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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
COLUMBIA BAND
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
WILL BE GREATLY AUGMENTED
DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
NEW MEMBERS ADDED.

Those who heard the Columbia
Band, at Spring Hill, Columbia and
Mtf Pleasant during Governor Rob-
erts visit to the county were greatly
surprised to find that this Is real
musical organization, and capable of
furnishing high class music for such
occasions. Members of the band
were greatly encouraged by the en-
gagement given them to play on these
two days, and have resumed practice
with renewed interest.
W. A. McDougal, one of the band
boosters said it was the purpose of
Fritz Hahn, director of the organiza-
ton to increase the membership just
as rapidly as possible until there are
some thirty pieces. There is much
talent in Columbia, and Director Hahn
is expecting to turn out an organiza-
ton which will be a credit to any
town.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
DR.. H0RSLEY FOR
GROUP LEADER OF
U. OF 7. ALUMNI
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN OF CITY
TO DIRECT ACTIVITIES IN
FIVE COUNTIES.
TO SELECT LEADERS SOON
Secretary Lowry Is Very Much Graft
fled at the Success of His Work
Over the State and Predicts Bril-.
liant Future for Organization.

DR.. Alfred S. Horsley has been sci.
ected as the group chairman of the
alumni association of the University
of Tennessee for the counties of
Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall and
Lincoln. DR.. Horsley graduated from
the University good many years ago
and holds it in the tenderest memory
and has entered upon his task with
enthusiasm.
1t is the plan of Dr. Horsley to sell
ect county leaders for each county at
an early date. They will be asked to
come to Columbia probably during
the farmers institute next month to
talk over plans for the organization
in theire respective counties. After
these leaders are selected they will
call meetings of the alumni when
permanent organizations will be per-
fected.
Secretary Lowry of the association
for the university, stated that he was
very much pleased that Dr. Horsley
had consented to serveI have had
remarkable success in getting the CO.
operation of the graduates wherever
| have been" said Prof Lowry. IF
we can carry out our plans and put
them into an effective organization
we will have a tremndous force for
good in the state"
Secretary Lowry left here last
night for Nashville where he will con-
fer with alumni and conclude his or
ganization for the state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
NEGRO CHARGED
SERIOUS CRIME
ARRESTED TODAY
HELD IN NASHVILLE FOR ALLEG-
ED ATTEMPTED ASSAULT ON
LITTLE WHITE GIRL HERE.
ATTEMPTED CRIME THURSDAY
Jay Wallace, Alias Walters, Being
Being Held for Identification by
Twelve Year Old Niece of Engin-
eer Marchbanks.

A negro giving his name as Jay Wal
lace, and later Jay Walters, believed
to have been guilty of an attempt to
criminally assault a twelve year old
niece of Engineer j. B. Marchbanks
at her home on South Main street
Thursday afternoon, was arrested in
Nashville this morning by Railroad
Detective Allen when he alighted from
a freight train in Radnor Yards.
Wallace, or Walters fits the descrip.
ton furnished the detective by the
conductor of the freight train, who
heard of the attempted assault here
Thursday afternoon.
Engineer Marchbanks, accompanied
by his niece, went to Nashville this
morning to see the negro, who is be-
ing held there, in an effort to identi-
fly him.
According to the way the story was
told to representative of The Herald
the little girl was in the yard in the
rear of the Marchbank home on South
Main street, when the negro approach.
ed from the direction of the stable,
and held out money, attempting to
lure her toward stable further back
in the yard.
The child frightened ran into the
house, and the negro fed. He was
described as wearing a solid gray
palm beach suit, fiat black cap and
dirty white shoes. He is said to have
been bright yellow in color.
Local officers were notified of the at
tempted assault here last evening, and
a search was made without avail for
the negro and nothing further was
heard until this morning when a
man was arrested in Nashville.
Considerable excitement was caused
here last night by the attempt
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
mARSHALL'S TAX
RATE FIXED

LEWISBURG, Tenn, July 27-The
tax rate for Marshall county was fixed
at thirty-five cents by the county
court here Saturday, which with the
estimated rate of twenty-five cents
for the state, makes the tax rate six.
ty cents. This is highly gratifying to
the tax payers and dispe!s much of
the dissatisfaction that had existed
in regard to the new tax law, and as
a result much of the opposition to
Governor Roberts in this county,
which had existed on account of the
law, is rapidly passing away.
There is no doubt that the governor
is gaining strength steadily and his
friends confidently predict that he VIII
carry Marshall county by a large ma
jority.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
COLUMBIkNS y d.
JUN VAUDEVILLE
~ ny NJ. se@ qngHW NJ - tANgF9F
JOHN AND BILL MITCHELL, SONS
OF Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN MITCH.
Is. ELL, OF SPOKANE.

The following clipping is taken from
the Spokane (Washington) Chronicle
of recent date. The two Mitchell boys
are sons of Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Mitchell, formerly of this city, but
now of Spokane, Washington:
Students of the banjo for only four
years, Johnny and Bill Mitchell, Spo-
kane boys, graduates of Lewis and
Clark high school, and students of the
University of Washington, have ac-
cepted an engagement with the Alex
ander Pantages circuit of vaudeville
theatres, and will within two weeks
go on tour.
The Mitchell boys, who are making
audiences at the Liberty theatre this
week enthusiastic over their work,
have been booked over the entire Pan
tages and affiliated circuits and their
tour will take them south and through
the east.
Johnny Mitchell, the older of the
brothers, is junior stundent at the
state university, and Bill is ready for
his sophomore year, Their home is
Spokane at W4sssfeEWehtieth avenue,
1t is not often that an added attrac-
ton in a moving picture theatre such
as the Mitchell brothers offering,
stops the show, but that is what the
coming Pan performers are doing this
week. The audiences simply will not
let them go off the stage calling them
back again and again. Their program
alternates more serious selections
with the jazziest of jazz tunes and
while the heavier variety is well re-
ceived it is the jazz that makes the
real hit. Bill Mitchell also plays the
saxophone, and the combination of
banjo, saxophone and pipe organ,
while a bit ont of the ordinary, is ex.
cellent
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
HUNDREDS WILL
VISIT COLUMBIA
AUGUST 10-11-12
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOPES TO
SEND 100 DELEGATES TO FARM.
ERs INSTITUTE.
OTHER BIG DELEGATIONS COMING
Columbia Business Men Say 1.-THE
Dimple Is Equal to the Occasion and
Accommodations viii Be Provided
for All Who Attend.

From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
Plans are rapidly maturing for the
entertainment of hundreds of farmers
who will be in Columbia to attend the
Middle Tennessee farmers institute
here August 10, II and II.
Word has come that each county in
this grand division of the state will
send large delegations to Columbia on
these days, and it is known that Mont
gomery county is planning to send at
least 100 farmers and their wives to
this place during those three days.
Robertson county will also have a
large delegation here. Davidson and
Williamson, Marshall and Giles and
Lawrence and other nearby counties
will be largely represented, and Co.
lumbia will have her hands full in pro-
viding accommodations for the visit
ors-but Columbia business men say
Columbia is equal to the occasion"
For the institute, a wonderful pro-
gram has been arranged. In addition
to the appearance of speakers nation
ally known in farm matters. Governor
Parker, of Louisiana, and Governor
Roberts, of Tennessee, will make adj
dresses. These are but headliners-
there are many other attractions
which will be well worth the cost of
the trip to Columbia during the meet.
Many farmers are planning to come
here in automobiles in order that they
may visit points of interest through
out the county. Visitors will be una
BILE to see some of the greatest farm
land of the county because of the fact
that the Nashville pike has been clos
ed in order to hasten the completion
of a permanent highway
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
PRISONERS, BUT NO
ONE CLAIMS THEM
Try United Press.)

COLUMBIA, S. c., July 24.-The
Richland county Jail has three prison
ers it can't keep and can't let go.
The federal prison at Atlanta has
forty more said to be in the same
status
A former New York Judge, now i'm.
prisoned at Atlanta. caused the troub.
lie.
The three men were sentenced at
Columbia on moonshining charges.
The penalties were one year in the
federal prison. There was no mention
of year and day nor cf ''hald
labor"
The former New York judge knew
about sentences and suggested a
course of procedure that brought a
ruling by Judge Samuel H. Sibley ct
Atlanta that the men were improper
ly committed. Judge Sibley issued
habeas corpus writs and ordered the
men returned to Columbia for review
of sentences. That was only the
start The end stiIl is not in sight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
MYSTERY OF POISONED
CANDY IS CLEARED UP:
MURDERER C0NFESSES
GEO. LiTTRELL BREAKS DOWN
AFTER FoRTY-EiGHT HOURS
GRUElliNG EXAMINATION.
ATTEMPTING KILL INSANE WIFE
Tells Detectives How He Plotted With
His Young Sweetheart to Murder
Wife After Making Intellectual At
tempt to Get Divorce.
(By United Press.)

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 28.-The
plot of, married man and his young
sweetheart to murder the mans in
sane wife, so that they might be mar
ried, was disclosed here this morning
when George Lttrell, aged twenty
eight, broke down after foresight
hours of gruelling examination by de-
tectives in the Office of Chief of Detec.
tives Robert Sidebottom and confess
ed to the crime of Mrs. Lissie Brooks,
inmate of the Central Hospital for the
Insane and the serious illness of sew
eral others. de
Mrs. Littrell, for whom the poison.
ed candy was intended, escaped, when
she said the candy tasted bitter and
passed it among her friends. She was
not even made seriously i'll.
The confession of Littrell told of
an Intellectual attempt to gain a di.
vorce, which was followed by several
months of contemplation of the crime.
The attempted murder of Mrs. Lit
trell, and the actual death of Mrs.
Brooks has attracted almost nation
wide attention, because of the nature
of the crime.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
PRIMARY BOARD
Of 1918 MUST
ACT THIS YEAR
NEW COMMITTEE NOMINATED
Last MAY HAS NO LEGAL
STATUS IN MATTER.
SUS1AlhS THE HERAlD's VIEW
Secretary Hugh Todd Shelton Agrees
To Serve and viii Have a Meeting
Monday to Name the officers for
the Primary.
Saturdays Daily Herald.

AS The Herald has all the time con-
tended the old primary board appoint
ed two years ago in this county is the
only legal board. Efforts have been
made by interested politicians to find
some other solution, but the law on
the subject is as plain as the nose on
ones face and Hugh Todd Shelton,
secretary of the board, reluctantly ad-
mitted this morning that he supposed
he would have to serve although he
had tried to resign. Since, however,
his board is the only lawful board
there was nothing else to do. Charles
p. Hatcher, the chairman of the board,
has gone on a long business trip to
Louisiaha and will. not act.
The members of this board are
Chas. P. Hatcher and Hugh Todd Shell
ton, ofIthe ninth district; Wingfield
Harris, of the second district; Ben
Mullins, of the first district and Har-
dy Pickard, of the seventh district
Mr.. Shelton stated this morning that
he would have meeting Of the board
on Monday at which time the officers
for the primary would be appointed.
Mr.. Shelton stated that the legislative
candidates would be asked to advise
with the board SO that bona fide repre-
sentation could be assured all candi
dates.
The new board has absolutely no le
gal status whatever. 1t has never
been appointed by the state democrat
ic primary board and under the law
the old board must hold over Unless
the officers for the primary are pub
lished Monday no legal publication of
them can be made, as the law plainly
says that they shall be published at
least ten days before the election.
Mr.. Shelton hopes to have the officers
ready for publication Monday as he
is anxious, since he is compelled to
act, that the primary should be In, ev-
cry respect legal +. nf ,f
If Chairman nj ateher, wsre-hsre the
primary board would be composed Of
both Crabtree and Roberts supporters,
as Mr.. Hatcher is an ardent advocate
of Crabtrees election. The prefer
ences of all the members of the COM
mittee is not known, but the people
have fun confidence in the personnel
of the board
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
0EyASURE IS GIVEN
QUITE A PROMOTION
ATTENDED MEETING OF BYNN
YANNS co. SPECIAL REPREsEN-
TATlvEs IN MEMPHIS.

B. p. Devasure has returned from
Memphis where he has been attend
ing a meeting OF the representatives
of the Bynn Yanns Co. Mr. De-
vasure was given quite a promotion
while in the Bluff City by his com.
pany. He is now special representa-.
tive and general auditor for the COM
pany. He will leave here the first
of next week on an extensive trip
through the territory where there
are stores and later will go into new
territory for the purpose of opening
up both retail and wholesale stores
for the Bynn Yanns Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
MINOR OFFICES
NOT SOUGHT FOR
COMING ELECTION
IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS THERE
ARE NO CANDIDATES AT ALL
FOR CONSTABLE.
ADVISORY BOARD NOT WANTED
Mt. Pleasant and Hampshire Districts
Fail to Have Candidate for Member
of the County Board of Education.
Election August S.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
When the time limit had expired at
midnight last night for the qualitica.
ton of candidates in the election next
Thursday there were several districts
in the county in which no candidates
had qualified. No one had qualified
for the board of education in the sew.
enth and tenth districts, and the Office
of constable was not sought in some
districts. There were fewer candi-
dates for district advisory boards than
ever known.
The following is complete list of
the candidates to go on the ballots
next Thursday, August 5:
-a.. Chancellor
."1 Thomas B, Lyle
,olu. County Judge
b'u' W. c. Whitthorne
.n r Sheriff
Gabriel X. Houser
Trustee
J. Ross Burns
Tax Assessor
Webb Williams
County board of education
First INSTRUMENTATION s. Haywood
Divisional. j. HardisOn, Ed
Hardison, Ed d. Hunter
Third Division-E. P. Richardson, W
Il. Farris
Fourth Division, Sth and 9th districts
W. James Russell.
Constables
First District-W. M. Fitzgerald
Third District. B. Davis, d. ]. John.
Sixth District. r. Benderman, Ell.
bert ]. Murphy
Seventh District-Tom Talbot w. d.
Stewart, Seth R. Gilmore, ]. c.
Caldwell.
Eighth District-W. s. Lentz
Ninth District-Mel NJ, Butts, William
j. Goad
In the second, fourth, fifth and tenth
districts no candidates qualified.
: District Advisory Boards
First District-R. C. Elan, W. b.
Jones.
Second District-Elmer Fraser, w. J.
Mcknight, M. U. Taylor
Third District-Pat Kinnard
Sixth District-W. r. Marshall McKis
sick
Ninth District-W. ]. Alexander. r. S
Hopkins, ]. Clint Moore
There will not be single contest
for district advisory board and in
most of the districts no election held
for that office. In only two is there a
full quota of candidates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
MONEY MOTIVE FOR
POISONED CANDY SOUGHT

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July "a
Working on the theory that money
was behind the supposed plot to bring
about the death of Mrs Susie Littrell,
a intimate of the Central Hospital for
the Insane, local detectives last night
continued to search for the person
guilty Of mailing poisoned candy to
her, which resulted in the death of
one woman and the serious illness of
four others late Wednesday.
Analysis of the contests of the stom-
ach of Mrs. Lizzie Brooks, So, of Foun-
tain Head, an inmate of the institu-
ton, who died shortly after eating
the candy, and of the remaining candy
is being made by DR.. VIM. Litterer,
who hopes to determine the kind Of
poison prepared nthe sweets. 1t is
believed that the candy contained
powdered strychnine.
Two other inmates of the asylum,
Mrs. Susie Littrell and Mrs. Dora Bor-
dens, and two attendants, Miss Willie
Caffey and Mrs. J. Iyey, who ate some
OF the candy, are said to be out of dan
ger. All were made desperately Ill,
but by prompt medical attention were
saved from death.
Robert Sidebottom, chief of Nash
VILE detectives, who is conducting the
investigation, stated last night that
relatives, of Mrs. Littrell were being
sought with hopes of throwing light
on the case. SO far no arrests have
been made, although officers are run
ming down every clue that might indi.
cate the sender of the poison.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
ELEVEN HUNDRED
MILE TRIP IN FORD
J. /. AND H. C. BAKER, OF WEATH'
ERFoRD, TEXAS, ARE HERE
FOR A VISIT.

J. L. and c. B. Baker, of Deather-
ford, Texas, arrived today for visit
to their sister, Mrs. Meredith Cook, at
Santa Fe, and other relatives in the
county. They came through in Ford
roadster and were eight days in cover
ing the LOO miles of the journey
Two other cars, one bound for Bowl.
ing Green and the other for Dickson,
were in the party and they camped
out at night and had great trip.
They had only one puncture. Messrs.
Baker stated that the crops between
here and Weatherford were fine all
the way.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
HELLO GIRL" FATALLY
INJURED BY AN AUTO.

PULASKI, Tenn, July 24.-Miss
Jasmine Fakes, an employee of the
Cumberland Telephone Company was
run over and seriously IL not fatally
injured by a motorcycle driven BY
Sullivan Holt late yesterday. Holt
lost control of the motorcycle and IL
ran into the sidewalk and hit Miss
Fakes and dragged her 20 to 30 feet.
She regained consciousness today hut
the extent of her injuries has not yet
been determined.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
ASSOCIATION OF
i. OF 7. ALUMNI
HERE PLANNED
SECRETARY. LOWRY COMES TO
MEET THE GRADUATES or
STATE INSTITUTION.
FOR GROUP CONFERENCE TOO
Has Just Completed Tour of the State
and Perfected Similar Organizations
in Nearly All Counties-Plans Me-
mortal to Soldiers.

From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Fee Lowry, secretary of the alumni
association of the University of Ten.
nessee, is here today for the purpose
of recognizing the alumni associa-
ton of this county and also to organ.
ize a group association to include the
graduates of the university in this
county, Giles, Marshall, Lincoln and
Lawrence counties.
Secretary Lowry is just completing
q tour of the state where he has been
organizing the counties and the
groups. Everywhere he has met with
an enthusiastic reception from the
graduates of the university and he is
confident that the association when
finally organized on the plan that has
been outlined will be a tremendous
factor lin the progress and develop
ment of the schools. fa
There are hundreds of graduates of
the university scattered over the state,
scores in this county, and If they can
all be organized into a real effective
body it will be an easy matter to put
over any program that may be evolv-
ed for the development of the univer-
sity.
The alumni association is behind a
project for the erection on the campus
of the school at Knoxville of great
memorial building to honor the sol.
diers and sailors who went from the
institution to the great world war.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
DOMINION AIR FORCE
TO BEGIN TRAINING.
(By United Press.)

OTTAWA, Ont, July 23.-The ini-
tial period of training of the Canadian
Air Force begins at Camp Borden.
north of Toronto, August /. Over one
hundred airplanes, number of flying
boats and complete outfit for instruc-
ton in aerial photography. wireless
and gunnery will he employed.
Machines valued at between five
and six million dollars have been pre-
scented to the Canadian air force by
the British government. There is a
fine airdrome at Camp Borden and 1t
is in all respects well equipped for
one period of training which will oc-
cupy twenty-eight days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
VILLA SURRENDERS
IS REPORT TODAY
(By United Press.l

EAGLE PASS, Tex, July 2S.-Villa
surrendered Internationally to the
provisional government, it was report.
ed here after a conference with Gen
eral Martinez. Carl Saeglin has been
released, it was said.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30

To celebrate the advance of the
printers art, particularly it's increase
in speed, Caxton memorial Bible
was. wholly printed and bound gin
twelve hours in 1877. Only one hun
dred copies were struck off.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-07-30
prsnsaszssszsasa,
. sIRTHs
D HoueHenene ueHens

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Curtis have a
new farmer at their nome. He arriv-
r. 4 thfa srppk
Milford chronicle., 1920-07-16

TWO EXPLOSIONS of traction en-
gines on farms near Milford inside
of ten days is sufficient to alarm the
people who use this power for thresh-
ing wheat, and other work about farm
operations. Six men have suffered
awful pain as the result of these two
explosions from the scalding water
in which they were deluged, and from
the force Of the explosions in general.
For twenty or mOre years legisla-
lures of Delaware have been asked
10 enact laws which would compel
intelligent inspection at proper times
of all boilers, and also require that
competent persons should act as en-
gineers; but, each time the farmer
interests of the State have rebelled
against having any law regulating
traction engines placed upon the stat
ute books of Delaware. and the argu-
ment has always been against such
laws. that it was placing a hardship
upon the farmers. This is another in
stance where a false outcry mas block
ed protection of the farmers them
selves from danger ana financial loss,
by stopping the enaction of laws
which would provide safety and pro
lection from money loss, through just
such horrible accidents as the two
which happened in the past ten days
within five miles of Milford. The
owners Of traction engines have OPP
POSED the laws from a selfish stand
point in the past, but they have
brought suffering and death to the
homes Of many people as "A result of
this opposition. not to mention the
money loss which has resulted to
the farmers by destruction of property
and grain, as well as their own
property viii the next legislature
permit this selfish minority interest
to continue the operation of boilers
without proper inspection. and 10y
persons not qualified to pass an exam
nation as to his ability to operate a
steam boiler: in the name of those
whose suffering has been the result of
his policy on the part of the State. ;
We hope that it viii come TO an end
With the next session of the legiSla-
ure. which should enact laws regu-
ating the entire operation of steam ,
oilers in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1920-07-16
PIatform peserves confldenoe.

The very conservativeness of some
portions of the Chicago platform sug-
gests a sincerity of purpose, and an
earnest desire to do the best possible
thing for the country, that may well
be taken into account. The refusal Of
the Republican platform makers to
manufacture a mere grab bag for the
benefit Of all sorts of special interests
and ''isms" ought to earn for It con-
fidence and respect even among those
who may feel disappointed at not get
ting what they particularly want. AZ
ter all, a square deal to everybody is
in the end best even for those who
think their particular demands have
been sighted or ignored.-Detroit
Free Press.