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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23

was a radical error made by the state
board last year in approving the as
sessment for this county then rank
injustice would be done the taxpayers
If that assessment should be made
the assessment for the present year.
1t must be remembered that the
state board of equalization, after a
hearing, approved the assessment last
year AS a matter of fact the state
board never insisted last year on an
increase of over ten per cent. Since
the assessment of this year is about
twenty per cent under that of last
year, an increase of twenty per cent
would put 1t within ten per cent APP
proximately of what the state board
last year conceived would be q true
valuation. Now every witness worthy
of the name would testify that real es-
tate has deprecated in value by more
than ten per cent, largely more than
that. 1t is absurd to say that lands
are as high today as they were a year
ago when their products on an aver
age are selling for about fifty per cent
of what they would sell for twelve
months ago.
The biggest factor in fixing the val
ue of farm lands is the product of the
soil OF course location, neighbour
hood, roads, schools, climate, all enter
into the valuation of property, but the
main measure or standard Of value
should be the value OF the crops that
the lands will produce. Lands assur-
eddy have higher value with corn at
S. a barrel and hogs at fifteen cents
and cattle at eight cents than they
have when corn is selling at 81 bar
rel, hogs at eight cents and cattle at
three and half cents. That is a
proposition that would hardly admit
of a serious doubt.
Again rank injustice will be done
the land owners of Columbia by a
horizontal and arbitrary advance of
twenty per cent. 1t is fact that
lands in Columbia were not reduced to
the same extent in their assessed val
uation that lands in the country were
heduced. AS matter of fact If there
are glaring injustices in the present
assessment it would be much fairer
and infinitely better to reconvene the
county board and rectify these errors.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23

bone of the same bone and flesh Of
the same flesh, all Americans. 1t Is
the place where ancient and unbound.
ed prejudices based on the accident of
birth or a misconception OF the views
of others, are forever laid to rest,
Hence there should me no Haunting of
wealth by those who chance to be
more fortunate than their associates
in the possession of this worlds goods.
While in the end dress makes abso-
lutely no difference in the high schoo
the girl who devotes her time to primp,
ing and fussing with her clothes, win
ming few scholarship honors, a similar.
ity Of dress would make the school
more democratic. At the same time
The Herald doubts the wisdom of the
state going too far in its exercise of
regulatory" powers. We do not want
standard" citizenship. We do, how
ever, need variety amoung our flu
ture men and women. Germany tried
to standardize everything with the
power of government and made most
dismal failure, the most dismal in all
the history of the world. But we can
teach our children that clothes do not
make the man or woman and that it is
not good taste for a girl to bedeck her
self in raiment far beyond the means
of her associates and classmates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
LOCAL PLUMBERS
TO STATE MEETING
TENNESSEE PLUMBERS GATHER
FOR ANNUAL MEETING AT NASH
WILLIE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Ewing H. Frakes, senior member of
the firm of Frakes Brothers, and A. d.
Whitson, who is connected with the
same firm will leave tonight to attend
the meeting of the State Plumbers
Association, which meets at the Com
mercial Club. The program for this
meeting is said to be one of the most
interesting in years. and the meeting
will be attended by practically all live
wire plumbers of the state, and the
meeting will have considerable edu-
cational worth. The meeting will
close with a big banquet at the club.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
NEWTON h. WHITE is
DOOMED FOR GOVERNOR
GILES COUNTY FARMER WOULD
PROVE POPULAR CANDIDATE
IN MAURY COUNTY.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
Maury countians are very much in
terested in the announcement from
Nashville of the launching of boom
for Col, Newton H. White, of Giles
county, for governor. Col. White has
a strong following in this county, be
ing personally known to hundreds of
citizens and many democrats have de.
c,ared that he would be an exceeding
ly formidable candidate. Doubt is eX-
pressed by his friends, however, as to
his making the race as he is known
to be adverse to any further political
contests.
But should Col White be candi-
date for governor he would be right
IN the running among his neighbors OF
this county He would be especially
strong, it is claimed, with the farmers,
who have been alienated by the tax
laws of the Roberts administration,
from the democratic party. He is an
actual honest to goodness farmer, has
had long experience in public life, hay
ing served repeatedly as a member of
the county court, as representative
and senator in the legislature, as a
member of the state railroad commits
sion and is now in charge of the big
highway construction program in his
county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
ACADEMY TEAM
IS STRONG ONE
ONE OF BEST GRID. AGGREGA-
TIONS IN YEARS BELIEF OF IN
STRUcTOR HARRISON.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)
According to present indications
Columbia Military Academy will have
one Of the strongest griG teams in
years. Although it is hard to believe
more than fifty candidates are out
each afternoon, hoping for a place on
the varsity team. That in itself is
sufficient evidence of the splendid
school spirit prevailing, but better
still, several members of the 1920
team are back in school this season.
and are almost certain to be seen in
the lineup when the referees whistle
opens the 1921 season
+ For the first time, C. M. A. is work.
ing this year under the athletic coun.
Gil plan, several members of the facul.
ty composing this council Captain
Max Hardison, former teacher of
mathematics and athletic instructor
in. Central High School, is assisting
in the training of the Academy mole.
SINNERS this year, and he is most
hopeful that the team will be one of
the strongest in the history of the
Institution.
A splendid schedule is now being
worked out, and will shortly be an
nounced. The season will not open
until October, possibly the first Fri
day or Saturday in next month. It
has not been announced who will op-
pose the cadet team, or where the
game win be played.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
PROTEST
FREIGHT INCREASE
ASK INCREASES ON FREIGHT
RATES ON ROAD BUILDING MA
TERlAL BE REMOVED.
(From Wednesdays Daily Herald
Special to The Herald.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 21.--The
Tennessee division of the farmers ed
vocational and cooperative union
known as the farmers union, at its
seventeenth annual conference here
today adopted q resolution protesting
the recent increase in freight rates
on road building material, allowed by
interstate commerce, commission on
petition of the railroads, and urged
state officials to take steps to have
such increased rates removed. The
meeting also authorized kilograms to
be sent to various railroad officials
protesting the increase, and also tel
egram to the interstate commerce
commission.
The delegates were welcomed by
Commissioner T. F. Peck, of the state
agricultural department, and were lat
er addressed by Gov. Taylor who took
occasion to compliment the union
upon it's splendid organization and the
owrk it was accomplishing in the state
for the development of the soil and
the education of its members.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
THE UNEMPLOYED,

Secretary of Labor Davis makes a
good point when he declares that in
comparison with the number out OF
employment in the United States in
the fall of 1914 the present situation
with respect to unemployment is not
as bad as it appears. According to
the secretary there were 100000
more wage earners without jobs in
1914 than there are today. He fur
Their states that large portion OF
those classed as unemployed are wo-
men who had never worked out until
the booms days of and following the
war and that there are really a very
much smaller number of heads of fam
lilies out of employment today than
the figures indicate.
Unquestionably there are indica.
lions of an improvement in the bust
ness situation. TIL advance Of nearly
$50 bale in the price OF cotton is
DullClCllt W luulSuIC thot wv
ter times are just head of us. Cotton
at 500 bale is sure to mean big
increase in the purchasing power OF
the South resulting in an incr eased
demand for the manufactured pro
duets of the North and East That
will in turn mean larger output
which will necessarily bring many OF
the laborers back to their old jobs
There has been strengthening toe
in the price of wheat which will be OF
material advantage to the growers OF
the West, giving them more money to
spend.
Nevertheless improvement is going
to be slow. There is not going to be
any boom, not for many years to come
1t will take time and labor and say
ings to repair the rayages of the war
The best advice that could be given
the people of America is to take any
job that they can get and then work
as hard as possible and save. Pay
ment of obligations and freedom from
debt should De attempted by every
one. During the wild orgy of spend
ing many of our citizens unfortunately
forgot the homely virtues of thrift and
economy. These they must again
learn. 1t is not time for repining.
The South has faced much more Sc
rious situations than that which con-
fronts 1t today. 1t emerged triumph
atnly just as it will on this occasion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
COUNTY COUNCIL
DIRECTORS WILL
MEET OCT. |
QUESTION OF REFERENDUM ON
STATE FARM BUREAU TO
BE SETTLED.
AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
Committee Expected to Submit Plan
Whereby the Directors Will Be Bet
ter Distributed over the County
Than at Present.
(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)
Directors of the county council of
agriculture will meet at the court
house at 2 O'Clock Saturday afternoon
October i, the meeting having been
postponed from next Saturday until
that time, in regular session This will
be the first formal meeting of the coun-
Gil in eight weeks as for although they
came together on the day of the mem
bership picnic of the council August
q, they did not have a formal ses-
sion.
There are many matters of vital i'm
portance to be attended to by the d.
rectors, chief of them being the ar
rangement for a referendum on the
question of entering the state fedora
ton of farm bureaus recently organic
ed in the state. The temporary con-
stitution of the state organization has
been prepared and published and will
be submitted at an election to be call.
ed by the directors to the membership
Of the council. 1t is probable that the
constitution will be submitted just as
The membership of the council was
submitted, that is through mail vote.
upon the result of this referendum will
depend whether or not Maury county
enters the state federation of farm
bureaus.
Another matter of equal Importance
is the report of committee hereto
fore appointed to draft amendments to
the constitution of the council to
change the manner of electing the di-
rectors. The present plan is thor.
oughly democratic, but the trouble is
that it does not properly distribute
the directors, putting too many in the
same section of the county and leav.
ing others without any representation
whatever. 1t is expected that the
changes proposed will be submitted to
the members for ratification in time
to govern the next election of direc.
tors of the organization. Should the
constitution of the state federation be
approved the name of the local organ.
ization will be changed to county farm
bureau instead of county council.
Final plans for the councils partici
patton in the annual agricultural ex
hibit here on the second Monday OF
October will also be made at this
meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
PROGRESS MADE
BY METHODlSTS
IN PAST YEAR
BEST MISSIONARY REPORT EVER
MADE is SUBMITTED TO
CONFERENCE.
OLD OFFICIALS ARE REELECTED
Four Women's Missionary Societies
Now Have an Aggregate Member
ship of 467 and Raised During the
Year over $1,100.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Few changes were made in the Off
cial board of the First Methodist
church at the meeting of the fourth
quarterly conference on Monday night,
DR.. e. M. Harrell, presiding elder,
held the conference and he declared
at its close that he had never attend
ed a better fourth quarterly meeting
in all of his long experience as min
lister.
George T. Hughes, the veteran Sun
day school superintendent, was again
two assistants, Prof. Lee Thomas and
Carl A. Ross. Except where members
of the board of stewards had moved
from the city or asked to be relieved
of their duties because of other press
ing work in the church the members
of the old board were all reelected.
The one new member chosen was Viii
liam e. Britain.
Thomas H. Williams was reelected
recording steward and also district
steward. Mr.. Williams has discharg
cd the duties of these Offices for many
years.
There were no less than thirty-sev.
en- of the officials of the church pres
ent, an almost unprecedented attend
ance at the fourth quarterly confer
encc.
The missionary report was by far
the best ever made by the church.
There are four women's and girls
missionary societies in the church
now with an aggregate membership of
467 or more than fifty per cent above
any previous report. These societies
have during the past year raised for
missionary purposes more than $1,lOo.
The amount raised in money does not,
however, tell the whole story, for in
addition the societies have done much
work that could not be estimated in
money.
Every phase of church life has pros
pered during the past year and the
church will enter the new conference
year with every claim paid in full.
The financial reports were especially
encouraging.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
SCHOOL DRESS.

Some excitement has been caused
at Chattanooga over the failure of the
girls of the High Schools to obey an
order of the commissioner of eduRa-
ton and appear in MILDLY uniforms
sans silk stockings and other finery.
Whether or not our high school pupils
should be put in uniform is an open
question, one that admits of argument
but all sensible people will agree that
simple clothing and a lack of osten-
tation and display should character
ize the dress of both boys and girls
in the high school. Perhaps the best
wal in which to enforce a rule against
"finery" in dress is by establishing a
simple uniform for the girls. A uni
form might. however, involve some
hardship on the parents that could be
obviated by simple requirement that
no silk stockings or fine dresses be
worn and that the hair be neatly but
not extensively dressed or rarranged.
Our high schools are the most DEM
ocratic institutions in America. They
are the real training ground for citi-
zens of our republic. They know no
station or birth among the pupils. The
honors are open to those who have
merit and application and industry.
In their walls the country aud city
boys and girls are brought together
in fraternal association and friendly ri
valry TO find that after all they are
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
PROPOSED TAX RAISE.

Horizontal increases in tax assess
ments are seldom justified. In almost
every instance they result in fragrant
injustice to some OF the taxpayers.
From The Herald's knowledge of the
situation it is constrained to believe
that would be the result if the state
board of equalization carries out its
announced intention of making a
sweeping increase of twenty per cent
in all of the real estate of the county.
Such an increase would bring the as
sessment of the county almost to the
point where it was last year. Every
one who has testified practically
agrees that real estate has declined
in value since the last assessment was
made 1t is agreed by many compe-
tent observers that this decrease will
run around thirty per cent at a con-
sentative estimate. Now unless there
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
OUTPUT OF LAWS.

1t is a physical and mental impossi-
bility for 1872 law makers to properly
consider, digest and enact 1000 print
ed pages of laws In legislative ses-
sion lasting only seventy-fve days.
Yet that is the output of the last ses'
sion of the Tennessee legislature.
Twenty-Five years ago all the laws,
general and special of the Tennessee
legislature, were encompassed in a
small volume Of of a few hundred
pages. Now it requires three immense
volumes to take care of the output of
our legislative mill.
When the supreme court commenc-
ed to sustain purely local or special
legislation it opened up a veritable
pandoras box of evil. The local laws
continue to grow in number and com
plexity. Americans have wild de-
sire to embody their ideas in legisla-
tive enactments. No where else in all
I16 nWOT1u ID tutIc 5uCu q pdooiou hoi
making of laws. The trouble about us
is that just as soon as we get our en-
actments on the statute books we lose
all interest in them. We think we can
reform the universe by the simple for
mula of BE it enacted" forgetting
that in government like ours it takes
public sentiment to enforce law no
matter how we'll intentioned it may be
and that a law that is not enforced is
worse than no law at all.
The evils of local legislation have
grown to such an extent that there is
actually no longer any uniformity in
the procedure of our courts. For ex-
ample the term of Office of a grand
jury foreman in Tennessee, under the
act of 1919, is two years, yet because
the foreman in one county did not ex-
actly suit the tastes of member he
changed the procedure in that coun-
ty. Not only is this confusing but it
was an outrageous invasion of the jul
dicial power by the legislative depart
ment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
Chief JUSTICES SON
TO Be COURT CLEF
D. L. LANSDEN, JR, ELECTED
SUCCEED PRESTON VAUGHN
AT NASHVILLE.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald
Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Ten, Sept I'D
Lansden, Jr., son Of Chief Ju5l
i.ansden, has been appointed CLERK
the supreme court for the Middle Dl
SIGN Of Tennessee effective on N
/. He succeeds Preston Vaughan v
has been clerk for the past term
The term of the supreme court g'
is six years and it is fee office
has been estimated that the Once
Nashville was worth 10 de 1oa
from $4,000 to $4,000 a yu~. 1t
net announced how the court dEI'
in the election although il has y
knownlfor some time that there Ro4
be a contest between Mr. I@ds1
and young Lansden.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23

see those exhibits without feeling til
he has missed something unless
is a member of the county council
The exhibits are truly inspiring a
will result in increased effort a
greater results in the future.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23
URGES !. RSEY SION
COUNTY FAR d
BREEDER OFFERS TO GIVE
TOWARD PREMlyM ISL
FOR EVENT.
lFrom Fridav,s naIIE

(From Fridays Daily ..''
why not have a Jors'. gil
connection with our count E
raj day here ON the second a
Octoberg asked one d.
Jercey cattle breeders o.. '..
day. Jersey cattle, or
ny cows and they arc a.
stitute about the biEe
farmers. 1he dairy ro'
best assetFthe farmer ta " -
days Of depression and
Il am 50 much iu''
exhibit that ! will conr e
ward the premium list #'. A
that there are other uu". W.
do the same thing J."
real Jersey SHOW hr-"
with our other splendid
farm"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23

The Herald carrier D.
and we ash you - iH
when he calls.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-09-23

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-06

On paper, at least, the plan he
offered for doing business with
France, despite the high exchange
rate, by exchanging raw materials
for finished products, looked prom.
Using. But I knew my firm was too
conservative 10 engage upon so
highly speculative a venture, and l
told him SO very frankly.
However, felt fairly we'll dis.
posed toward him now, and gave
him tho names OF a couple OF men
who r thought might be interested,
He thanked me with apparent
sincerity, and then, with the grace
Of dancing master, bowed himself
out OF my office.
He had hardly closed the door be.
hind him when Miss Berkins, who
had been almost bnbbling over with
suppressed excitement, burst out
with:
why, that's the gentleman I saw
dancing with Mrs. Slocum at Come
On Inn last night"
isn't that a eoincidencei" 1 did
not know whether or not to pre-.
tend to be surprised.
But his name isn't slocum," the
s:enographer insisted, 81 thought
you said he was her husband"
"on the contrary, wasn't there,
and so ] couldn't have said any.
thing of the sort"
But l told you Just what he look.
ed like and you never said word!"
Really, Missh BerkIns,' replied
very virtuously q didn't know what
else TO sayl, II don't think we have
any right to use the firms time to
discuss our private affairs"
ITO Be Continued.)
Copyright, 1891, by Newspaper
Euterprlse.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-06
ADVEN LREsS Of TEi i WINS
RyoLWE RoBERIs BARTON.
a Strange Sound

Mrs. Muslrat went on singing
and q singing to her little baby
inuskrat. She sang three verses
about Mr.. Sprinkle Blow, The
Weatherman, and how kind he was
M everything. How he locked up
Jack Frost, and Mr.. Storm and ola
Man Flood, and SlEzly Dry Wealth.
er, and Thunder and Lightning, and
an the other Nuisance Fairies, and
did everything he could to make It
pleasant for everybody. She didn't
sing about Nancy and Nick because
she didn't know that they had gone
to help the Weather FAIRY. But
she was going to know Il soon.
Every verse she sang got a little
bit louder than the one before, be.
cause the nice comfortable house
that Mr.. Muskrat had made for her
and the babies beside Ripple creek.
there was a roaring which almost
drowned the tones OF her voice. II
sounded like Mr.. Storm, somewhat
but Mrs. Muskrat knew that II
couldn't be Mr.. Storm when her
husband had just been in and said
the sun was out bright and warm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-06

him to memorabilia them against
your plan. 1t would help a lot, 1
know"
81 see. We need you in the firm
mighty badly" Hopley interrupt
ed. STEADY now-while / fetch
around the car-we'll go out the
back way and ride-to Paradise"
the last words so low nobody but
himself heard them.
+, They rode far and long, stopping
after moon.up to get luncheon at
the roadside and after It, going slow
ly. slowly, at last almost crawling
through a world enchanted. But
their talk, though bubbllng was new
er tho least bit mushy. Hopley felt
himself on honor; Betty knew It
was up to her to justify her over
alls. cke her escapade. Long before
they parted they know each other
better than for year OF casual &C
Quaintance. Both understood per.
fectiy the gentle game Of flirting
likewise that there are times and
seasons when flirtlngis in wretched
taste.
Notwithstanding. half a mile
from Granny's gate Betty asked sud
denly: why are you so crazy to
pull off this deal? Any special rea-
SON"
THE best In the world" Hopley
returned promptly. Il accept with
thanks the goods the gods provide
when you fell in my arms real
lied that you were an expensive
iuxury-one dared not aspire to
until I had won my spurs. Will you
wait for me to do it?''
Idiots I've not the least inten-
tIon-otherwise." Betty flung back
sitting dlstantly, yet permitting him
tofkiss her hand bood.by.