The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-01-17
HIGHT WINS FOR
MEMBER OF ROAD
BOARD IN COURT
JUSTICES STAND BY COUNTY
AGENT AND HOME DEMON
STRATlON WORK.
GRAHAM is AGAIN ELECTED
ty Superintendent Without Cpposi-
ton-kins's Daughters Hospital
Gets Usual 500 Month Allowance.
(Monday's Daily Herald.)

(MOndayS Daily Heraid.)
BY a vote of twelve to nine Clay
L. Hight, former member, was elect
ed this morning by the county court
as road commissioner to succeed w.
T. Galloway, who was not candidate
| for reelection.
John P. Graham was unanimously
reelected county superintendent.
The court by vote of seventeen to
four appropriated $3.50 for the county
agricultural agent. BY vote of sew
enteen to six an appropriation of 5000
was made for the home demonstration
agent.
Both of these progressive measures
were opposed by Squire Jackson, of
Mt Pleasant, but the court was over
whelmingly the other way.
Every member Of the court was in
attendance this morning, but there
was one vacancy occasioned by the
removal of Squire r. H. Swami, from
the sixth to the seventh district.
Prayer was offered by Squire G. v.
Hull, ofthe second district.
On motion of Squire Harlan the sal
airy of the county superintendent was
fixed at $1,000 per annum. Squire
Hayes placed John p Graham in nom
ination and he was elected by ac-
clamaton. This is the seventh term
for Prof. Graham and he has been
elected each time by reclamation.
SQuires Webster, Jones and Guest
were elected Jail commissioners.
A. Luther Thomas and L. T. Turpin
were elected revenue commissioners
Daniel Williams of the third district
and NJ. F. Walker of the first district
were reelected high school board
members.
r. n Moore. Of the fifth district,
was elected jury commissioner to sue
coed Squire e. Ballanfant who was
ineligible for reelection under the
provisions of the jury law.
For road commission Squire Mat
hews nominated H.. Fl. MGG4aalnldless Of.
the sixth district and Squire Davis
nominated Clay E. Hight of the fourth
district. Squire Swami stated that he
had moved from his district and was
therefore in the opinion of the county
attorney ineligible to serve as a JUS
tice. The ballot resulted
For Hight--Justices, Goad, Farris,
Derryberry, Davis, Hardison, Jackson,
Ricketts, Ross, Wilkes, Guest, Akin,
and Taylor, IL.
For McCandless Sowell,
Forgey, Hull, Denton, Mathews, Har-
lan Carr, Webster, Jones total 9.
Not voting Harris and
Digger.
The county Judge announced the
following tax levy committee: Justice,
Sowell, Mathews, Ross, Akin and
Guest.
]. NJ. Dean appeared before the
court to advocate an appropriation
for the county agent. He was an
swered by Squire Jackson who de-
clared that with the county in debt
and taxes increasing he doubted the
wisdom of the appropriation. He
said the experiment station should
supply the place of the agent.
The appropriation prevailed by the
following vote:
Justices voting aye: Sowell, For
gey, Hull, Goad, Derryberry, Davis,
Hardison, Matthews, Ricketts,, Ross,
Harlan. Guest, Webster, Jones, Akin
and Taylor.
Justices voting no: Farris, Jack
son. Wilkes and Carr.
Mrs. Wells, district agent, and Mrs.
Bryan, county agent, appeared before
the court in behalf of the home demon
stration appropriation of 5000. 1t pre-
vailed by the following vote:
Justices voting aye: Sowell, For
gey, Hull, Goad, Derryberry, Davis,
Hardison, Harris, Ricketts,, Ross. Har-
Ian, Wilkes, Guest, Webster, Jones
Akin and Taylor-17.
Justices voting no-Farris, Denton,
Digger, Matthews, Jackson, CARR.
With only two votes in the negative
the appropriation of 500 per month
for the Kings Daughters hospital was
continued. The negative votes were
cast by Justices Matthews and Farris.