behavior. The police de-
partment has notified the sheriff that
the courts order committing Fitzger-
aid to the poor house should now be |
carried out, since he has broken his
parole.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
SUCCESSOR TO
AMIS NOT YET
GIVEN PUBLIC
MARSHAL'S RACE SEEMS TO BE
AS UNDECIDED AS 1T WAS
MONTHS AGO.
SEVERAL ACTIVE ASPIRANTS OUT
Latest Entry is George B. Witt,
Banker, Farmer and Politician from
Giles County-Term of official Al
ready Expired.

Although the term of Col. Jonas 7.
Amis, as United States Marshal for
the Middle district of Tennessee ex-
pired two weeks ago no announcement
of his successor has been forthcom-
ing. There are several gentlemen on
the anxious seat who would like to
know who is giong to be the lucky
aspirant but all claim to be in the
dark 1t is not generally believed
that any appointment will be made
until after the adjournment Of the
legislature.
Two Maury countians have been
strongly urged and endorsed for the
place. Claude Goodwin, former sher-
if, has long been an active candidate
and has received the most flattering
endorsements from several counties
Recently Joe fowler, formerly of this
county but now of Marshal county,
has been urged because of the splen-
did record that he has made with
the department of justice. Mr., fowler
has many friends in this county who
are manifesting much interest in his
claims.
The latest entry is George B. Witt
of Lynnville, banker and farmer and
n, o,,, har of +bo Jap,Cornt fin ctota avo
cutive committee. Mr.. Witt is a
school mate Of Hon. T. Watt Gregory,
attorney general of the United
States, and has been ar ardent sup
porter of Senator Shields, Senator
Mcclellan and Gov. Roberts. If Hon,
Ed. Albright, editor of the Gallatin
News, wants the place and there
seem sto be a good deal of doubt on
that score, he should in the opinion
of the politicians, have fine chance.
He managed McKellar's successful
race, was strong supporter of
Shields and Roberts in the last cam
paign and is known to be close of
Senator Shields. Mr.. Sharp of Nash
vile is said to have strong endorse
ments and to be close also to the
powers that be in the politics of the
state.
Col Amis is not an applicant for
the office and is simply holding over
under the law until his successor is
appointed. He has the affairs of the
office in shape to turn over on days
notice.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
THE ROAD LAW.

There is no occasion for any delay
in passing the proposed Maury coun'
ty road law. 1t is not perfect meas.
ure, no one will claim that, but it is
decided Improvement on the exist.
ing law; it does promise better roads
and that should be the prime purpose
of all legislation of this character.
This law has been pretty fully dis
cussed in public meetings and in The
Herald. Its provisions are fairly well
understood by the people of the coun-
ty. 1t is the result of compromise,
That is true of nearly all legislation.
Laws are generally the result of the
policy of give and take. Doubtless
there are many men in the county
who radically disagree with many pro-
visions of the proposed act, but they
see in it the hope of genuine improve
ment of our highways and are perfect
ly willing to give the law trial. 1t
need not be on the statute books for
more than two years. If it proves a
disappointment to it's advocates its
repeal is certain. 1t is the only law
proposed from this county that does
promise road improvement and for
that reason, if no other, it is entitled
to trial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
INITIAL SALE Of
MILES MURPHY HOGS
CHOICE DUROCS WILL BE OFFER
ED AT / O'CLOCK ON TUES
DAY, FEB. rs.

Twenty bred sows and gifts of the
popular DuroC Jersey hogs will be
offered at public auction by Miles
Murphy at his homo place on the
Culleoka pike about six miles from
Columbia and about mile from Glen
dale. Mr. Murphy is one of the best
stock men of the county and knows
how to put hogs in good shape. He
is also firm believer in the best
blood lines, and while this is his first
public sale he has established a repu-
tation in the numerous private sales
that he has made that is sure to bring
him a good clientele at this initial
The sale will take place
at l o'clock on February 25. In addi'
ton to the twenty head of bred stock
offered he will sell ten open gifts
and sows. There has never been
such a demand for we'll bred Duroc
hogs as there is now and the supply
is inadequate even to meet the local
demand and to add to this situation
buyers come from all sections of the
state to get Maury county's choicest
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
RETURNED SOLDIERS TO
HELP LIBERTY LOAN
WILL TOUR THE STATES ON GIG.
ANTIC SPEAKING CAMPAIGN
TO HELP GOVERNMENT.

Publicity Bureau. Liberty Loan
Committee, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. IL.
Preparations are being made on a
more extensive scale than ever before
for presenting the Fifth or Victory
Loan" through the use of speakers.
Carroll Smith, head of the speakers
committee for the Sixth Federal
Reserve District, is to make a tour
of the military camps and hospitals
to arrange for the services of soldiers
returned from France, and he expects
to engage a hundred or more.
Home boys" who have been over
there and seen what war really
means viii be invited especially to
lend their services once more TO their
country, aad show their friends and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
THAT PASS BILL.

1t ought not take the senate long
to kill the free pass bill recently en-
acted by the house. There is no ar.
gument possible in behalf of this
measure. No good reason can be adj
vanced why legislators should be civ
en- free rides on the railroads at pub
lie expense. In truth if legislators
are to have this privilege ON the rail
roads they should also be given free
telephones and free telegraphic priv
ileges, the right to free gas in the
cities and free rides on the street cars.
All of the corporations that furnish
these conveniences are public service
corporations and if raid on one can
be justified a raid on all can assured
ly be approved.
AS a matter of fact while the legis-
lators are about it they shold enact
the federal anti-pass law for Tennes-
see. The roads are going to be re-
turned to their private owners for op-
Grafton within a few months, that
much seems assured. 1t ought not be
possible then to have them held up by
politicians for a lot of transportation
that in the end must be paid for by
the great body of the people The en-
lightened sentiment of the day con-
dennis the railroad pass and Tennes-
see should be abreast of the times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
sPEAKERsAIP CONTEST.

Being a democrat quite naturally
The Heard is making no suggestions
to republicans as to whom they should
name as the next speaker of the ma.
tional house. But as genuine, true
blooded American it does protest most
vehemently against the election of the
Hon. Jim Mann. of Illinois. His pre-
war record is such that he should be
denied any further political honors
and assrTedly should not be chosen
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14

any poor mans son. / want every
man to have the chance, in which he
can better his condition-when he
may look forward and hope to be a
hired laborer this year aud the next,
work for himself afterward, and final
ly to hire men to work for him. That
is the true system x X II Then you
can better our condition, and so 1t
may go on and on in one ceaseless
round so long as man exists on the
face Of the earth"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
FRENCH LOSSES IN WAR.

It is officially stated that between
of france was killed or permanently
disabled during the war. The popula-
ton of France is about 40,OO0,OOO so
that something like two and a half
millions were either killed, died from
the effects of wounds or were so dis
abled that they are incapable of sup
porting themselves. This is more
than the entire population of this
state by the last census.
In order to properly visualize the
enormous toll that the war took of
the French we must bring these fig
ures closer home. Had the United
States suffered in proportion to popu-
lation our list of dead and totally
disabled would have been near five
and half millions. Tennessee would
have contributed about $4,000 to the
number, or more than she actually
sent soldiers to the army under the
selective draft.
Maury county would have had more
than 1000 men dead and totally dis
abled and missing or about twice as
many men as were indicted into the
army from this county through the
selective draft A number of men
equal to the entire population of the
town of Mt. Pleasant by the last GEN.
sus would have been lost. When facts
like these are brought home to us
we can get a clearer idea of just how
France bled and suffered in order that
civilization might endure yet a while
longer in this world. For centuries
to come France will have right to
the gratitude of all who appreciate suf-
fering and sacrifice for the attainment
of a high and noble ideal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14

neighbors how important it is to
finish the job" There is nobody
who can talk quite SO foreibly for
Liberty bonds as the men who risked
their lives for their country, and it
is believed that the message will be
of especial force when delivered by
a man PERSONALITY known to his au
dience.
The speaking campaign will not
wait for the opening of the actual
drive" Four-Minute Men and other
speakers viii devote their energies in
advance Of the actual campaign to
organizing the forces in industrial
plants, business houses, and other
places where many men or women are
at work together.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-14
WELCOME OUR SOLDIERS

Columbia and Maury county must
participate in a manner betting the
occasion in the welcome that is being
planned for the Tennessee troops upon
their return from overseas. This
county has goodly part of a battery
in both the Hath and 115th field ar
tillery. 1t has a number OF soldiers
in the 18th machine-gun battalion
and there are few from the county in
the immortal 117th Infantry, the regi-
ment that first pierced the socalled
impregnable Hindenburg line. 1t will
be only few weeks until the mem
bers of these organizations will pa
rade in Nashville. Maury county
should take part in that demonstra-
ton. Committees should go from
here and testify to the county's ap-
probation of the sacrifices made in
our behalf by the men from the coun'
t..
In addition when the Maury coun-
tians get to Columbia they should be
met by the entire population Of the
county, as far as possible, and made
to know and understand that they
have won the lasting gratitude of a
free people who can never, never for
get what they did amid the shock
and roar of battle that our institu-
tions might not perish from the
earth. There should be brass band
or two A parade should be organic
ed and the entire town should be deck
ed in gala attire. The day should be
proclaimed a holiday by the mayor
and county judge. Business should
be suspended as far as possible so
that the old and the young, the rich
and the poor might join in tribute
to men who offered their bodies as a
sacrifice that those left at home
might continue to enjoy the priceless
blessings of life.
For nearly two years the men of
these organizations have been con-
tinuously in the service of their coun-
try. Some members of the 115th regi-
ment have been in the. service for
nearly three years. They have I'M
dergone all the inconvenience of the
camp and field. They have faced
death in it's most horrible form.
They have covered the arms of the
nation with immortal glory. They
have written a new and brilliant
page in the glorious annals of free
people. They have frightened for all
time the lustre of American and
Tennessee valor. Surely the people
at home, those for whom they suffer
ed and sacrificed will show proper
appreciation.
1t will take some time and cost
some money to arrange reception
betfitting the occasion, but how in
significant will be the cost as COM
pared with the sacrifices made by the
returning heroes. The Herald calls
upon the leaders of the city and coun-
ty to assemble without delay and be-
gins preparations for this eventful
day.