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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-25
TELLS OF GERMAN LOAN
IN ALIEN PROPERTY SUIT
S. Walter Kaufman Testifies
to DR.. Run,eiys Transactions.

S. Walter Kaufman. a member of
the law firm of Hayes. Kaufman &
Lindheim and a codefendant with DR..
Edward 1. Rumely and Norvin r. Lind
helm on a charge OF withholding from
the Enemy Alien Property Custodian
the alleged German ownership of the
Evening Mail, resumed the stand yes
terday in his own behalf before judge
william 1, Grubb in the United States
District Court.
Kaufman told of the early negotia-
tons with DIR. Heinrich Albert for the
loan of s750.OO0 from Hermann Sielcken.
the American coffee magnate, who re-
sided in Germany, to get control of the
Erening Mail TO express the German
viewpoint In addition 10 the money he
received from the Evening Mail and the
various companies controlling the news
paper Kaufman said he got fee of
$500 for his services in the transac-
ton with Sielcken.
In 1916, Kaufman said, he went 20
Germany to see his mother and TO talk
to Sielcken personally. II told Sielcken
OF the reorganization of the Erentn9
Mail" said Kaufman, land of DR..
Rumely's plans 10 build up the paper.
We discussed the financial side of the
matter and when he asked about it's
losses and its possibilities l told hian the
paper could be made successful He
said he was disappointed with his news
paper holding and decried the cost of its
publication
Under cross-examination by United
States District Attorney Hugh Alcorn,
Kaufman testified that Sielcken later
loaned an additional $4,000 to DR..
Rumely. Kaufman said he was put
ting Sielckens money in the paper al
that time in order to save the money he
already had invested and that at tho
time the transaction was made he did
not know of the severance of diplomatic
relations between Germany and the
United States.
The trial will be resumed Monlay.
One of the witnesses for the defence
probably will be Mrs. Hermann Sielcllen.
who was in the court room yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-25
Commissioner of accounts
Accused of Libeluing
Ex-Gov. Whitman.
ECHO OF SWITIt CASE
Gave Out Affilavits Re-
fleeing on Parties as
'FramerS.'
HENRY STILL is SILENT
Before Grand Jury and Gets
Subpoena in People VS..
r. Z. Enright.'
ECHO OF SNIITE CASE
HENRY STILL is SILENT

The Extraordinary Grand Jury re-
turned an indictment yesterday against
David Hirshfield. Commissioner of Ac-
counts. and let it be known that they
are investigating the conduct Of Po-
lice Commissioner Enright Hirshfield
is charged with libelling former Gov.
Whitman and Assistant District At
torney James e. Smith. Whether the
Enright investigation is related to
the charges against Hirshfield is not
known.
IT was Dominicll Henry who forced
the Grand Jury to show its hand i'll
the Enright case. He insisted that he
know against whom he was asked TO
testify and with great promptitude he
was served with a subpoena captioned
Thus enlightened the former police
inspector resumed his defiant attitude
OF reticence and once more informed
the Grand Jury that he had no inten-
ton Of answering any more of its ques-
tons
The indictment against Hirshfeld dc
fines the alleged libel as consisting
among other things, of the giving By
Hirshfleld TO Frank G.. Schwab. a re
porter for tho New York City New
Association. affidavits charging Whit
man and Smith with holding member
ship in an association known as "Th
ALEU- Crowd which the affidavit goe
on to interpret as "a bunch of trainers.
Hlrshfield. pleading not guilty, was hel'
by Justice Weeks in $1,000 bail. TIL
court gave the Commissioners lawyer
State Senator Charles L. Russell, unit
next Wednesday 10 change his client
plea II he 50 desires. Philip Berolz
lelmer. the City Chamberlain. posted
the required bond.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-25

This is a time for all of Us to have
confidence, to put pep into our activities,
to pull together. Don't you think so?
And is it not fine that big organization
brings it's executives together, even at the
threshold of Thanksgiving, and plans a
forward course of action, which has no
thought of decreasing its working forces
or stopping any of its progressive activ-
ties?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-25

"Our hearts fears have all been al
why shouldn't we meet on the threshold
of Thanksgiving Day and all be thankful
together?"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-25

Secretary OF War Josephus Daniels.
Secretary % the Navy. and General
Pershing Special trains will be run py
the Long Island Railroad direct TO the
field Admission is free 10 the public.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
COLUMBIA WILL
HAVE CARRIERS
SESSION OF "
CONVENTION AT NASHVILLE
PROMISES TO COME TO DIM.
PIE TWO YEARS HENCE.
MAURY COUATIAN AONORED
w. J. Crawford Made Chairman of the
Executive Committee and Also
Delegate to the National Conven-
ton to Be Held at Dallas, Texas.

w. J. Crawford, long prominent in
the ranks of the rural letter carriers
OF Maury county, was highly honored
at the state convention held in Nash
vile this week. He was elected mem.
the executive committee and dele
gate to the national convention of the
association which will hold its next
meeting in Dallas, Texas.
Three carriers from Maury county,
Mr. Crawford, j. W. Tanner, OF Column
bia, and Herchel Hardison, of Carter's
Creek attended the meeting at Nash
vile, the best ever held. There were
thirty-seven counties represented by
$50 delegates and several fine adj
dresses were heard.
The next convention will be held
at Martin, in West Tennessee, but
Mr.. Crawford and the other delegates
from this county extracted a pledge
from the delegates that the conven-
ton of 1922 should be held at Column
bia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
BOTH PRIMARY
BOARDS MAY ACT
IN MAURY COUNTY
IN THAT WAY COMPLICATIONS
OVER LEGALITY OF ACTION
MAY BE AVOIDED.
MANY LEGAL QUESTIONS RAISED
Candidates for the Legislature Have
Generally. Taken the Precaution to
Qualify With Both the Old and the
New Boards.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
In order to save any complications
or raise any questions about the le-
gality of the primary, 1t is not improb-
able that both the old primary board
of 1918 and the nominees for the new
primary board Of 1920 will jointly con-
duct the coming legislative and gu
bernatorial primary in this county.
Owing to the failure of the state demo
cratic committee, sitting as a primary
board on the first Monday in June to
elect the nominees made by the c0un-
ty committee of this county there lis
grave doubt as to whether or not the
county has primary board, but no
primary can be conducted without
one. {
The primary act of 1917 provides
that the county committees from
their membership shall every two
years nominate five members to be
elected by the state committee as a
primary board. In May the county
committee met and nominated board
with Thomas B. Forgey at the head,
but for some reason the state COM
mittee did not select this board, but
reelected the board of two years ago,
not many of whom are now members
of the county committee. Now does
the old board hold over? If so does
the fact that its members are not
members of the county committee
vacate their Offices? Can commit
tee that has never been elected by the
state primary board exercise any pow
ers:
The candidates generally have TAX
en- the precaution to file their quail
flying petitions with both Col. Forgey
of the new board, and Chairman
Hatcher, of the old board. Where
they did not do this the two leaders
have gotten together and accepted
service of the petitions so that in any
event the nine candidates who quail
flied tor the legislature will have
their names on the ballots. The best
way out of the dilema, it was sug-
gested, is for the two boards to act
jointly in the naming of election ofiic-
ers and canvassing the returns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
THE TAX LAWS.

Gov. Roberts has yielded to the
pressure and clamor of the politi
clans and called the legislature to
meet in an extra session to take
action of doubtful validity on the
woman's suffrage amendment. He is
now being urged by political enemies
who seek a partisan advantage and
not the welfare of the state. to in
clude in his call for the Legislature
schemes for tinkering with the as
sessment law. 1t is to be hoped
that Gov. Roberts will not give con
sideration to this demand and will
not walk into trap as he did in
the Shields controversy. No extra
session of the legislature held just
before an election in which many of
the members would be candidates,
when factional and party politics
would hold the attention of the mem
bers to the exclusion OF other con-
siderations, is competent to deal
with the vexatious question Of taxa
ton. It is better to give the exist
ing law fair trial and amend it at
the regular session as experience
may demonstrate is necessary. Any
amendments that might be passed at
this time would simply disturb the
work that has been practically fin
inshed in the state.
II, as claimed by the governor, the
assessment act should provide fair
err and more equitable method Of as
sessing and collecting taxes than has
been in vogue much of
the opposition TO il win cease II
has not been administ-
cred as 1t should have been. but the
principle underlying the act is one
that has had the approval of con-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
HERE TO PLAN FOR
FARMERS INSTITUTE
DR.. CHARLES A. KEFFER OF THE
DIVISION OF EXTENSION, WIS.,
IToR TO COLUMBIA.

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
DR.. Charles A. Keffer, director OF
the division of extension, is here from
Knoxville today to plan for the Mid
die Tennessee Farmers Institute
which will convene at the county High
Schol building for three days SEES.
sion on August 10. DR.. Keffer stated
that the program was almost complet-
ed and that it would be one OF the
best that had ever been presented to
the farmers of Tennessee. He is
looking for record breaking crowd
at the convention. DR.. Keffer has
very largely recovered from the inju-
ries which he sustained several
months ago when he was run down
by a car in Knoxville.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
! FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

Internationally the democratic
'iconvention added strength to its tick
CT when 1t nominated Franklin D.
Roosevelt, of"New York, for vice pres.
eident. The ticket. like that ma med
by the republicans few weeks ago,
appears bit Tight headed" that is
the second man on 1t is the ADLER Of
the two. Roosevelt is an exceptional.
Iy strong man, only thirty-eight years
OF age, just above the constitutional
limit. His name is one to conjure
with While the republican conven-
tion protested all manner of love for
Teddy Roosevelt, the kinsman of the
70 democratic nominee, it would not
nominate either Wood or Johnson.
wso struggled for his mantle. The
democrats have named a genuine
Roosevelt, one who like his more dis.
tinguished kinsman, entered life as a
reformer. They are also alike in that
they are both men who in their home
lives and private walks typify the fin
est traditions of the Anglo-Saxon.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt is clean and
commands the respect OF his fellows.
There has never been time when
clean men we're so much needed in
public life as now Men whose pri-
vate morals are spotted should be rel.
eested to oblivion.
The nomination OF Roosevelt was,
Of course, dictated by expediency, but
II was one of the rare instances
where the opportunists really made a
happy choice. The whole course of
the convention at San Francisco, like
that at Chicago. was dictated by the
opportunists. Expediency determined
1t all. It is probably true that more
than half of the convention delegates
in their heart of hearts believe in
strong reservations to the peace trea-
ty. Unquestionably a majority have
supported the dry amendment, but ex-
pediency dictated that they should be
silent. The convention professed un- |
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
NOT LESS Than
HUNDRED CARS
Lime BE USED
MAURY COUNTY FARMERS WILL
ESTABLISH NEW RECORD THIS
YEAR, SAYS PROF. MLEAN.
CRIMSON GLOVER ACREAGE HEAVY
Thousands of Acres Will Be Sown to
What has Proven to Be the Most
Popular and Profitable of All the
Legumes In This Section.
(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Not less than 100 car loads of crush
ed limestone will be used in Maury
county this year according to the esti.
mate of Prof. E. A.. Mclean, county
agent. This will break all former, re-
cords in the county and will mean a
tremendous increase in the production
of the county. Results achieved from
the sixty car loads used last year will
powerfully stimulate the use of the
lock this time. Is
There have been orders already
placed with the county agent for
about thirty-five car loads and they
will begin to arrive the latter part of
this week. 1t is expected that some
fifteen or twenty more cars will be
ordered. In addition to this there are
number of crushers over the county
at work that will crush probably fifty
car loads. Averaging the cars at 80
tons each, this means that 5000 tons,
or enough limestone for 1,50O acres
at two tons to the acre will be used in
the county.
Prof. Mclean predicts the largest
acreage of crimson clover ever sown
in the county. This is due in part to
the fact that the prospects for cheaper
seed will encourage sowing. Again
the farmers who sowed the record
acreage last year are nearly every one
boosters for big crimson clover crop
The alfalfa acreage of the county will
also be greatly increased and it is
probable that this time next year
there will be not less than 1000 acres
of this great legume in Maury county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
SHORT SESSION
COUNTY SQU|RES
FOR JULY Term
TRUSTEE BURNS WILL PRESENT
HIS LIST OF DELINoUENTS
FOR NECESSARY CREDITS.
ROAD QUESTION MAY BOB UP
Progressive Citizens Working on Pro-
gram That 1t is Hoped May Solve
Very important lssue-Tax Levy
VIII Go Over to October.

Schools, maybe roads and general
routine business will engage the at
tention of the county squires when
they meet on Monday, July II, for the
regular session.
At this session Trustee Burns will
also present his list of double assess
ments, errors, insolyencies and re-
leases for which he must get credit.
Until these credits are approved by
the county court he cannot obtain
credit on his settlement with the
state comptroller.
Whether or not the road question
will come again before the court is
not definitely known Everyone real
ICES that it cannot remain for long in
the present unsatisfactory shape but
it is doubtful if comprehensive plan
for rbad Improvement is yet in shape
for presentation to the court for its
approval Progressive citizens are
working out plan that will mean the
voting of necessary county aid to all
of the federal and state highways and
will at the same time provide for the
reconstruction of the other main high
ways of the county. 1t is believed
that this plan will ultimately be
adopted.
The county board of education will
ask that the school bond resolution
be so amended as to permit the issu-
ance of the bonds as the communities
make up their subscriptions and get
ready to go ahead with their building
programs. No opposition to this re-
quest is anticipated.
From present indications the ses-
sion OF the court will be brief and it
is expected that an adjournment will
be reached at noon. The tax levy can
not be made until the October term
as the assessment of the county will
not be announced until then. 1t is
certain, however, that these will be a
material reduction made in the rate
for the assessment will be much high
er than ever before.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
SPLENDID STATEMENTS
Of COLUMbIA'S BANKS

Statements Of the three banks of
Columbia as on June 80 were publish
ed yesterday in response to calls.
These statements give little evidence
that the general reduction of depos-
its going on all over the country has
had its effect in Maury county. The
banks here have splendid deposits
and their resources show that they
are constantly increasing in strength.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
RAINS CUT DOWN
SWEET 'TATfR CROP
RoCkALONG FARM WILL HAVE
TWENTY ACRES OF THE TUB
Frs THIS YEAR, HOWEVER.

Mr.. Blair of "Rockalong Farm"
was here today. He is probably the
largest grower Of sweet potatoes
in the county, although owing to the
constant rains this spring his acre.
age is very much reduced. He will
have only about twenty acres o.
Sweet spuds" although he had plan
ned a crop of forty-eight acres. Mr..
Blair sold locally over $4,000 potato
slips.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
CELEBRATES 05TH
ANNIVERSARY BIRTH
GATHERING OF FOUR GENERA.
TIoNSNAT HOME OF THoS.
3. BRoOkS'A ISoM.

! e.- Il cignb-~ ~
/ Near Isom, just over the Lewisscoun
ty line on Saturday last, theS old
Brooks home was center of hospital
ity and delightful living when the an.
cester Of three generations, T. B.
Brooks, commonly known as "Uncle
Tom," passed his eighty-fifth mile
stone on life's pathway.
The occasion was splendid in every
detail through the thoughtful planning
and tender consideration Of those who
treasure him most.
His nine children, thirty-two of his
forty grandchildren, twelve of his
twenty-seven great grandchildren, and
sixty-four friends and relatives with
light hearts and heavy lunch baskets
lent of their ability to make the day
long to be remembered. Mr.. Brooks
Is the son of Abner Brooks and was
born ON Snow Creek in 1885. He ate
his first meal in Lewis county when
youthful groom Of twenty years un-
der a blackberry tree that is now eX-
ceptionally large and o'ev shadows a
bold, cool spring that bursts forth
from his side yard
Rev. Will Morton EXPRESSED thanks
for the feast Of good things which
was spread in the si1ty feet of shade
Qfsthe towering maples whose leaves
were gently tossed In the soft July
breeze and which was set out by the
hosts own hands in the year 1856
Among features of merriment dur
ing the day was picture taking. Mr..
Burton, Columbia's photographer,
made family groups consisting Of faith
er and children, grand father and
grand children, great grand father and
great grand children. Even little Ma
ry Catherine, the wee daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. s. A. Brooks, had her picture
made laying on her grand fathers
knee.
Everything was done for the gratifi-
cation OF the man of age and he NOV
ed about among his guests with quite
satisfied air.
Kodaking was also engaged in and
very refreshing sight was the pos
ing for his picture of the old family
darby, Bose Cathey, with the frosty
locks on his forehead and each of his
large white teeth receiving just promi-
nencc.
Games by the children and friendly
greetings and conversations by the
older ones made all present feel that
more that life was indeed worth the
living, His children who came from
distance were, Robert Brooks and fam
lily and Mrs Tom Whiteside and chill.
dren, of Tyler, Texas.
How sweet the lingering kisses,
When the sunsets coming near,
IT'S the throng of trusting faces
OF young and gay most dear.
His is not called an empty life
Reared to maturity children ten;
Three noble women through the years
Have cast their lots with him.
The SHOWS Of time border his face,
That yet looks fresh and gay;
Petty worries have played no part
To Illustrate the day.
He took the things just as they came,
He looks back DER again,
A temperate life with habits not
That cause regret and pain.
And now the evening time is here
He's nearly through the strife;
IT'S good to walk with footsteps strong
Down the shady side of life.
JOSIE KITTRELL KIRK.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
ia GOVERNOR cox.

All things considered the demo-
cratic convention probably nominated
the strongest candidate when it nam
ed Gov. Cox, of Ohio. Adler men were
before the convention, but from the
standpoint Of expediency Cox appar
emily had all of the others distanced.
~ would be remarkable II in the com
ing campaign the democratic party
could win without any help from the
East as 1t did four years ago and Cox
will be much stronger in the East
than any democrat who could have
been named. At the same time he Is
far enough West not to arouse the old
prejudice that exists in the East The
great bulk OF the democratic vote of
the East Is wet" or at least moist
and to- this class he will make strong
appeal But his record for law en-.
forcement in Ohio should prove salts.
factory to the "drys" who regard the
liquor question as settled.
~, Gov. Cox is an able executive. He
"a one Of the strong governors of the
nation, ranking in accomplishments
with Lowden, of Illinois, and Allen of
Kansas. He Is neither stand pat nor
Q radical among the democrats. That
ne is satisfactory to the conservative
wing Of the party is abundantly prov
ed BY the loyal support which he re-
ceived from the so-called "old guard"
OF the party in the East. Without the
support of New York and other East
ern delegates he could not have been
nominated. The so-called conservative
support was largely accorded to Cox.
The country will be safe in his hands.
although not brilliant man, intellec.
tuAlly probably in the class with Nc
Kinley. Hayes and Harding, he is a
fine type Of the solid, substantial. self
made successful American leader
He Is patriotic and his loyalty to his
nag and the institutions of his coun.
try has never been questioned. Dur
ing the war he was ready to use all
OF the powers of his great Office to
advance. the nations interests. VIII,
1t is rather remarkable and wholly
without precedent that both the demo.
cratic and republican nominees for
president should hail from the same
STATE No matter ,slwhe may be the,
cn0ice OF the electorate next Noyem-
Der Ohio will pass Virginia as moth
or OF presidents, Both Harding and
= 'Coxj are newspaper editors and pub
Hshers. Their homes are not far apart
asAdistances in America go. They are
the same type in many respects. They
come from the same training ground
IN American citizenship. Neither has
national reputation as an orator.
out both are known for getting what
tney go after, quality that always
holds the admiration of the Ameri,
can people.
Democrats can support Cox on the
platform OF principles promulgated by
the San Francisco convention without
Sacrificing any of the eternal princi-
Piss upon which the party was found.
ca. He may not arouse the enthusi.
asm that others Of more brilliant
type would have stirred but he should
get the solid backing Of the members
Of his party.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
LOUISVILLE LIVE STOCK
(By Bourbon Stock Yards.)
Special to The Herald

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July S.-Cattle
Receipts 400 head. Market slow
Grassers slightly lower
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head. Mar,
ket active and steady. Quotations
unchanged. From $50 pounds and up,
SIS; from los to $50 pounds. SIG;
from 12O to 165 pounds. STATS; pigs,
from $3.50 to 81; throwouts, from
S11 down.
Sheep-Receipts, $500 head. Mar
ket strong Lambs, Sli to s14.75: sec
onds, $3.50 to IS; sheep, SO; bucks
from 81 down.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
PRODUCE.

Eggs, SO cents; hens, 23mg4c; fry
ing chickens, 30433 stays, zoe,
ROSTERS. l. cents; packed butter.
2'a 30c b.; turkeys, tons zoe 25c.
Eens, .5ffatc; ducks, 10Qt :c b.;
geese Sc Ib.
Irish potatoes-Per bushel 1925.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09
PRICES OF SWINE
UNCHANGED TODAY
CATTLE MARKET GLOW AND
SOME GRADES LoWER-LocAL
QUOTATIONS UNCHANGED.

Porker prices were unchanged on
both the Louisville and Nashville
markets this morning, Cattle were
slow and the market draggy. Sheep
quotations were firm, wsh strong de-
mand.
On local markets all prices were
unchanged
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-09

dying love and admiration for Presi-
dent Wilson; loaded him down with
fulsome flattery and then selected as
his successor the choice OF every en-.
envy Of the president III the conven-
ton.