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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
TO PLACE FIRE
ESCAPES UPON
ORPHANS HOME
FIRE PREVENTION commission.
Err NOTIFIES JUDGE FRY OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THREE THOUSAND IS NEEDED
Appeal Is Made to the Friends and
Supporters Of the Institution to Fur
nish the Funds That Safeguards
May Be Taken Against Fire.

Judge John w. Fry, chairman of the
board of directors of the Tennessee
Orphan Home, has been notified hy
Walter B. Bell, fire prevention com.
missioner of Tennessee. that he must
have two fire escapes placed in the
home within the next thirty days. A
recent inspection made by the depart.
ment convinced it that the firc escapes
were absolutely necessary to protect
the children of the home in case OF a
confirmation.
Judge Fry has taken steps already
to comply with the order OF the FIRE
prevention commissioner, as he is Just
as anxious as the state department to
make the home absolutely safe for
the children However, the two. Gre
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
LIZZIE LIKES LITTLE
GAS, OFFICER FINDS
BLACK MARIA REFUSES TO FUNC.
TON UNTIL MECHANIC DAG.
NOSES THE CASE.
(From Wednesdays Daily Herald

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
According to Mayor w. O. Cherry,
Officer Tom Cook had quite an expe-
rience in discovering the fact that the
city's new Tin Elizabeth will not func-
ton properly without an occasional
supply of gas.
The Mayor this morning was tell
ing loungers at the city hall of the
manner in which several partolmen
operate the car. It appears that Offic-
er Cook has taken the capital prize
He was cut night or two ago when
suddenly Lizzie went as dead as a
door nail. Mr.. Cook alighted, look
ed his buzz wagon over, but could dis
cover nothing wrong, and was about to
telephone in and tell the mayor that
the car was all shot, when suddenly he
1.-THE House Of Service"
and called for mechanic to rush to
his rescue, post haste to diagnose
the case. Arriving on the scene the
mechanic looked the car over, twirled
the crank, and remarked you don't
need mechinc, you need gasoline
officer Cook is reported recovering
nicely.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
CAPT. D. W C. SMITH
IN REGULAR ARMY
APPOINTED FIRST LIEUTENANT
5. IN TWENTYrNlNrH INFANTRY.
REPORTS oCoBER I.
(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
Capt Dewitt Clinton Smith of Cul-
leoka, has been appointed first lieu
tenant In the regular army. and order
ed to report to Columbus, Ga, on Oc-
tober /. Capt. Smith will be attached
to the twenty.ninth infantry. This of.
ficer has had long experience in the
army. In 1916 he volunteered as a
private in the old First Tennessee in
fantry for service in Mexico and was
sent to the border. He remained there
for nearly year, A short time after
his return the war with Germany be-
gal, and Capt. Smith was sent to the
officers taraining camp at Fort Cgle-
thorpe where he graduated as captain.
He served in sthe, army until about
three months after the arrnistice when
he was discharged. His appointment
to d commission in the regular army
| So high testimonial to his record in
the reserve corps He is son of d.
w C. Smith. prominent farmer Of Gull
leoka, and was formerly with the Cum.
berland Telephone & Telegraph Co..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
ENTERPRISE FAIR
SATURDAY, OCT. 9TH
PREMIUM LIST AND PROGRAM
WILDE BEST EVER OFFERED
TO THE PUBLIC.

Enterprise community has fixed Sat
urday, October 8. as the date for its
annual fair Chsioman Holt. of the
committee on arrangements is making
plans for the best program and list of
premiums that the fair has ever had
This will be the second community
fair at Enterprise and from the man.
ner in which the people are cooper.
ating and responding to every appeal
made to them it promises to be an
even greater success than that of last
year. There will be contests of all
kinds and speeches and music togeth.
er with a fine array of exhibits and a
record crowd is expected to attend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
INCREASED FARE
ON mira !. J ]
TRAVEL Goes ON!
sTRAleAJgTlckET FROM coLuM-
BiA TO NASHVILLE lNCREAS- (
ED BY THIRTY CENTS.
FREIGHT is ALSO ADVANCED
Same Advance that Was Carried on
interstate Freight and Passenger
Charges Now IN Effect Within the
state. III f 90
fFrom Wednesday's Daily Herald

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
Increased interstate railroad fares
and freight rates went into effect this
morning. The increases are in the
same proportions that were heretofore
made on the interstate traffic. The in
terstate rates went into effect. on Au.
gust q, but the railroad commission
Of the state suspended the interstate
rate until after Hearing.
The straight fare to Nashville is
now $780, an increase of exactly 80
cents. The former fare, Including the
war tax, was sl.JO, so that the in
crease figures out exactly twenty per
cent. Fares to Culleoka that have
been twenty-nine cents will be in
creased bys six cents, and all others
in proportion
There is7a special round trip rate
on to Nashville this week for the fair.
This rate will not be changed by the
advance. But there is no regular
round trip, rate in effect to Nashville
SO that after this week it will cost the
traveller $500 for the trip to the capt
tai city. AS it is forty-six miles to-
Nashville. the passenger fare hclu1-
ing the war tax, figures close to four
cents mile. The new way rate to
Nashville lacks lacks just a nickel of
being what the old interurban round
trip rate of+s1.s5 that was in effect in
the earlier and better days of the re-
public about which many people then
complained:
The same advance, twenty-five per
cent that went into eject in the South
ern territory on freight rates on inter
state business is now in effect in the
limits of the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
EXAMINERS FOR
COUNTY SCHOOL
HEAD APPOINTED
JUDGE WHITTHORNE APPOINTS
COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT sU.
PERINTEN0ENT's TEs. "
ON FIRST MONDAY OCTOBER
William B. GreenIaw. Prof. r. l.. Har.
ris and prof. S. 3. Stephens Commit
tee to Put Quiz to Any Applicants
for Job of Graham.

For the purpose of conducting the
examinations for applicants for coun-
ty superintendent on Monday and
Tuesday, October and 5, Judge Whit!
thorne has appointed the following
committee: William B. Greenlaw, of
the Columbia Military Academy; Prof.
r. l.. Harris superintendent of the Co.
lumbis schools, and Prof S. B. Ste
phens former superintendent of the
Mt. Pleasant schools.
The examinations will be conducted
on questions prepared by the state
board of education and will be mailed
to Judge Whitthorne These papers
will be delivered to the committee on
Monday, Oct. 4, and the applicants will
Immediately present themselves and
take the examination. 1t is not an
ticipated, however, that there will be
any applicants as no suggestion of op-
position to Prof Graham. has been
heard and he possesses a life certifi-
cate which makes It unnecessary for
him to take the examination in order
to be qualified for election.
The county court at the January
term Will elect the superintendent.
The term is two years.
The three appointees of Judge Whit
thorne are exceptionally we'll qualified
for their task and have the confidence
of the public.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
State Board Increases
Realty Assessments OF
County By Ten Per Cent

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
Real estate assessments in Maury
county have been increased by the
state board OF equalization ten percent.
Notice to this effect was received to.
day by Judge w. c. Whitthorne, of the
county court In the notice to Judge
Whitthorne II was stated that unless
before October / good cause could be
shown to the contrary this horizontal
increase of ten per cent in realty as
sessments would be made.
1t was further stated that proof in
the possession OF the state board of
equalizers showed that Maury county
realty was assessed. below the legal
valuation therefor and in order to
bring it to the point where It would be
assessed at the legal definition of &C.
tual cash value it would be advanced.
The notice to Judge Whitthorne of a
proposal for horizontal raise was
like a bolt from the blue There had
been no intimation from the board of
any dissatisfaction with the assess
ment here, Judge Whitthorne stated
that he would resist the effort to make
a horizontal advance in this county,
that he knew that an arbitrary raise
on all of the real estate of the county
would work a grave injustice to many
of the farmers and city home owners.
There may be as Judge Wbitthorne
state, many inequalities and errors in
the assessment of real estate in the
county, hut a horizontal raise would
simply emphasize the injustice that
would be done to the taxpayers of the
county. For example. it is known that
the assessment made on the small
homes or Columbia and Mt. Pleasant
are already high, right at If not equal
to their actual cash value, and to place
an additional raise of ter per cent on
them in order to bring up some of the
taxpayers who may have escaped.
Judge Whitthorne will make every
effort to show the board that the in
crease in this county would work a
grave injustice. The real estate of
the county as finally assessed by Tax
Assessor Williams and the county
board of equalization, totals around
$25, 100000 and the raise made by the
state board would add at one stroke
of the pen ten per cent to the value.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
AIR IS oARKtAtD
By FLOCK Hawks
WELL Known FARMER OF
SOUTHPORT COUNTS NO LESS
THAN ssiNSFtock.

There are hawks and hawks and yet
more hawks In the southport section
Of the county. If you don't believe
this just ash w.,h Wiley, well known
farmer of that section, Mr. Wiley
knows. he has counted EN-, in fact, he
is Just as familiar with the hawk pop
ulation as Capt. English is with the
population OF Maury county folks. On
Sunday morning Mr., Wiley saw a fiock
OF drove, whatever one might call it,
OF these sworn Gpd deadly enemies of
chickens (of- the feathered VARIETY.
He had nevor seen so many hawks at
one and the same time. he counted
them. There were just lis hawks IN
the bunch. And" remarked Mr.. Wi
lev, cit was not what you would call
a good day Tor hawks either, for You
tpow il wasssandsrs = 2
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

escapes VIII cost installed more than
So'ooV. This is a big addition 70 tbe
Already large budget of the ,me #
is providing for an average, Of moro
ehan seventy children and witt, tho
cost OF living bounded alone nv the
SKIES THIS means a big item. There
10 only one way to get the money md
that is through an appeal to the gcner.
oslty OF the friends of the home
Judge Fry said this morning, that be
mad no doubt about the response that
an appeal to the friends of the home
had never been made In vain: that he
was sure where matter of the lives
OF little children was. involved the
money would come promptly.
Judge Fry is planning to havs the
spiral or circular escapes installed at
each end of the building. With this
character of snsescape the children
can be helped down without the slight.
est danger, whereas with the less ex.
pensive but straight stairs or ladder
there would be danger of the little
Ones falling TO the ground. Judge FRY
will appreciate any contributions that
may be made for the installation of
he escapes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

200
200
Glass Best Collection 100
100
Glass Emblem LOO
DEPARTMENT K--HoME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS.
STEPHENS superintendent
Glass 500
DEPARTMENT L.--POULTRY. . d
j. Superintendent
Glass CWhe $OO
Glass Best Pulle Plymouth Rock white LOO
Glass Cockere (Bared) 100
Glass Pule,
Glass Best Cockere Rhode Red
Glass Best Pulet Rhode Island Red
Class
Glass Best Pule, Leghon (Whe)
N " 'o'' NooNee NeShoh tbro"h) LOO
Class TO- Best Pulet LOO
Glass H. Best Cockerel, .............. , ~ 90
....,. IA. mo
BOYS POULTRY CLUB ~~---
CLASS To- Best Pen Chickens
Glass a. Second Pei ckens.. ........, . LOO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
|MOuL0fR OIL CO.
SHAREHOLDERS MEET
CONVENE ON SEPTEMBER % AT
scoTTSvlIlE, Ky, For THE
ELECTION or DIRECTORS.

From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
There will be meeting of the stock
holders of the Moulder Oil Company
on September % at Scottsville, KY.
for the purpose of lecting directors
for the coming year The call for the
meeting is signed by V. A. McClana
han. president. Most of the share.
holders of this company live in Maury
county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
At Court House and Square, Columbia,
Tennessee, October II, 1920
UNDER AUSPICES OF COUNTY COUNCIL OF AcR,cuL ruRs

RULES.
This is a free day, no entry fee or
admission charged.
Competition open to producers of
Maury County.
No entries can be made after IL
o'clock noon, or moved before 4
y. IN.
All products must be shown by pro.
Queer
Premiums are as follows Blue,
first; red, second; white, third
purple, sweepstakes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

In Japan the heads of small boys are
always kept shaven until they are stv.
en- years old. This is Supposed 10
strengthen the hair.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
FREE AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Everybody Should Exhibit Something

Agricultural
farmers
educational value in that noting
e 10 select with better judgment with this view that this
planned $3.50 ' ~" 'n"' 'A''
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

The percentage of women engaged
in earning livelihood in the Philip
pines is more than twice that Of the
United States.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

Sweden's waterways are, on an av-
erage, open for 30 days each year and
frozen for 1855.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

The ancient Greeks suspended hos.
Titles during the progress of the Olym.
pic games.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

The Roman Senator Nonius prefer.
red exile to giving up an opal to Mark
Anthony.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

Herald Cheap Column Ads Pay. g
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24

PROGRAM.
Judges will be representatives of the
Division of Extension, University Of
Tennessee and Department of Agricul.
ture
Every farmer and wife should be.
long to the Maury County Council of
Agriculture.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-09-24
Agricultural Community Exhibits by Chartered
Community Organizations

...... DEPARTMENT A.
Glass 1. Best Community Exhibit, Cash .........
Glass q Second Best Community Exhibit, Cash ~,
DEPARTMENT B-coRN
Evening star., 1920-11-15
DUTCH LIFEBOAT RUNS
BY tDRINKlNG' UP WATER
Powerful Centrifugal Pump oper-
.
ates Craft-Has Speed Of
Mine Miles Hour.

HOOK or HOLLAND. November
15.-An- unusual type Of lifeboat.
which operates ~ sucaEinE DIP water
from the ocean and blowing it back
again. and so obtaining speed Of
nine miles an hour, has been adopted
by the lffe-saving crew which works
in stormy waters along the Dutch
coast here.
Tho boat has q hole in the bottom,
through which the water is drawn by
an intake pipe, which leads to a pow
erful centrifugal pump operated by
q l40-h0rSeDower steam engine. The
water 10 then forced backward into
tho 0ea through two outlet pipes
opening ut the bottom Of the craft.
Tho boat is controlled by shutting
OF, either wholly or in part. one or
the other Of these outlet pipes. II
one is shut on it goes to ,starboard;
il the other. it goes to port II both
are shut Oh, and the water diverted
harmless1y- over the sides. while the
suction goes on at tho intake, 1t is
claimed the boat rests almost still in
the stormiest Of seas, the suction
holding It firmly on the water.
The Dutch lifesavers have found
that this craft keeps steadier than
any boat propelled with oars or by
screws. It is ffty-eight feet long
and has a. capacity for from forty to
100 passengers. depending upon the
state OF the sea- It has been in use
for some time and has saved many
lives.
Evening star., 1920-11-15
CYCLE minute men
| MAY GUARD STATE
Maryland Automobile Com
missioner Will Ask for
Regular Force.
;pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. November Is
There is a strong probability that before
long Maryland will have a company Of
motor cycle minute men to work in con-
junction with police of other cities. and
Col. z. Austin Baughman, automobile
commissioner. will ask the next Iegis-
lature to pass a law creating such a
company.
The proposition has been brought to
the surface anew by the number of
criminal assaults throughout the state,
and especially the assault on a girl this
week at Catonsville by a negro.
Posses were organized to hunt down
the man. but sufficient time had elapsed
Defore this move was made to permit
the negro to escape. and he was not
section far from the scene of the crime.
Training for Work.
The plan of Col. Baughman is to ask
Of a company Of men who would be
trained especially in the tracing OF
crime and the apprehension of crimi-
nails. These men would be sworn in as
state officers. with full power to arrest
for any crime anywhere in the state.
Between fifty and sixty could do the
work for Maryland.
This number would permit a careful
patrol Of thoroughfares along which
were call boxes. and some could be held
motor cycles wherever needed, without
any loss Of time.
Take. for instance. the assault
at Catonsville," said Commissioner
Baughman. when the girl was dis
diately notified. The signals along
the road would be set going and
men would be dispatched from the
central station to hunt the criminal.
1t would be only a matter of min
utes before they would be on the
trail of the man wanted.
The idea is not to work in oppo-
sition to police departments of any
cities, but hand in hand with them.
Often the police Of a city or town
are unable to take up the chase of
where motor cycle minute men
would come in handy. They could
cover large stretches of ground in
short time and be of benefit to
the state in running down fiends."
system to BE Installed.
It will be only a short time now
before the telephone and telegraph
system of the automobile commits
sioner. which will honeycomb the
Col. Baughman is perfecting final
details Of the system. It calls for the
in stallation Of call boxes along all
main thoroughfares and covers some
thing like 500 miles Of roads. The
purpose Of the system. in the main.
is to stamp out automobile stealing.
When a car is stolen in Baltimore
or elsewhere a message is sent out
over the wires. In the daytime bells
will ring in call boxes and at night
electric lights will burn. These sig
balls will cali men patrolling the
roads for the automobile commits
sioner to the boxes, where they will
receive reports Of the robberies.
Evening star., 1920-11-15
MANY new MISSIONARIES.
II. e. Church Reports Sending 275
to Foreign Fields.

NEW YORK. November 15.-The
largest number OF new missionaries
ever sent to foreign fields in any one
year in the history Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church left the United
States during the fiscal year ending
November /! 1920. reports the board
of foreign missions Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. There were 275.
The largest previous year was 1917.
when ninety-six recruits went abroad
for the Methodists. OF those sent
this year, eighty were assigned to
South America, sixty-nine to China.
fifty to India and Burma, thirty to
Malaysia, six to Mexico. fve to Japan,
two to Korea and two to Europe.
The list does not include relief work.
ers in European war areas.
The 1920 increase marks the first
year OF the five-year centenary pro-
gram Of the Methodists. which in
cludes the expenditure Of $115,000, 900
in war reconstruction and general ex-
pansion Of church activities.
Evening star., 1920-11-15

Queen Elizabeth. SO broad minded
in many things, could not get rid of
the idea that coal was bad for the
health Of the country. and whenever
the country gentlemen came up to
London for the sittings-of parliament
no one in the city was permitted to
light a coal fire.
Evening star., 1920-11-15

sand strong horses would have to
exert every ounce of their strength !
to move il
Evening star., 1920-11-15

BY means of cylindrical attach
ment at the back of his car, which
ends in an earpiece close to him. the
Evening star., 1920-11-15

driver of heavy motor truck can
now hear other traffic approaching
from behind.
Evening star., 1920-11-15

If London's daily draught of beer
-ere contained in a single bottle. that
ottle would be SO heavy that a thou
Evening star., 1920-11-15

An invalid in Paris receives. by air
service from London A daily supply
of u special kind of bread.
The Washington times., 1920-02-20
GEORGETOWNW|NDS
UPBATTLES HERE

Georgetown University basketers
stage their final home game in Ryan
gymnasium tonight in meeting the
fast st. Johns College team or
Brooklyn. y. y.
The visitors have n frst-ciass com.
bination. and have won a majority OF
their games. Georgetown Is winding
up a highly successful floor season at
home tonight in preparation for three
games on the road next week with
the New York Aggies. st. Johns. Yale
University and Fordham.
Through no fault of the Hilltoppers
a frst-class schedule was somewhat
broken up by cancellations. Union
College, Colgate University, Stevens
Institute, Marietta College, and Wash
ington and Lee were on the list of
the Georgetown team, and all can
celed.
Despite the loss of these engage
ments Georgetown has come through
an exceptionally fine season SO far.
Nine straight games have been won
by the Hilltoppers this season.
The Washington times., 1920-02-20
BUSY DAY BOOKED !
FOR MILDLY STARS
Six Athletic Events at Home and
Crack Quint Plays at 1
West Point.

Annapolis, Feb. z0.-The Middi6s
will engage tomorrow opponent In
seven branches of sport-six OF which
will be met at Annapolis. IL 10
doubtful II any institution ever had
a bigger Job for one day, and the
Midshipmen are hopeful Of making .
cleanup and thereby certainly estab-
fishing a record in this line.
There Is real class to the contests
in which the Navy lads VIII engage
They meet their great opponents. the
Army. and three, Of tho members OF
the traditional big FourF Harvard.
Princeton and Harvard being their
opponents in different branches. The
other opponent is City College. OF
New York. The latter and Harvard
each meet the Navy in two branches.
The basketball gar against West
Point, the first in. that line between
the institutions. Is naturally exciting
the greatest interest. Next In I'M
portance is the boxing match against
the University of Pennsylvania, an
event which will inaugurate that
sport as ar, intercollegiate branch at
the Academy. Harvard Will bring its
fencing and gymnastic teams to tho
Academy. City College OF New York
it's swimmers and water poloists ana
Princeton it's wrestlers.
Every effort is being made to in
sure the success of the initial inter-
collegiate boxing match. the glove
men of the University OF Pennsylvania
being the Midshipmen's opponents.
william II. Recap, sporting editor OF
the Public Ledger. of philadelphia,
will referee, and the Judges will be
George Turner and Latrobe Cogswell.
OF Baltimore, both experienced offi-
Gals. Capt. Wat T. Cluverius, COM
mandant of Midshipmen. will be
timer, and most careful attention has
been given to the construction of the
ring and the arrangement of all ac-
cessories.
Coach Webb. of the Navy team, saw
the Pennsylvania-Penn State match
last Saturday. and believes that his
men at their best can win ma
jority of the bouts from either. Penn
State completes here next week (Sat-
urday), completing the Midshipmen' $
first schedule in boxing.