The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-15
COUNTY COURT AUTHORIZES BONDS
TO. COMPLETE Three STATE ROADS
EY THIRTEEN 70 TEN JACKSON
RESOLUTION TO FINISH PRO.
JEcT Goes THROUGH.
TWO HOURS DEVOTED 10 Of8ATt
Route Of the so.calIed Lewisou:J
Highway Changed by the Same
Vote to Run by Glendale and culleo.
Ita. instead OF BY Bryants.
lFrom Mondays Daily Heralda

(Fr0m Mondays Daily Herald9
BY a vote of thirteen to ten the
county quarterly court shortly after
noon today passed the resolution Of
Squire Jackson to appropriate IN adj.
ditional 100000 for the completion
of the state and federal aid highways
from Columbia to Spring Hill and the
Lawrence and Giles county lines. The
question was debated for two hours,
bnt II was apparent from the iir5t
test vote that the advocates Of ih3
roads had majority of three. There
was never the slightest break In the
lines although the roll was repeatedly
called On many4sub3titntes and mo.
tiOn.. 'vN' ~ if.J s+a Es,t
After the court had disposed o. n
part iof its routine business Squire
Ricketts, moved to suspend the fnles
and take UP the 100000 bond IS sue,
The motion prevailed thirteen to ten.
Squire Goad was the only absentee
in the court eta'
immediately after reaching the road
proposition Squire Jackson present.
ed three resolutions. The first was
pledge Of support from the county
10 the program for the WilliamsDort,
Pear Creek and Glendale and Cnllao
Ra state highways. SQUIRE English
made a fight against The change from
the Iewisburg pike to the Culleoka
and Glendale route, hut the resOlu.
ton was adopted by the same thr
teen votes that put over the final pro-
cram On the motion to adopt This
resolution changing the state highway
so as to go by Culleoka and Glendale
the fifth district divided, Squire Den
ton voted for and Squire Digger
against il. .
The second resolution appropriated
100000 in addition TO the 100000
heretofore appropriated for the com
pletion OF the three highways of the
county enumerated above, This reso.
luton opened the fireworks. Speeeh'
es were made by Esquires jackson,
Ross, Orr and several others for the
resolution and and against by Squire
English, who led the fight Thos. IL,
PEBBLES and Judge Whitthorne The
latter left the chair. calling Squire
Ross to preside. He appealed 10 the
court to postpone action al least until
January, so that the tax levy for this
year wonld not have To take care of
interest, sinking fund and mantle
nance ON the bond issue.
The debate was very animated
While the crowd was not as largo as
heard the former debates on the ia
nous road Issue II was nearly stuff
Client to fill The circuit court room,
'rbe bond advocates. Judging from the
applause, were, largely in the MAORI.
Is and the opposition seemed to real
ize from the first that theirs was a
hopeless case,
Motions by Squire English to ad-
1ourn. TO postpone to January, TO .'ub-
nit to a vote Of the people We're all
voted down thirteen 20 ten.
The resolution was finally adopted
az read by Squire Jackson and passed
thirteen TO ten. Squire English gave
notice of o motion to reconsider, first
changing his vote from no to aye.
The original vote on the passage
OF the resolution was as follows:
Justices voting aye4-Hnll, Davis,
Denton, Matthews, Jackson Ricketts,,
Ross. Harlan, Wilkes. Carr, Guest,
Orr, Jones Total, -.
Justices voting no Sowell, ForGey,
Farris, Derryberry, llardson, Pinks.
ton. Digger, English. Akin and Stan
f. Total. 10