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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30

ing presses were kept busy stamp
ing so-called money. 1t has been de-
MED that basic no.cy was necessa-
ry, mere promise to pay backed by
strong government being deemed
sufficient to prove otherwise worthless
paper, full value.
But the experience of the European
countries since the Armistice has for
ever destroyed these theories. Paper
imitation has proved source of evil
the end Of which is not yet in sight.
There is no power, not even in great
and strong government like that of
Great Britain or France that can give
paper money full value unless there is
some intrinsically valuable money for
its final redemption. The fact that
for the first time the pound sterling
has fallen from its high eminence as
the standard of the world, is evidence
of what occurs when the redemption
of paper ceases. During and after the
war England increased it's note circu-
lation. It's gold reserve decreased.
Frances money is worth about one
third of what it is normally, due to
tremendous imitation of paper money.
Some nations, like Germany and Aus
tria, have so enormously inflated their
currencies that it's reputation and ma
tional bankruptcy appear to be newt
able.
These unhappy experiences should
be lesson for all time to come. They
should be final and complete answer
to the criticisms of the federal reserve
board which took dastic measures in
time to stop the wild imitation Of
money and credit which many insisted
should continue in America. This ma
ton is today the world banker, the
strongest financial power on earth, be.
cause it paid it's war expenses as it
went, either in enormous taxes or in
bonds and not by the simpler process
of increasing it's circulating medium
England owes its strength today to the
same causes. Aside from England and
America the tremendous expenses of
the late war were theoretically paid
in note issues and not in taxes
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
SEVEN CHILDREN
OLDEST THIRTEEN
THERE ARE STILL SOME BIG OLD
FASHIONED FAMILIES IN THE
-- COUNTY.
From Friday's Daily Herald. J

tFrom Fridays Daily Herald.)
That there are still families of the
good old fashioned number so much
in vogue during the earlier and bet.
ter days OF the republic in Maury is
shown by replies that Anderson Bros.
& Foster received to their big adver-
tisement in the Christmas shoppers
edition of The Herald. The following
is typical letter among the hundreds
that came to the department store
Spring Hill, Tenn, r. R. 3-You
said in your advertisement for all lit
tie boys and girls to send in their
names and here is mine and all of my
brothers and sisters. | know you will
think we are a great big army when
you read the list: Helen Whitley,
age IS: Johnny Whitley, age II; Jew
ell Whitley, age 8; Earl Whitley, age
z; Cecil Whitley, age 5; Robert Whit
ley, age 2; Thomas Walden Whitley,
age six weeks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
A SOBER CHRISTMAS.

No one can deny that the prohibi-
ton laws are tiagrantly, openly and
VIGOROUSLY violated in all sections of
the country. The situation with re-
spect to the enforcement of the eigh-
teenth amendment is anything but
desirable. At the same time all must
agree that there has never been a
Christmas in this section where there
was as little evidence of drinking, ca
rousing and drunkenness as there was
during the Christmas that has just
passed. Doubtless there was more
drinking than should have been but
if one will go back ten or fifteen years
ago and dwell upon conditions that
existed then he must, whatever his
opinion may be as to the merits of pro-
hibition, agree that there has been a
wonderful improvement. He is bound
to confess that the present Christmas
is much saner, observed more or less
in keeping with the true spirit of the
event and much soberer than were
such occasions in pre-prohibition days.
Something has made for sobriety at
Christmas time That is undeniable.
If anything like the amount of liquor
had been consumed in Maury county
and Columbia that was consumed fif-
teen years ago evidence of that fact
could not have been concealed.
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Personals

Miss Lillian Goad is spending the
holidays with her brothers, r. C. and
S. e. Goad, of Birmingham.
Miss Louise Forgey has returned to
Nashville after spending a few days
with her parents at Santa Fe.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brady and chill
dren have returned from visit to
friends and relatives in Nashville.
NJ. B. Hendricks and Mrs. Ella PEI
fer and sister, of Indianapolis, Ind,
are the guests of r. X. Porter and fam
lily.
Barnett Hine has returned to his
home in Memphis after spending
Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Mary
b. Hine.
Miss Flora and George l.. Holmes,
of Nashville, spent the holidays with
their parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. II.
Holfes. at Santa Fe.
Mesdames l.. L. Payne and L. Z.
Bush and little daughter, Sarah Eliza
beth. of Nashville, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Walsh in Riverside.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Ellis and son, Joe
Brownlow Ellis, of Johnson City, ILL.,.
are spending the Christmas holidays
with Col. and Mrs. J. +. Brownlow.
Mrs. Ulner Mckee, of Carter's
Creek, and little daughter have re-
turned home. after spending a few
days with her mother, Mrs. J. w.
Goad
Miss Charlotte Forgey. of Santa Fe.
who is teaching in Columbus. Ga. is
spending the holidays with her aunt.
Mrs S. c. Carmack, in Winter Garden.
Fla.
Miss Mildred Latta has gone to Par.
is Tenn, to attend a house party at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Porter.
Jim Bevins. a c. NJ. A. cadet. who re-
mP.ned here for the holidays. accom-
panied Miss Latta and will also be
guest at their home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
JOE SHELDON HIT
IN EYE BY SHOT
DEFLECTED SHOT STRIKES BALL
OF OPTIC BUT EXTENT lNJU.
RY NOT KNOWN.

(From Saturdays Daily Herald)
While out hunting this morning Joe
Sheldon, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Au-
gustus r. Sheldon, received shot in
the right eye that very painfully and
possibly seriously injured him. The
shot, evidently stray one that was
in some way detected, struck the ball
of the eye, but it is hardly believed
that it will have serious results. Joe
with his father and "A number Of
friends were hunting when the acct
dent occurred. He was rushed to the
city and given immediate attention
but there was so much swelling that
it was impossible to determine the eX-
tent of the injury.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
FIAT MONEY.

All during the history of the United
States there have been advocates of
fiat money" The old Greenback-
ers of the seventies held that the fl
nancial ills that followed the panic of
seventy-three could be remedied by
the unlimited issuance of government
stamped paper made legal tender for
the payment of all debts, public and
private. The financial disasters of the
early nineties were ascribed by many
to the lack of a sufficient circulating
medium. There have been theorists
and so-called economists who have la
bored industriously to prove that
prosperity could he successfully
wooed il only the government print
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
Democrats Do
Honor To Hull
NeD Chdirmd n
Continued from First Page.)

truth there were democrats big and lit
tie, old and young, from half of the
countless of the state in attendance.
Fitzhugh and Patterson were there.
Nashville was the Mecca, the meet
ing place for the democratic leaders
of the state all day Wednesday and
there were scores who attended con-
terences and mingled with their fellow
workers who did not go to the ban
quet because they could not get tick
for tickets, but there were none to be
had y
On the surface the meeting was all
that its promoters could have hoped
for. Harmony was present in great
big chunks, but beneath the surface
there was another story. First there
was the determination manifested by
many of the old Roberts machine to
get somebody, anybody out as a can
didate against Austin Peay for gov
ernor Peay is bitter pill for the Of
flee brokers and back takers who made
up such a formidable part of the old
Roberts machine. They secretly con
Tess that he has the inside track for
the nomination, but they don't want
him and many declare that if he is
nominated his defeat is certain. The
wish with some of them is father to
the thought. Peay, it is said will
neither ask for nor give any quarter
to the back takers. OF course they
don't want him. Peay has also been
a pretty severe critic of the Roberts
tax laws. That don't set well with the
Office holding brigade who alone have
profted from these laws.
Then the senatorial situation is
charged with dynamite. Pattersons
re-entry into politics, and Patterson
is never in politics unless he wants
an Office, has stirred the old feelings
and passions that were smouldering.
Democrat after democrat confessed
that he would never, never vote for
Patterson il he got the nomination.
Mcclellan has little real personal
strength in the state. Many der1o-
Gratis frankly declare that he is not
senatorial timber. but they will vote
for him if he is strongg candidate
against Patterson than Fitzhugh. The
dominant idea with many is the defeat
of Patterson.
The banquet was a success from the
standpoint of oratory and attendance.
Finis j. Garrett did what The Herald
said he would do when it urged HIM
for the key note" speaker. He sound.
ed a clarion call for a return TO the
fundamentals of democracy. Althoueh
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
ANCIENT LADIES HAD
THEIR WARRANT, TOO

LONDON, Dec. 20 United Pressl
Women who danced for and win
the Pharaohs put on the warpaInI
Just as enthusiastically as the lazy
of today
A collection of the vanitypots Of aH
Egyptian lady of quality rescued
from the tomb which held her mbHf
mHied corpse. has just been broag"
to London. In it, wonderfully blown
glass took the place of the s'HT
toilet accessory of the present time.
Some of the glass pots are beau"
fully iridescent-due to the lnroaP
made on the pots by the acid IN u"
stibium with which they were ilIIe0
and with which the Egyptian hra"'
painted her sye-lids and eyebrows.
The collection included a henna p'
still containing traces Of the dye WI"
which feminine Egypt Of the priV'
hennaed her finger nails as LOU
dOn's smart set is doing this s''s'"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
EVERETT PH|LpOT
GRANTED A PARDON

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 24.-Ev-
erett Philpot, former Nashville real
estate dealer, in prison here, serving
a sentence of seven to twenty-five
years on charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses in three coun-
ties. was pardOned today by Governor
Taylor.
Philpot was captured in Oregon last
year after being a fugitive from JUS
tice for six years. He had been a
prominent churchman and treasurer
of the Baptist Orphanage Society,
when he disappeared, after obtain
ing 100000 under false pretenses, is
was alleged.
Prosecutors in the cases against
Philpot withdrew their objections to
a pardon for him and the governor
of Oregon wrote that he could make
good there.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
HENRY WATTERSON.

When Henry Watterson closed his
long, useful and brilliant career the
most versatile editorial ~riter that
America probably ever knew, GER
tainly the most interesting, ended his
earthly pilgrimage. He lived a long
time, more than four score of years.
American and of world history. He
began his literary career early and
while yet in his teens was the asso-
ciate in Washington of the leading
men of that time. He personally knew
every president from Franklin Pierce
to the present incumbent of that Of
flee. His period embraced the civil
war, the reconstruction period the de-
velopment of our loosely jonted fed
eral system into a nation and subse-
quently into world power. He was
the advisor and the confidant of pres
idents, cabinet ministers, great army
leaders, men distinguished in almost
Every domain OF human endeavor.
Waterson's pen was almost as facile
as his imagination, almost as great as
that of Macaulay. He had wonderful
ly retentive memory. He never forgot
anything. He knew art, literature,
statescraft, politics. music and science.
He could write interestingly and en-
tertainingly on any subject. No mat
ter whether one agreed with him or
not he was never lacking in interest
He never wrote a dull line in his life.
lie was the last of the old editors
who could successfully get away"
with long end involved sentences. He
often wrote sentences of more than
a hundred words but they were always
finished products. He was at times
cratic, always vigorous. took sides on
every question He did not know how
to be neutral His statements were
generally extreme. He forever point
ed with pride or viewed with alarm.
He never took a half way view of any
issue. His power of inyective was I'M
usually great but he was kindly,
generous, loveable man.
No more delightful companion or
brilliant conversationalist has been
known to the life of America than
Henry Watterson. His wide fund of
Information on every subject, his
broad and extensive travels. his un-
usual acquaintance with the men and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30

women OF the world who made its his
tory while he was making his career,
the ease and grace and charm of his
manner, the fiuency of his speech-all
these things contributed to make him
altogether about as fascinating re.
contour as ever lived in America
Watterson was equally as great an
orator as he was q writer. He was
always in demand on great occasions.
He had a wonderful power over his
audiences. One of his notable tri-
umphs was in the democratic national
convention Of 1892, which nominated
Cleveland for the third time. He
forced the convention over the oppo-
sition of most of the leaders and the
wishes of the nominee, to accept a
radical low tariff declaration instead
of the "straddle," that Mr.. Cleveland's
advisers had drafted. He sat as a del
egate in every national convention
for twenty years. and had more to do
during that period with the shaping
of national policies than any editor
in the nation.
If Watterson as an editor had one
outstanding characteristic, it was his
courage. He was always bold and UNI
compromising in every position that
he took He hated sham; he dispised
hypocricy; he loathed deception. His
hand always wrote what his heart and
mind prompted. He could always call
his soul his own. He looked every
man in the face and walked with head
erect. He bowed to no earthly throne
of power. He feared no mortal au-
thority. He served we'll his day and
generation and his death is loss not
alone to American journalism but to
all the English speaking world
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
THE SUBMARINE.

Great Britain will ask for the aboli-
ton of the submarine at the arms con-
ference. The submarine is without
defenders among the humane folks of
the world. It is cowardly assassin.
1t is midnight murderer, inhuman
and brutal. There Is none of the
chivalry and heroism of war in connec-
ton with a submarine attack. 1t is
sneak. To forbid its use in war
might tend to make war more hui
name, but after all Is not the express
sion humane warfare a somewhat
incongruous one? Is not all warfare
inhuman? About the only kind of hu-
name warfare that The Herald could
conceive of would be the use of the
weapons suggested by the late Mark
Twain when as second in a French
duel he was asked to propose the
method for the settlement of the "af
fair of hobor" Mark suggested brick
bats at theee.quarters of mile. AS
.suredly it is not altogether humane
to slash men with swords, to give
them the bayOnette thrust, to blow
off their arms and legs with heavy ex
plosives.
But of all the methods of warfare
the submarine is probably the most
cruel, cowardly and inhuman. Never
theless 1t weapon of defense and it
is hardly likely that France would
ever agree to it's entire abolition. 1t
would be difficult to enforce an inter-
diction against the use of the subma-
rine for there is never any assurance
that civilized" nations will follow
the rules of the game when engaged
in warfare. That was pretty we'll il,
Illustrated time and again in the recent
world war: Poison gas had been in.
terdicted but Germany did not hesitate
to use it. The bombing and bonn
Vi tlIICu SltiCS 10 INT
wise contrary to the rules of .civiliz-
ed warfare, but Germany destroyed
hundreds Of lives through raids over
England. No merchant ship should
ever be sunk without having regard
for the safety of the passengers but
from the beginning of the war Ger
e. man submarines sunk every enemy
ship without warning. Germany was
bound by solemn agreement to re-
spect the neutrality of Belgium, but
her first act was a ruthless invasion
of that little country.
The great difficulty about agree
ments to make war humane" is that
they too often break down under the
exigencies and stress of war. 1t is
difficult to keep men humane and civil
lied when they are engaged in the
slaughter of one another. But if the
use of the submarine can be limited
in future wars to legitimate warfare
and to attacks on warships the confer
ence will have accomplished some
thing for humanity.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS
HAS new PRESIDENT
(By United Press.)

URBANA, H., Dec. 29-Dr. David
Kinley, who was elected president of
the University of Illinois by the board
of trustees last March, was installed
today. Installation ceremonies We're
held in connection with the education
al conference at the university.
Following the invocation by Rev. G..
II. Sherwood, of Springfield, H., DR..
Kinley delivered the installation add
dress, on Relation of State and Ma
ton in Educational Policy" w. L. Alb
bolt, Chicago, president of the board
of trustees, presided.
DR.. Kinley has been member Of
the university faculty for IS years,
serving as professor of economics, and
he was named to fill the unexpired
term of Dr. Edmond j. James, presi-
dent-emeritus, who retired because of
i'll health.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
RICH SILVER MINES
FOUND IN THE YUKON

VANCOUVER, b. c., Dec. 29.-(Un-
tied Press) Mayo Camp, in the Yuk-
on is one of the richest silver fields
ever opened up, according to Frank
Lowe, Dawson business man and
Yukon pioneer. More than $500 tons
of silver ore have been shipped out
this year, Lowe says, and the Tacoma
mills where it was smelted out reports
it is the richest ever handled at that
plant.
In one mine" says Lowe, "the sill
YER vein is four feet wide at a depth
Of $50 feet and I was told by the en-
gineers it grew richer as the depth
increased. Winter work is being
pushed in this shaft and by spring it
is expected there will be a great
quantity of ore bagged and ready for
shipment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30

ton to which he referred his address
was scathing denunciation Of the
growing tendency to carry every
trouble, every problem to Washing
ton. BY indirection he referred to the
road legislation, the maternity bill
the proposed educational bill, the anti.
lynching law as evidences of the inya.
sion of the domain of the states His
address was eloquent, scholarly,
statesman like deliverance, rec from
any partisan rancor, withou, aay
fambuoyant appeal to passion or par.
ty spirit, but it was calm and dis
passionate appeal for the return to
the ancient democratic charts, net he
said, because they were old but be-
cause they were fundamentally and
eternally right. Judging by the liner
al applause he received it was appar
ent that majority of the audience
was in sympathy with the appeal for
old time democracy.
The other chief speaker WAS the
honored guest, Chairman Cor l2Il IlnII
who received an ovation. Naturally
Hulls speech was a bitter, partisan
denunciation of the republican admin.
istration. He arraiened that party for
incompetence and extravagancp. He
denounced its policy of taxation and
its proposed tariff legislation He con
cluded with an appeal for the 'etuTo
of Tennessee to the democratic party
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
.P0RKERiPR|cES
QUARTER LOWER
SHEEP AND CATTLE MARKETS
UNCHANGED-EGG PRICES DE.
CLINE TO 35 CENTS.

Porker prices were twenty-five cents
lower on the Louisville market today,
putting them back to IS on all weight
hogs. The Nashville market was not
made, but prospects were for lower
market.
The cattle market was steady and
unchanged. The sheep market was
steady.
All prices We're steady and unchang-
ed on the local markets with the ex.
ception of eggs which declined to thir-
ty-five cents per dozen, which is lower
than they have been in several weeks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
LONE STAR STATE
HAS BIRTHDAY TODAY
TEXAS is SEVENTY.SEvEN YEARS
OLD TODAY-ADMlT TO
UNION IN 1845.

Seventy-seven years ago today
Texas, the Lone Star state was admit
ted to the union, the forty-ffth admit
ted. This great territory became a
state during the administration of
James Knox Polk, Columbia's own con
tribution to the presidential chair, and
in honor - whom the ladies clubs of
the city are now hoping to erect n
memorial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
MARY GARDEN MAY
MARRY MCCORMICK
(By United PreSs.)

CHICAGO, Dec 29.-"Gold Coast
society was alive today with rumors
of marriage between Harold f. Nc
Cormick and Mary Garden, the grand
opera star.
When Mccormick was divorced yes
terday by his wife, social leaders saw
the fulfillment of Gardens prediction
that she would marry millionaire be-
fore 1928.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
TWO KILLED AND BURNED
WHEN AIRPLANE FALLS

ARCADIA, Fla, Dec. 29.-Lientel-
ants Samuel Fl. Davis and William C.
Sinclair were instantly killed and
their bodies burned when the airpane
in which they were flying crashed five
miles from here today. The officers
were stationed and Carlstrom field
here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
PAYMENT Of TAXES
CONTINUES SLOW

The payment of state and county tax
es continues slow at the office OF Coun
ty Trustee j. Ross Burns, but it is be.
lieved that before the end of the year
that several thousands of dollars will
have been collected However, the
real rush will not begin until Febru-
airy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
LOUISVILLE LIVE STOCK

(Bourbon Stock Yards.)
Special to The Herald.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 29-Cattle
Receipts $50 head. Market steady.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000 head. Mar
ket unsettled and quarter lower. All
weights, IS; throwouts, $625 down.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
NASHVILLE LIVE STOCK.
(Union Stock Yards.)

(Union Stock Yards.)
Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 29.-Hog
receipts 200, prospects lower, but
market not made this morning, there
fore quotations of Wednesday are Civ
en- below.
Cattle receipts 100, market steady.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
PRODUCE.

Eggs, loose 35c; hens, 1Gc; roos,
ters, 7 cents; ducks, IS cents h.;
geese, l5c b.; stays, lie; broilers two
pounds and under 1Sc; turkeys, soc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
QUOTATIONS
HOGS.

Choice hogs, 165 pounds and up. .$8. 25
Select lights, 1870 to 165 pounds. $40
Heavy pigs, 80 to 1870 pounds. $40
Light pigs, 80 pounds down 80. $40
Throwous ...... ...... $50
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30
WOOL.

Free from burrs, 15c h.: medium
bury, 10c b.; hard bury. &c to 7c n.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-30

Well. why shouldn't disarmament
good for the steel industry. when
hibition has done so much i'' "
liquor industry -Elmira 7''' ~
zette.