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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

That the county board of education
was extremely conservative and mod.
est in making its estimates of the
money needed for school buildings
that cannot longer be postponed is
evident from the figures submitted.
The board was impressed with the
fact that this is very unfortunate
time to do any sort of building. De.
creased production of everything that
enters into the construction of houses
during the past, two or three years
has boosted prices for materials to
heights never dreamed of. Labor to
build Is difficult to obtain at prices
that multiply the cost by two or three
figures. A dollar for building opera
tions will not go any further than
thirty-fve cents in 1914.
While approaching all OF these
facts the county board is confronted
a. many places in the county with
conditions that will not admit of de-
lay. If the children of this day are
to have educational advantages there
are some buildings that cannot be
very much longer postponed. There
is no immediate prospect of any mate.
rial decrease in the cost of building.
nothing to encourage further delays
in providing facilities for hundreds OF
children in the county. Education is
the one thing that we cannot afford
to neglect altogether. 1t is something
that cannot be postponed without it's
evil effects being felt by considera-
BILE portion of the population for
years to come.
Maury county in the character of
its rural school buildings is far be-
hind the country No interest bearing
debt of any kind has ever been in
Cured in this county to provide
school buildings. The makeshifts
that We now have and by courtesy
call school houses were largely erect
ed through private subscriptions
During the war there was no build.
ing, and there has been none since.
Repairs have even been neglected in
many cases because of the shortage
of funds and the high cost of getting
anything of a constructive nature
done. There must be no backward
step in education. so. despite the diff
ficulties presented by building pro-
gram. 1t is sincerely to be hoped that
the recommendation of the county
board of education submitted to the
county court will be approved.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
SCHOOL INTERESTS.



1.-THE published statement of the
program to be put in effect by the city
and county school boards at least
shows that Chattanooga and Hamilton
county do not intend to be niggardly
in providing educational facilities Tor
their children. 1t estimated that more
than d million and a half dollars will
be expended for buildings and for
teachers salaries, and we have yet
to hear of any protest from any source
against the appropriation. The people
OF the city and county have shown
in the past that they are willing, IN
deed glad, to pay taxes for school pur-
poses, provided always that the mon
ey they provide is properly and effec-
lively expended. Education is coming
to be more and more demanded by
the public, and more than that, the
right sort of education. ~4s
1.-THE hope is that the generosity OF
the public In providing for these in
situations wiz SO impress the super
intendents, principals and teaching
stats that we shall see within the
next year tremendous advance in
the successful operations of every
school in both city and county. Sala-
ries of teachers will be advanced to
something like just amounts, as
should have been done long before; so
that now we have right to expect
results that will justify continued
liberality on the part Of the public
What is here said with reference TO
school sentiment in Hamilton coun-
ty applies with equal force to Maury
county. At the recent term of the
county court provision was made for
Increased pay for the teachers Of the
public school and the action of the
court has been almost UNANIMOUSLY
approved by the citizens who pay the
taxes. On May 10 the court VII
again meet to consider the housing
facilities of the schools. This is enc
feature Of our educational develop
inent that has been neglected in The
county, but one that can no longer
be ignored ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
RADlCALISM RAMPANT.

Returns from the recent primaries
in Michigan, in the east, Nebraska, in
the west, and Georgia, in the south,
prove beyond question that the Amer
lean voters without regard to section
are permeated with an alarming de-
gree of radicalsm. The vote receiv-
ed by Hiram Johnson in Michigan and
Nebraska and that of Tom Watson in
Georgia likewise demonstrates that
there are rhany radicals in both of the
great political parties.
1t is difficult for a Tennessean to
understand the big vote obtained by
Tom Watson in Georgia. The popula-
ton of that state is largely native
American and particularly is this true
in the rural counties where Watson
received plurality. He is an eccen-
trio character who stands for all that
is sensational and bizarre in politics.
During the war he was openly hos
tile to the efforts of his country to
effectively mobilize its forces against
the common enemy. He sought to in
terfere with the selective draft and in
every way discouraged the war ac-
tivities of the country. Yet he p0lled
a plurality of the votes in the Geor.
gia primary.
Returns in Nebraska show that CIV.
cry German and every pro-German
voted for Hiram Johnson. In pre-.
cincts where Germans have coloniz.
ed he got every vote in the republi.
can primary. Fortunately Johnson
has small chance to get the republican
nomination. His selection would be
an affront to the soldiers and sailors
who served and sacrificed in the
world war. 1t would be an insult to
the memories of our heroic dead upon
the fields of France and Flanders, an
outrage to the memory of the men
who went to their graves from the at
lacks of the assassins of the deep.
But it is alarming and disconcert
ing to think that in any state of the
American Union those who were
openly hostile to the government in
its recent great struggle for national
existence should be strong enough tC
record a plurality of the woes. More
than that Johnson is radical of the
radicals, and an arrant demagogue
His vote is proof of the dangerous
radical tendencies of the men who
live in the industrial centers. AL
though they are prospecting as never
before in the history of the world anC
doing it by the grace of American in
situations they are ready to invoke
every vagery and every fad that would
destroy these institutions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
ROBERTS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Whatever one may think of the Rob.
erts' administration as a whole no
true American can withhold genuine
approval of the sentiments which he
boldly expresses on the paramount Is
sues of the hour. His announcement
for a second term is strong and vir-
lie document. Fearlessly he takes up
and accepts the challenge of inso-
lent labor agitators. He declares his
opposition to any invisible" govern
ment in America, to any form Of so.
vietism or government within gov.
eminent He stands squarely and
firmly upon the constitution of his
country. He believes in the institu.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
COURT DELAYS,

More power to Judge Lytle in his
announced determination to expedite
the trial of causes In the chancery
court. 1t is very, very seldom that
there is any good reason why case
in the chancery court or any other
court for that matter, should not come
to final decree In less than year
II there is merit in a complaint il
should be speedily heard and the com
plainant given relief II the com
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30

tions that have made America strong
and great and II defense Of these in
stitutions is a crime he invites the
full measure of public wrath.
The governor is equally as bold
and unanswerable in his plea for
supremacy of the law. He points
with pride to the Fact that although
nearly a year and half or his al"
ministration has gone into history so
far Tennessee has not during that
time suffered the disgrace of
lynching. What he states on the
necessity for the supremacy OF the
law is DID, it is so true that it Isl
automatic, yet the practical applica-
ton of this sentiment is so neces-
| sary to the we'll being of the state
| that Its repetition from one in author
ity is always to be hailed with &C
claim.
Whatever other issues may deve-
I lop in the campaign in Tennessee
! this year The Herald feels assured
that no candidate will dare attack
Gov. Roberts position on law enforce
ment and the freedom of labor. II
he should he invites and should re-
ceive the condemnation of all pat
riots who are loyal to American in
situations. Upon these issues there
can be no middle ground; there is no
room for compromise. They strike
at the very vitals of free govern
ment
Passing to other issues the govern,
or makes an earnest and able defense
of the state assessment law. He
! does not undertake any defense OF
certain features of the system which
} in fact are indefensible. For ex-
ample he passes over the most SER
ious defect in the assessing machin-
cry, defect that Is largely respon-
sible for the bitter and implacable
| hostility of large element of the
: population to the system. Reference
Is made to the failure of the legisla-
. ture to provide for representation on
the state board of the element of the
population most numerous. That ele-
,ment is the largest tax paper in the
state and yet no provision was made
for its representation on the final
board of assessment. The people OF
Tennessee are pretty good Anglo
Saxons and they still have an abid-
ing faith in the good old doctrine of
trial by jury of ones peers. It's flag
rant violation in the new assessment
machinery of the state is quite pro-
perly resented. Nor is any defense
possible of the methods by which the
assessment law was enacted and the
rewarding of many of its supporters
in the legislature with places on the
pay roll of the state.
Gov. Roberts is vigorous and fear
less executive. He is aggressive in
whatever position he takes. He has
been particularly unfortunate in some
of his appointments and his political
associations. There has been alto.
sether too much in his administra
: ton that savored of machine build
ing, But there is no denying his
strength with the people of the state
His record for law and order has
given him following that is not
only numerous but is powerful and
3 influential
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30

ers here Saturday afternoon, was
heard by a packed house. Mrs. Kate
Grady. home demonstration agent,
said this morning, Mrs. Forbes talk
on feeding baby chickens was a very
instructive one, and one which will be
Of real benefit to the poultry raisers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30

The town of Westoven. in Germa-
ny, still enforces an old ordinance
which forbids any one to walk in the
street with a lighted cigar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
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of the county. Mrs. Forbes was famiI-
lar with her subject, and discussed
it in manner easily understood. The
poultry association is planning to
have Mrs. Forbes return to this coun-
ty next month to continue her work of
instruction here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-04-30
LECTURE ON POULTRY
LARGELY ATTENDED

Mrs Florence Forbes, leading wo-
man poultry expert of America, who
addressed Maury county poultry rails
The Washington times., 1920-06-26
HIGH Gear Hill Climber Shortens Life of Power Plant

Quired. With two power strokes at
every revolution there are 1900 reyo-
lutions per mile and each explosion
propsls the car one foot and four and
a half inches.
This estimate assumes that the
car be propelled over level ground
To mount a hill simply means that
great resistance Is added TO the
various frictional and other stresses.
An automobile weighing 1000 pounds
climbing a hin 2e0 feet high (meas-
ured vertically simply performs the
task OF overcoming the action OF
gravity or lifting. and the calculation
OF the power required TO do this must
involve the factors from which the
horsepower unit is derived. ITO lift
1000 pounds 200 feet high in one
minute is the same thing as lifting
1000 times 200 pounds which equals
100000 pounds one foot high in one
minute. Theoretically. then. the INT
ing OF 1000 pounds 200 feet high re-
quires 100000 divided by $4,000
The Washington times., 1920-06-26
CROCERS URGE use OF
TRUCK BE EXTENDED

The Southern Wholesale Grocers
Association. at it's recent annual con-
vention, unanimously adopted the fol-
lowing resolution for the extended
use OF motor trucks as a meaps OF
speeding up delivery and reducing
costs:
Whereas II has been clearly dem
onstrated that there are many ad-
vantsges, economies, and conven-
iences to be derived from a proper
use of the motor truck as n means
of transportation: particularly as re-
Iates to the handling of less than car
load merchandise package freight:
and
Whereas there is a growing need
for additional means of transporta-
tion to efficiently and eXpeditiously
transport the rapidly increasing vol.
ume of this class of freight.
Therefore, be IL resolved by the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
ton in convention assembled, That
we approve and hereby offer encour-
agemcnt to those agencies which are
cndeavoring to promote along safe,
sound, and economical lines the use
of the motor truck in transportation
service"
The Washington times., 1920-06-26

ratio Of three to one. A ratio OF
three TO one means that one revoiu-
don OF the rear wheels is produced
by three revolutions OF the engine
shaft With the lower gear ratio. the
intermediate and the low, the humber
OF engine revolutions becomes stili
greater as compared TO the number
OF road wheel revolutions.
1T Is not SO difficult TO compute
with exactness the distance which a
car is propelled by one explosion In
The engine cylinder and the power
consumed in hill climbing. The cir
cumference OF a thlrty-two-lnch wheel
Is approximately 100 inches. and In
covering one mile the wheels revplve
033 times. with the motor turning
over three times as fact as the road
wheels. IL VIII require l,sSs revolu-
tions OF the gear shaft 10 propel the
car one mile. Thus. II such a car
should proceed at the rate OF thirty
miles per hour, approximately $50 en-
gine revolutions per minute are re-
The Washington times., 1920-06-26

steep hills In high gear solely for
boasting purposes.
Continuing. Mr.. Allen says;
II fun, understand that the modern
automobile IL made TO climb anything
but trees. But 1 wish TO demonstrate
that 10 climb a steep hill on the hish
gear imposes the hardest klna OF
work not only on the engine out also
on every other part OF the car, ine
low gear ratios are PROVIDED LOT nIn
climbing and they should be used for
IL.
.It may be well here TO consider a
sittle more carefully the amount OF
work performed by. an automooiie
climbing a gradient on, say q gear
The Washington times., 1920-06-26

which equals 12.l2-horsepower., and
the losses through friction, air resist
ance, etc. consume the remainder OF
the theoretical horsepower output.
= From all OF this II must become
apparent that rushing up a steep hill
on the high gear must subject any
ear to enormous stresses, which are
likely to affect The life and service OF
the car TO a considerable degree.
Gear shifting Is not a cumbersome
ask, and the mounting OF gradients
viii not be attended by harm II the
gears are put to the use for which
they were intended by the automobile
designer"
The Washington times., 1920-06-26
AUTO SERVICE WASTED.

Through the uneconomlc use of au-
omobile service which causes a waste
needless use of 100000 gallons of
asoline per day. automobile com
'1nies in the United States have them
elves undertaken to educate the
.lblic in this direction
The Washington times., 1920-06-26
AUTOMOT1VE
SECTION
HIGH GEAR CLIMBER
AKIN TO SCORCHER

The high-gear hill-climber Is hrst
cousin TO the scoreher. and both are
bound TO become wiser as time goes
on. asserts r. o. Allen. writing In the
current Issue OF American MotorLst on
the folly OF driving motor cars, up
The Washington times., 1920-06-26

NEW quarters Of the Grimes Motor Company at 20l5
Fourteenth street The several attractive models OF
the National and Stephens display in the
showroom. q a& t.
The Washington times., 1920-06-26

DIXIE FLYER purchased by B. M Jewell president
Railway Section, American Federation Of Labor
from the Potomac Sales Company local representatives
for the Dixie" with showrooms at 1127 Fourteenth
street. ss-. q
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08
RUNNERS FIGHT:
4 BLOO[)L.E:55{5j
BAT. TIL:
Men With Cargo Of Whisky
Abandon Stuff and Make
Escape in Second Auto on
Canuck Border.
Especial United Press Wire. J

Vancouver, B. c.. March S.-A
bloodless battle between revenue Of
ficers and liquor smugglers occurred
early Saturday at Sumas on the in
ternational boundary. Guns were
drawn, but not shot was fired.
Officers captured an automobile
with $4,000 worth of booze.
Since interprovincial trade in
liquor was resumed, large portions
of the imports to Vancouver have
been smuggled into the United
States. Officials got wind of a big
load going through a barricaded
road. When the auto approached
they rushed forward with drawn
guns, only to be met by two deter
mined men also armed in the auto
AS a second car approached the
smugglers leaped from the first car
into the second and escaped.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08
FLAG INSULT EPISODE
PROVED TO Be "FRAME"

Oakland, Calf, March S.-The
'Hinsult to the flag" incident attribut-
ed to COMMUNISTS, which stirred up
the American legion and the business
press here, was the deliberate work
of police spy. This disclosure was
brought out during the trial Of al
legged members of the Communist
Labor party here.
Ed Condor, newspaper man and
one of the star witnesses for the
state, declared that the hall in which
the Communist Labor convention
had been held was decorated with an
American flag. During the noon
hour it was covered with a red flag.
In talking to Fenton Thompson,
inspector OF police, Condor testified
Thompson asked:
'Do you want to know who put
that (the red flag) up there?"
Condor replied, "Do you know?"
yes" said Thompson, "it was one
of my mon" =
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08
Evidence Shows raiders Made
Initial Attack ON |. w. w. Hall
Especial United Press Wire. J


Montesano, March S.-Positive de-
NAL Of any conspiracy to slay the
former soldiers on the part of III
was made by Bert FaulI1-
nor, formerly one Of the defendants
in the Centralia trial, who testified
Saturday in behalf of his comrades.
Faulkner, who was in the l. w. W.
hall at Centralia at the time Of the
Armistice day shcotings, said he was
standing within four feet OF Il win
dow in the front Of the building when
several> soldiers rushed up, striking
the door and shattering the windows.
He said the shooting followed the
attack.
Faulkner testified that as he was
standing by the window q shot
passed through his oyercoat, ripping
a hole.
"Were you party to a conspiracy
to shoot any of the marchers in the
parade?" Vanderveer asked.
''No SIR" Faulkner replied.
''Did you know of any such con-
spiracy?" .M.
II did not"
"And you had been member of
the 1. w. w. over two years and were
me of the best known I. w. w. in
Centralia?"
II was" Faulkner said.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08

house Of representatives by George
Huddleston democrat, of Alabama.
The Huddleston bill has been re-
ferred to the judiciary committee
with II very good chance that public
hearings will be inaugurated to show
how far officers of the federal gov.
ernment have gone in persecuting
men and women suspected of hold
ing unpopular political views.
Attorney Jackson Ralston, for the
American Federation Of Labor,
charged in his testimony against the,
Sterling-Graham "sedition" bill that:
the department of justice under At
torney General Palmer had seized
suspects without warrant. searched
their persons and homes without an-
thority and deprived them of their
liberty without hearing, trial or FOR
NAL charge. 1:
Huddleston's bill might we'll have
been drafted in collaboration with
the A. F. Of l.. attorney, since it de-
fines as malfeasance in office eaeh.of
the complaints made against Palmer
by Ralston. The bill provides:
THAT any officer, agent or en-
ploye of the United States shall be
held to have committed malfeasance
in office who
"(a) Under color or by means Of
his office or authority shall wilfully
deprive Or attempt to deprive any
person of his lawful freedom Of
speech, of press, of assemblage, or of
due process of law, or of any right,
privilege, or immunity secured to
such person under the constitution
and laws of the United States; VI
"(b) Shall issue or cause to. be
issued, maintain or cause to be main
tanned, any illegal injunction, order,
or other process not in good faith
and with the Willful intent to deprive
any person of any lawful right, privi-
1ege, or immunity, or to intimidate
any person or put him in fear in tho
exercise thereof;
"(c) Shall Wilfully and unlaw-
fully commit any trespass upon the
property Of any person, or seize,
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08
DANIELS PLEADS |. E
f0R Cb| |R|EE::ATE:[|]|
NAVY
Asks Congress for $l69,00O,-
600 for Immediate Con-
struction of Warships and
Submarines.
Especial United Press Wire.

Washington, M arch S.-The
United States must continue her pre-
war naval building program until it
is determined whether this country
is to be member OF the league of
nations, Secretary Daniels told the
house naval affairs committee.
The complete naval program
Daniels recommended calls for 60
vessels. The cost OF the immediate
building program he recommends
will be $1,000, 900.
Daniels program, which he said
should be carried in the appropri-
alton bill now being framed by the
committee, calls for two of the big
gest battleships i'll the world, one
battle cruiser, ST.. scout cruisers, 20
light cruisers, eight mine-laying
cruisers, 20 0tflotilla leaders, six fleet
submarines. l4s . g
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-03-08
UN|0N|sM SHOWS GREAT
GAINS IN EAST CANADA

Toronto, Ont, March Sin this
province, called the stronghold of
international unionism," labor con!
ditions are better than at any pre-
vious time, according to labor lead
ers.
The enormous growth in union
mem bership has been especially
marked in the Woodworking indus
tries. In many industrial centers,
the woodcraft workers are now 100
per cent organized, and many en-
ployers who previously refused to
recognize the right of collective bar
gaining are now dealing with the
unions.
What is described here as a phe-
nominal growth in the organization
of women has taken place within the
last few months. In many indus
tries the wage OF women workers has
been raised So and $40 week
Wages paid men in the building
trades are higher than in any other
part of the province, due mainly to
the shortage of skilled labor.