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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
ANTl-L YNCHlNG LAW.

There can be no defense of lynch
ing. 1t strikes at the very foundations
OF government. 1t is opposed to every
thing for which governments have
have been instituted among mankind.
Unless the law and it's instrumental
ties are supreme government is a
farce. 1t cannot long survive. Man.
kind cannot enjoy life, liberty or prop
erty without a government strong
enough to enforce it's laws and de-
crees. No true, liberty loving Amer
lean citizen, who reveres the law, re.
spects constituted authority and has
the Unborn love of good order which
Is characteristic Of the Anglo-Saxon
can view otherwise than with geneu-
inc alarm the evidences of lawless.
ness which abound everywhere. 1t is
a terrible thing for mob to murder a
human being, even though he may be
guilty. but it is infinitely worse to
murder the law, to set at naught every
agency that mankind has through the
slow processes of the ages erected as
barriers against his own savagery and
brutality.
Mobs seldom or never wreak their
vengeance upon those whom the law
would not sufficiently punish. They
select as their victims those who have
no friends, no influence and no money,
men who would stand little chance in
the courts to defeat justice. The ne.
groes who are all too often the victims
OF the mob's vengeance and hate.
would all be speedily convicted in the
courts and punished to the limit Of
the law There is less reason for
lynching negro than therefs for the
mob murder of white man, because
the white men elect the judges, com.
pose the juries, make the laws and adj
minister them in this country. II is a
confession that they are afraid even
to trust the machinery which they
have themselves created and will adj
minister.
The Herald has steadfastly opposed
mob violence. II believes in law and
order: in the execution OF the law it
heholds The only safeguard for the lib.
critics of the American people. 1t has
never condOned or palliated the slight.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
PARDONlNG DEBS.

Only a mawkish and diseased senti.
ment can prompt the demand for the
pardon of Eugene V. Debs and other
traitors who are being punished be
cause during the war they sought to
give aid and comfort to the enemy
The American Legion representing
the great body of those who fought
and suffered most for the preservation
of our country and in defense of its
honor, has unanimously protested
against Debs pardon. Every red blood
ed American knows that the prison
sentence that he received was richly
merited. Had any considerable mum
Der of so-called Americans followed
the example of Debs and yielded to his
pleas, this nation might have perish.
ed from earth during that great war
In any event the issue between Chris
tian civilization as we know and un
derstand it and the horrible doctrines
of Pan-Germanism would have been
rendered doubtful. Debs failure to Sc
riously embarass and if possible de
stroy his country was due to no lack
of zeal on his part, but solely to the
patriotism and good sense of the
American people. Debs should re
main in prison until his sentence, a
mild one compared to the offense
shall have expired. His pardon will
be an affront to every soldier, sailor
and marine who honorably wore the
uniform of his country in the late war
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23

exemption and the other just within
the higher $4,000 exemption.
Single persons and married per.
sons not living with husband or wife,
are allowed an exemption of $l,OoO.
Nonresident aliens are allowed sin,
gle personal exemption OF 81 1000. Per
sons having Gross income for 1927 Of
$4,000 or over are required to make 4
return, regardless of the amount of
net income.
Provision is made for the repeal as
of January l, 1922, of the tax on stock.
holders of personal service corpora
ton as such. After that date such cor
porations are to be taxed in the same
manner as other corporations.
THE income tax on corporations for
the calendar year 1922 and thereafter
is increased from 10 to 1917 per cent
The $4,000 exemption heretofore al
lowed corporations is to be granted
only to those corporations whose net
income is $4,000 or less.
Many persons are of the impress
sion that the taxes on ice cream, soft
drinks, etc, monthly returns of which
are required, have been repealed with
the enactment of the new act These
taxes remain in force until the end Of
the calendar year 1921.
No change is made in the tax on
admissions, except that after January
!, 1922, there will be no tax where ad-
mission is 10 cents or less Effective
January l, 1922, the following taxes are
also abolished: On municipal instrn'
ments, sporting goods, chewing gum
portable electric fans, thermOS bot,
ties, fur articles, pleasure boats ana
pleasure canoes (unless sold for more
than $1,000, toilet articles. medicines
and numerous articles of apparel
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
BANKS TO CLOSE
ON NEXT MONDAY
SEVERAL CONCERNS IN CITY. IN.
GLIDING HERALD, TO OBJ
SERVE HOLIDAY.

(From Mondays Daily eHrald)
Several concerns in the city, includ-
ing all the banks and The Herald, will
observe next Monday as holiday. Be
cause Christmas day happens to fall on
Sunday many of the houses that in the
past have suspended business on
Christmas day will simply observe
Monday. This has been the universal
custom of The Herald and is one from
which it will not deviate this year.
When Christmas day has arrived on
Sunday in the past, an examination of
the files of The Herald reveals that
the following day was partially OBJ
served as a holiday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23

est evidence of mob rule But IL
doubts very much the wisdom Of the
Dyer anti.lynching law which would
vest the punishment of mob members
in the federal courts. This bill is a
dangerous and unconstitutional inva-
sion of states rights. 1t is an unwar-
ranted extension of the powers of the
federal government 10 the domain re-
served for the states. The Herald is
an old fashioned democrat 1t be-
l;eyes in the federal system. It has
long resisted the encroachments of the
general government on the powers re-
served to the people and the states. 1t
believes that the remedy which the
Dyer federal control bill would pro-
vide would be worse even than the dis.
ease, terrible as that is. 1t is difficult
to see how our splendid system can
continue il the states are to be finally
destroyed and reduced to a mere vas
sal province. The Herald would not
pay such price even for an effective
anti-lynching- law. 1t is not yet ready
to confess that our American system
is failure.
The Dyer federal control bill is the
natural consequence of the rapid ex-
tension of the powers of the federal
government in recent years. 1t Is diff
ficult to see how democrats who have
voted for federal control over road
construction, for federal supervision
of the suffrage laws. for federal con-
troll of maternity and education, can
consistently oppose the Dyer law.
Assuredly If the federal governments
powers are to be constantly enlarged
there is more reason for legislation to
uphold the majesty of the law than
there would be for the invasion of the
home and the school and the ballot
box.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
DR.. KICKS, FORMER
PASTOR HEARD BY
METHOD|STS HERE
MAKES POWERFUL PLEA FOR
SUPPORT OF lSSiONARY EF-
FORTS OF CHURCH.
CHRISTIANITY MAKING PROGRESS
Journey Throughout the Bounds OF
Church Shows That More People At
= tending Services and Sunday
Schools Larger Than Ever Before.
(From Mondays Daily eHrald.)

VI lpHI hOHudy , bdlly tIlldiu'J
DR.. William B. Kicks, for four years
pastor of the First Methodist church.
was heard Sunday morning by his old
congregation DR.. Kicks has been en-
gagged with the Centenary organization
of his church for several years and he
preached missionary sermon. He
had strong and forceful appeal for
the support of the missionary endeav-
ors of the church, both foreign and do
.mestic. He declared that despite the
prevalent over the coun-
try, the apparent increase in sin and
immortality the Kingdom of God in this
world was making progress.
Dr. Kicks said that within the past
six month he had been practically all
over Southern Methodism and that ev-
erywhere he had found larger congre-
cations at the church, services than
ever before, that the Sunday schools
had a larger attendance than was for
merly known He said the churches
were finding it necessary to increase
their plants in order to take care of the
increasing demands made upon them.
I'm the course of his sermon DR..
Kicks took vigorous rap at Ambassa-
dor Harvey's Pilgrims day dinner
speech in which the American ambas-
sador had declared that American en-.
tered the war alone because she was
afraid not to fight and to save her
hide" DR.. Kicks declared that when
Harvey made this statement he did
not represent America or the senti.
ment of the millions who served and
sacrificed during the war. He said
that Americas great missionary eff
forts, her free contributions to the re-
lief Of all mankind, negatived the
statements of the ambassador.
At the close of the sermon many of
the congregation went forward to
shake hands with their former pastor.
who perhaps was as greatly beloXed
during his stay in Columbia as any
preacher who ever served a charge
here He was literally overwhelmed
with invitations to visit his old flock
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
MAKES APPEAL FOR
TWO SMALL BOYS
REV. r. A. PATTON ASKS FOR
CLOTHING FOR YOUTHS WHO
ARE WORTHY AND NEEDY.
(From Tuesdays Daily Herald.)

uGOuuy DuiiS liCIuIasJ
The following appeal for Rev. r. A,
Patton, pastor of the Frierson Memo
rial church, should have the attention
of the good people of Columbia:
An opportunity to do good at your
own door
"A mother who is a regular attend
ant at church and Sunday school said
to me Sunday, My two little boys told
me to ask you to help them get coats
so that they could come to Sunday
school, Can't we make it whole
suit for each of them? They are wor-
thy They are ten years old and me-
dium sized. Have you such that your
boy has outgrown and left it in good
shape? Call me over either phone
Have you some plain dresses or sub
stantial underwear or wraps for little
girls up to medium sized ladies' that
you do not need? DO not send me
anything until you call me, for we do
not want anything unless it can be
used Put your name and address on
the package so that it can be return
ed if we do not need it.
Yours sincerely,
"REV. Il. A. PATTON"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
HELPING RUSSIA.
VS. the Nashville Banner:


Let Russia not only repent but
bring forth fruit meet for repentance.
II the people there want help let them
first help themselves Let them as
sure the nations to whom they appeal
OF their friendliness and co-opration.
This first step in this direction would
be to remove Lenine and Trotsky and
show evidence of returned sanity and
a return to condition which renewed
prosperity is possible,
1t seems to The Herald that there
can be no disagreement with the
above statement. Aid to Russia now
will simply tend to prolong the agony
and delay that time when sanity must
return to its people. When the people
OF Russia get hungry enough and des-
perate enough there will be sonfe hope
for the nation. To feed the starving
now would mean to lull them once
again to sleep under the seductive in
fuehces OF the arch enemies Of socie-
ty. Lenine and Trotzky.
Russia and Russia alone is to blame
for her present plight. The so-called
intelligence" started the trouble
when they overthrow the czarist re.
gime. Terrible has been their folly.
Most of them have persisted in the
hands of the Bolsheviki. AS between
the government of the cars and the
anarchy and reign Of terror that now
exists there is no question of how a
sensible man, humane man, would
choose. The imperial regime had
many and serious faults, but 1t was in
finitely better suited to Russia than
any so-called democracy. Because de-
mocracy is a good thing for the Eng
lish speaking people who have through
centuries of trial and effort attained a
measure of self-government and self
restraint that entitled them to the
management of their own affairs, does
not make it blessing for the Rus
slams, many OF whom three.quarters of
century ago We're slaves. 1t might
ba that after two or three centuries
under the czarist rule the Russians
would have been ready for self gov
eminent, but assuredly they must
have a strong and perhaps despotic
government ii they are ever again to
make any Roadway on the high road
OF progress
Assuredly no patriotic American
owes anything to Russia, Her terrific
ries comparatively speaking, suffered
little from the war. At the critical
moment she violated her plighted faith
with the allies and came very near in
surfing the triumph of German brutal
ty and Imperialism. When the Rus
SLAMS get rid of the fanatics whose
only desire is the destruction of all
law and government, the overthrow of
Christian civilization and the exter-
mination of the established order ev-
erywhore, then may be Americans can
conside. '.'eir plea for aid. But hot
before.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
Officers Get
Illicit Still
Sixth District
From Mondays Daily eHrald1

From Mondays Daily eHrald)
Ben Hill. resident of the sixth dis.
trict, is in Jail charged with operating
an Illicit still, and the big copper still
itself is in the court house yard today
as the result of a raid made upon
Hills home Saturday night by Deputy
Sheriff's John Innman, Arthur Ring
and Jesse Anderson.
The still was one of the best and
most complete captured by officers in
recent months. It was constructed of
copper and bore evidences Of consid.
cradle operation. Officers say that the
still had been operated in Mr.. Hills
kitchen. and that he was well prepar-
ed for the manufacture of moonshine.
Oficers declare their belief that
Hin was the owner of the big stirl cap
tured in the same section recently by
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
NICE COMPLEMENT
FOR UNDERTAKEN
THOS. L. CUNNINGHAM MADE
sUE-REGlSTRAR FOR MAuRY
AND SIX OTHER COUNTIES.
(From Saturdays Daily Herald. J

(From Saturdays Daily Herald)
A splendid and deserved honor has
been conferred upon Thomas l.. Gun.
bingham, head of the Maury Under.
taking Company. He has been ap.
pointed "Sub-Registrar of Deaths" for
every death in Maury and six adioin
ing counties as follows: Williamson,
Hickman, Lewis, Marshall Giles and
Lawrence. 1t will be the duty of Mr.
Cunningham to issue burial permits,
and permits for the transportation of
bodies from one county to another.
The appointment of Mr.. Cunning.
ham as sub-registrar is the result of a
recent visit of Dr. c. b. Crittendon,
head of the vital statistics of the state.
DR.. Crittendon paid splendid compli-
ment to Mr.. Cunningham. saying that
the local undertaken had been keeping
his records, and the records for the
state department in better shape, aud
more comprehensive than perhaps any
in the state, and for this
efficiency Mr. Cunningham was APP
pointed to his responsible position.
Mr.. Cunningham stated this morn
ing that his commission as sub.regis
trar would be received here within the
next few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
ELECT 1922 OFFICERS
LATTA ZACHARiAH TURPIN HUN
ORED WITH THE CHAIR or
THE HIGH PRIEST.

From Fridays Daily Herald
Hon. L. u. Turpin was elected h'E'
priest of Lafayette Chapter Va. T.
Royal Arch Masons at the mrei'hb
held this week. Mr. Turpin is an '"F
presiding officer and with him IN '"'
chair no doubt the interest and WON
in the chapter that has been at H'S"
water mark for the past i"''''
months will show improvement
The officers elected werr.
Wheeler. king: Henry stone. s''''e'
J. c. Lowman, captain Of The h"7I.
L. Digger. principal soiourner.
Smith. royal arch captain. John ''O'
Robertson, master of the third '''''
A. Harris. master of the sernn' ''.,
r. p. Cant. master Of the first ''''
Mike Lookosky, sentinel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
BRITISH CONSTITUTION.

The flexibility of the British consti.
tuition was never so well illustrated as
in the prompt approval given by par.
Lament to the treaty according to Ire
land the status of a dominion. The
British constitution is an indefinite in.
tangible sort of thing resting upon a
mass of presidents. customs and even
traditions. In reality the parliament
is absolutely supreme and the house
OF commons has no master but p1blic
opinion. There is no written constitu.
ton, no system OF checks and bal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
ENEMIES OF PACT.

The four power treaty agreed upon,
at the arms parley for the settlement
of Pacific problems is fortunate in the
character of the enemies that have as
sailed it. Opposition from LoFollette
and Reed and Borah and Tom Watson
was to have been expected. Likewise
the Sim Feiners of this country who
long for nothing so much as they dc
for war between the English speaking
races, the real trustees of civilization,
have assaulted the treaty.
Opposition from the hyphenates and
the LaFollettes and Reeds and Wat
son who assailed everything for
which the country stood in the time
of war and distress will greatly
strengthen the treaty among real, gen
uine Americans. That it is step to-
ward peace is assured. There can be
no reduction of ornaments without in
ternational agreements for the settle
ment of disputes and for mutual dis
armament but just as soon as these
agreements are amicably reached
comes the little, narrow, selfish racial
interests and howl about entangling
alliances. Borah has been in eruption
about a reduction of ornaments for
months, but when President Harding
failed to make him commissioner to
the conference it was pretty well as.
sured that any agreement reached
there would be opposed by him.
American statesmen and sensible
American people must recognize the
plain fact that America cannot be the
beneficiary of international agree
ments for promoting the peace and
concord of the world unless America
is willing to share some of the bur
dens and assume some of the Obliga.
tons to bring about this happy situa
ton A policy of that kind, narrow,
selfish, provincial, is not going to re-
ceive any recognition or consideration
from the other nations of the world
LaFollette and Watson, avowed paci-
ficists when their country is assailed
by foreign foe, would have all the
benefits and assumed none of
the responsibilities for the preserya
ton of world peace
The aroused conscience of the
American people, their inherent love
of peace, their opposition to
the oppressive burdens of great
ornaments, all these things will make
for the speedy ratification of agree
ments reached in good faith in the
great arms conference. II is unfortu.
nate that some democrats. who care
more for narrow, selfish party inter
ests that they do for the peace and hap
piness of mankind, should attempt to
secure some partisan advantage out of
the apparent reversal of republican
leaders on the question of assuming
international obligations. If the re-
publicans have changed, all the more
to their credit The goal is so great,
the stake so big, nothing less than the
salvation of civilization itself, that
there is\ glory enough in the under
taking for all parties and all factions.
Miss Sarah Burns has rett, ned from
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23
noes. Had there been the fundamen

ances. Had there been the fundamen
tai change made in the constitution
in the case of Irish freedom" would
have required months and may be
years for its consumation.
One can best reveal the <flexibility
of the English constitution and the
ease with which changes that are vital
and fundamental may be made by a
comparison with the system under
which America is governed, where we
have a rigid, written constitution.
Suppose for example that Tennessee
had been in state of instruction and
had set up revolutionary or rebel
government Finally representatives
from this state and the central govern.
ment had agreed upon settlement
that would give Tennessee a position
in the Union similar to that which Ire
land will have under the recent treaty
in the British empire. Such treaty,
involving as it would a fundamental
change in the constitution of the Unit.
ed Staes would first have been sub
mitted to the senate of the United
States. There it would have been de
bated for perhaps six or eight months,
until the patience of the public was
exhausted. Then it would have been
submitted to the states and three
fourths of the legislatures would have
had to ratify it. That would have
taken from one to two years.
But the Irish treaty was submitted
on one day, debated at length and on
the following day ratified by MAORI
ties In both houses of parliament and
1t Immediately became a part of the
constitution of the great British EN-.
pire, the most wonderful structure OF
all the aged, loose jointed, with the
authority of the central government
often a mere shadowy SUBSTANCE, but
1t is such an association of free ma
lions that with the exception alone OF
Ireland, everyone during the recent
crucial test rallied to the mother
country with oceans of blood and bill
lions of treasure as their cOntribu
tons. Whether or not it is better t6
have a flexible, easily changed rather
indefinite constitution like than o
Great Britain, or have rigid written
document difficult to change O
amend like that of the United States,
is of course an academic question and
one not easily answered. Perhaps
with the character of representatives
we have in the congress and the many
racial and class interests with which
we must contend it is safer to have a
ibid, written constitution in America
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23

Miss Sarah Burns has retL, ned from
Virginia Intermont College to spend
the holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John At. Burns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-23

Minter Cant, Of Little Rock. Ark.
is here for the holidays with his par
ents. DR.. and Mrs. H. 4. Cant.