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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
PAYMENT TAXES
CONTINUES HEAVY
OFFICE OF TRUSTEE Is NEARLY
SWAMPED BENEATH AVA.
LANCHE OF CHECKS.

(From Tuesdays Daily Herald. ! I.
With only four days remaining be-
fore the penalty is added on all un-
paid state and county taxes, collec-
tions at the office of Trustee Burns
continued to grow this morning. Each
mail brings in great stacks Of letters
and checks. This morning the sew
eral banks of the city sent lists Of paid
taxes which would keep the office
force busy for two or three days writ
ing receipts, but the rush at the win
dow was so great it will be impossi-
BILE, 1t was thought to write these re-
ceipts until after the first Of next
month. -'
Immediately after May 1, Trustee
Burns will begin to compile his list
of delinquents for publication, and
this will require considerable time and
the rush at the trustees Office will
not be over for several weeks yet.
Those who expect to come to town
to pay taxes at the office are urged
to get in either today or tomorrow in
order to relieve as much as possible
the congestion which is sure to come
on Saturday. 49,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
SAVING CIVILIZATION,

II civilization is saved; if that de
,icate but wonderful structure that has
1een builded through ages of toll and
acrifice is to abide, ii must be by
'ollowing the precepts and the teach.
ngs of the Christian religion. There
IS no philosophy; no quack remedy
hat will take their place. II ever
here was time when the world need
ID the simple faith. the clear cut
'ules of human conduct prescribed
n the Book of Books that time is
low. There can be no substitute: the
further away mankind wanders from
the principles delivered unto it by
the divine writer's the deeper it
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
MUST VOTE OR Be
FINED IN BELGIUM
SUFFRAGE IS COMPULSORY AND
THOSE WHO FAIL ARE PUN
lSHED BY THE STATE.
(By United Press.)

BRUSSELS. April 22.-From eish'
in the morning until one in the alter
noon on Sunday, city and borough
council elections take place all over
Belgium. The voting plan is that Vi
of proportional representation "
means of which every party obtainlns
a minimum ratio of votes in proper
ton to the number of voters. secures
a proportionate representation.
Voting is compulsory in Belgium. Il
you do not fulfill this obligation oil GU
izenship, you will be fined dollar Il
you offend like that second TIME
you will be fined two. Under the ne"
tentative suffrage law, women must
help to fill the ballot box under same
rules as men. In every big city thei0
are women candidates. The three
main parties are all welcoming tenliu
inc corporation, for the local COUNCILS
WELD such wide powers in this coun'
try that they come into domestic 'ile
of the citizens at every turn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
SPECIAL WORKERS
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
WILL CONVENE IN NASHVILLE
ON SUNDAY, MAY 8, AT M'kEN-
DREE METHODIST CHURCH.

The eighth annual meeting of the
Tennessee Conference of Social Work
ers will convene In Nashville On Sun
day. May s, to be in session for three
days ~5ap.. .5..
The conference is composed of pub.
lie officials, such as jevenile court
judges, probation officers, superintend-
ents of state institutions, settlement
workers, officials of organized charity,
public health officials, Red Cross work
ers and all persons directly interest
ed in social and welfare work of the
state.
The conference will be divided into
three sections, as follows: Health, Or
ganized charity and child welfare.
Mrs. Claude ID. Sullivan, president of
the Tennessee Children's Home, will
act as chairman of the section on
Child Welfare" ]. P. Kranz, secre
tary of the Tennessee Anti-TubercuIo-
sis Association, will act as chairman
of the section on "oragnized Charity
Capt. C. H. Hays. of the U. s. Deuart-
ment of Public Health, will have
charge of the section on "Pubjc
Health" Sir
The opening session of the confer.
ence VIII be. held at McKendree
church on Sunday night, at which time
Gov. Taylor, Lewis s. Pope, manager
of the Board of Administration. and
Mrs. John Hill Eakin, president of the
Board of State Charities. will be the
chief speakers. All other sessions
Of the conference will be hel dat the
Centennial Club. 1t is expected that
about three hundred delegates will be
in attendance. The official program
will be issued in the sourse of few
days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
RATE ADVANCES,

II should require the most Conclu
sive proof that such proposed rate
are absolutely essential to the main
tenance of service to convince the pub
lie utilities commission that rate
advances by any public service cor
poration are justified under existin'
conditions. Capital as well as labor
has suffered from the disjointed cor
ditions of the times. They will bot
suffer further losses before the busi
ness affairs of the world are readjust
ed to a pre-war basis.
But the adjustment should com,
through a reduction in expenses an.
not by an advance in rates. Prices
received by the basic industry of the
nation. the agricultural producers, are
now almost on pre-war basis. The
purchasing power of the commodities
which they produce has been cut hall
In two in the past two years. In or.
der that they may continue to live,
produce and feed humanity the things
which the farmers must buy must be
correspondingly reduced. There is
not farmer in Maury county who
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
ALI POSSESSIONS I. rs
CONSUMED N FIRE
FAMILY OF JAMES POTTS ON THE
MT. PLEASANT PIKE, NEEDS
ASSISTANCE NOW.

: lFrom Wednesdays Daily Herald)
James Potts, worthy citizen with
a wife and seven small children, had
the misfortune this week to have all
of his household furniture, clothing,
and in fact all of his worldly goods
burned. He had no insurance. Mr..
Potts lived in house on the James
r. Hammond place on the Mt. Pleas
ant pike and the loss of the house and
contents was complete. His family
need; bedding, furnishings Tor house
and kitchen and clothing for the chill
dren and money ANY contribution
that any good citizen wants to make
can be left at Hardison's garage and
Col. Joe A. Chapman will see to it.
that they are all properly DELIVERED
and used Col. Chapman knows the
family we'll and testifies that they are
needy and deserving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29

gregation that recently sat on capitol
hill The same men who sat there
would have been there II not sin.
gle woman in the state had voted.
Reference is made to this fact simply
to prove the correctness of The Her
AIDS contention that equal suffrage
would not in any way effect the char
acter of government that we enjoyed.
1t was a right that the women we're
entitled to and upon that ground alone
it is to be justified.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29

plunges into darkness and despair.
There Is no salvation In change for
the sake of change; there is no relief
from present conditions through a
hearty embrace of all that is new.
America and the whole world needs
a revival of genuine Christian faith
rededicaton and reconsecration
to the ideals of old.
These thoughts are prompted by
the somewhat fantastic suggestion of
Mr.. Wells, the great British writer,
that there should be secular bible,
that it might be more interesting to
mankind. The world should pray for
deliverance from quack remedies like
this and earnestly seek again re,
creation in the hearts of mankind of
the faith and ideals that have advanc.
ed Christian civilization to its high
estate, which despite all it's short
comings, is the best and the most
humane and withal the most spiritual
civilization the world has ever known,
The Saturday Evening Post thus
disposes of Mr.. Wells suggestion
"If after due reflection, the reader
can believe that the personal prob
lens of today are not the problems
of an older age stated in new terms
that twentieth century man has but
| little in common with those simple
shepherds of the Chaldean plain;
with that exiied people in the house
Of bondage or cropping across the Ara.
bian Desert toward land of milk
and honey; or with the scribes, Phar-
isees, politicians and market-place
crowds of Judea--he may be able to
agree with the author that assecular
supplement to the Bible should be
compiled ..a......t ..
Critics of Mr.. Wells idea will,
however, aver that it is nothing more
nor less than a proposal to condense
the famous five.foot bookshelf into
the smaller compass of five inches;
to compile a new series of Half Hours
With the Best Authors, selected in &C.
cordance with definite plan calcu.
lated to give the whole work certain
broad unity Of purpose. And yet 1t is,
IN reality, more than that, for its end
is mainly ethical and informative rath.
er than merely literary.
There was, only few centuries
ago, an era of passionate religious
zeal, of spiritual intensity. of tireless
self-scarchings, of irrepressible strug-
glngs toward the light. In those
days men thought as earnestly and as
intently about salvation as their liv
ing descendants think about business
or about worldly advancement What
the world needs in our time Is more
of that old spiritual zeal, bereft of
its intolerance and applied not to the
distractions of hairsplitting theology
out to the common relationship of
everyday life. ...f-r f T.
IF the notwithstanding Bible read
er complains that the Scriptures have
lost their power to guide him i'm the
contacts of daily life it is only be |
cause he lacks the mental vigor. and
he earnest concentration to apply |
broad principles to special and ever
varying problems For the two great |
commandments, on which hang all |
the Law and the Prophets, are so |
short and simple that child could
write them on the back of visiting
card, and having Transcribed them
would not find them too hard for his
tender understanding"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29

favor selling their product to manutac'
turers other than sugar refiners, in
order to sidestep the governmental
control and fixation Of maximum
prices. Wherefore business is car
.ried on untramme.ed with other fac
tories and prices obtained exceeding
the governments maximum. Abolition
of government control, on the other
hand, will undoubtedly see Germany
resuming her place as sugar e1'
porting nation. rs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
SERVICES SUNDAY
At PLEASANT MOUNT
REV. S. T. NEELlEY, THE PASTOR,
WILL PREACH AND PUBLIC,
is INVITED.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
Holly communion will be observed
by the Pleasant Mount Cumberland
Presbyterian church on next Sunday
morning and all of the members are
urged to attend. There will be spec
ial music and all the people of the
community are asked to join in the
services. The sermon will be deliy.
cred by Rev. S. T. Medley, the pas
tor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29
EUROPEAN SUGAR
MARKET OVERSTOCKEO
UPER-ABUNDANCE FOLLOWS
THE FAMINE THAT. PREVAILED
TWO YEARS AGO.
(From Wednesdays Daily Herald.)
BY X. H. SHEFFIELD.

(From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
BY X. H. SHEFFIELD.
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
BRUSSELS, (By MaiD. Two years
ago Europe suffered severe sugar
shortage. Today every European SUI
gar market is overstocked, according
to figures published here.
Every European beet sugar produc.
ing country, even Austria, has produc-
ed larger crops in 192O-21 than in 1919
20, with the exception of Russia and
the Ukraine, where a decided curtail.
ment is reported
Statistics issued by the great Gre
man sugar magnate, Herr +. o. LIGHT,
of Magdeburg, reveals the following
situation:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29

lOtdls '''''. ..o,ooo,UOU z,iZ4,lt9
However, despite the fact that pre-
war Germany supplied the bulk of Eu-
ropes beet sugar, Germanys produc.
ton in 192O-21 is insufficient to meet
domestic requirements. It is predict
ed no exports will be possible.
This is because sugar-beet raisers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-29

Herald chesp Column Ada Psy.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

1t takes lot Of polite clowning on
the respective parts Of Frank and
Ella Groundsell before the Juggling
act of the "The Groundsell Duo"
gets under way. The curtain has just
gone up and Frank is making funny
noises at Ella. Ella is pretending
she doesn't know anybody is around.
In about a minute Ella is going to
mistake Frank for the man coming
to tune the piano. Then they will
begin to juggle.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

For the nine hundred and
ninety-ninth time, or
thereabouts, Hines and
Maginnis are giving their
dramatic sketch entitled
"A Tangled Muddle." Mr..
Hines, as the husband, has
just come home after q
night with the boys, and
to square matters with the
little wife has brought her
II diamond ring. "Feel in
my pocket, babe" says he,
"and sec the surprise /
have for you. Wifey
gets the wrong pocket and
brings to life q photo
graph of q bathing
beauty. Well, you'd think
that would queer friend
husband for good. but not
a bit of it. Quick as q
wink he tells the wife that
it's a picture of his
maiden aunt. ooh. it is.
is itp comes back the lit
tie wife. "Ain't she a lit
tle short on cIothes?'
Well" explains hubby,
you see the old lady's
awful short Of breath, and
she has to wear 'em that
way!' And 50 on. Final
iy the wife gets the dia-
mond ring and forgives
and forgets. But wait,
there's more to come.
Just before the curtain Ia
due WHEY says: ~, too,
have q little surprise! ~
Whereupon she shows
papa q little baby gar
ment Emusic cue. "Hearts
and Flowers"). Long en-
brace. while hubby regis
sers great astonishment,
awe and joy, all at once.
Curtain.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20
Poem by Uncle JOhn
WHISTLE, BROTHER!

In this old world incrspcrscd with barren crags and sandy dunes keep my fcncd system with warbed harped or wIiStled tunes When | am seized by grim despair when conscience lhr mcwhen critics crab me by the har or finance puts up rccO, then tune my npened voice, press fiddIcs string-a throbbn realm awaits my choice-a jazz or classic thng And presently, the clouds that thrust their hateful darkness Ter Soul will vanish in the whirliglst High land fling, BarcaoIc. 0, ccr traveller bent with toll and mebbc prayn fer surceaSciBe on the troubled oiI the Irish jig will bring you peace! When bicolIccors take their toll, and leave naugh but wads of grief Yankee Doodle cheers my ou,you cant imagine my relief Then wlsc Brother when youIe sad, when you nearly lost yer grip rotten whistle ain bad as trampn' on yer under lip!
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20
French Seeking
 Reliable Engine

PARIS. Dec. 20-With d view to finding really reliable and. easy working airplane engine commit tee founded d few months ago and known as Le Comite Francais de Propaganda Aeronautique has just created prize of one million francs to be awarded to the constructor who can produce an engine giving neces- sary guarantees of durability. regu- !arity, easy dismantling and cheap ness in upkeep.
 The competition is open to any for eign-made engine, Foreign construt- ors. however. before submitting their engines, must undertake by contract to manufacture in France should their motors be accepted. All en- zine must be ready for testing pur- poses on June 1, 1923 at the latest. The prize wil be awarded some months later.
 The French Aero Club has prom iscd to launch the competition and will receive all engines and have them tested by proved experts in aerOnautical motors One or more engines may he submitted by any constructor.
 The idea prompting such a com uctitiOn is n desire in France tO find an absolutely sure engine for com morcial purposes. Speed will be of minor importance Reliability is what is first needed
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20

In selecting your Xmas Gifts don't overlook The Blum O'Ncill Co.,, furni- ture department For the holiday trade a new and beautiful assortment .of Administer and Brussels rugs in the small sizes have just been received.
 Also carpet sweepers of the newest type. These make serviceable and economical presents. 14-4t
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20
VALDEZ NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF
 PARAGRAPHS

VALDEZ. Dec. 20. Harry Bla- graves. who has a lease on the Ram say-Rutherford mine. situated on the Valdez glacier. about 12 miles from town, arrived here in company with Charles Brown, bringing nearly $3,OO0 in gold bullion. or about ITO ounces. The trip over the gacier was most eXhaustiRg one. the snow being deep and the light rays failing to refract the holes and crevasses in the trail. causing several nasty spills.
 This is the second shipment of bull lion reaching here from the Ramsay Rutherford the past few months. and Mir Plarravcs is very optimistic over the output Several hundred tons of rich ore are yet on the dump waiting to be milled and a small force is at work milling ore and blocking out the rich quartz.
 The Ramsay Rutherford is one of the highly developed mines of this district, and produced considerable gold mp to the beginning of the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20

The gasboat Eyedyn C., Capt. Paul Kegel. is a total wreck. and the yes sel. smashed into kindling wood, is scattered along the shores of Admi- ralty island. where the boat went to pieces in the recent heavy storms sweeping that district
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20

The fire which destroyed the In lach cannery at Sawmill bay was caused by one of the employees pour ing gasoline from tank, 12 feet away from lighted lamp. An ex- plosition resulted and the flames quickly spread to the rest of the plant. The pack had been shipped to the states previously.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-20

The Alaaska Railway Commission telegraph lines were connected up to the Signal Corps telegraph lines at Fairbanks. at ] o'clock, December 10. The telephone lines were also con nected with the Fairbanks office. This gives complete circuit to Anchorage and Seward, via Valdez
 Fairbanks and down the railway line.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
BOY HAD COLORED BLOOD;
BARRED FROM SCHOOL.

Frederick, Md.-Judge Glenn III.
Worthington of the Juvenile Court of
Emmitsburg, was called upon to settle
the most perplexing case of his career
when Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ridge.
white, were brought into court to ex-
plain the continued absence of their
boy from school.
1t developed that the boy had been
sent home from school by his teacher
on the grounds that he was Negro
and therefore ineligible to enter the
school in question. The Ridges refused
to send their child to school set
apart for Negroes" and the .upshot of
the whole thing was that the child re-
manned at home. e,-.r
After an examination by physicians,
it was announced that the boy was GER
tainly not of pure white blood" and
Judge Worthington concurred in this
opinion.
After hearing the opinion of the ply
sicians, the judge suggested to the par
ents that they move across the line in
to Pennsylvania, ''where mixed schools
exist"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
METHODIST CREATE BUREAU
TO PUSH NEGRO ACTIVITIES
Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, Progressive Negro Minister, Is
Chief

advantages, because homecoming.
home-loving, home-defending instincts,
thrift and industry are bred in people
who own land and enjoy the freedom
of the farm. Civilization was begun
in the country. The Church must put
in motion working program for these
people and preach that there is virtue
in swatting the fly, in showing people
how to prevent diseases; that teaching
the people better methods of farming,
of home-building, is more Christ-like
than merely directing the Sabbath
service that aims to do little more
than arouse the emotions of congrega-
tions. The preacher who has pro-
gram that seeks to lift rural woman
from drudgery, provide proper enter
tainment and play for our youth, max
ing the Church community center of
force and power, is linked up to holy
adventure worthy of the Sons of God"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
SEVEN WHITES RAPE WOMAN.

Philadelphia, March 21.-Annie Wes-
ton, colored, of 1926 South Twenty-sec-
ond street, was brutally assaulted by
seven Italians at Seventh and Larona
streets, Feb. 3.
Miss WestOn's testimony revealed
that she had gone in search of EN-
ployment and had answered an adver-
tisement. She was met at the door by
white man, who invited her in and
asked her upstairs, where he would
show her what to do. When she got to
the second floor of the building, which
is used as n club, she was set upon by
seven white men and cruelty raped.
Repeated complaints to the police
brought no results until the officials of
the hospital where she was treated
took up the case with the officials at
city hall.
Subsequently fourteen white men
were arrested. Two were identified
and held without bail for court.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
JACK JOHNSON SENT OFFER TO
UMPIRE IN NEW LEAGUE.

Boston. Mass. March 1I.-An offer
to umpire in the newly formed Cont
mental league has been sent to Jack
Johnson, former heavyweight cham
pion pugilist, for the season of 1921.
The league has not only made an at
tempt to break down the prejudice
now existing in the major leagues by
signing players of both races in Bos-
ton, but has gone two steps farther.
The organization has made Il member
of the race, Robert T. Murray of Bos-
ton, director and is out to sign eight
umpires, three of whom will be Sc
lected from our race.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
A SIGNPOST
FOR WHITES
(An Editorial From the New
York Globe, Tuesday, March
8, 1921

THE New York Globe is one
of the leading metropolitan
dailies of America. The New
York Globe, on Tuesday, March
s. in an editorial headed GA Sign
post for Whites" pointed out
the remarkable work being done
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
OWN TWO MILLION ACRES.

Atlantic City, n. J.-Colored people
in the United States now own two mil
lions of acres of land and property
values amounting to q billion and n
quarter dollars, DIR. James Hardy Dill
lard, president of the Slater and
Jeanes boards stated in a recent ad-
dress on 1.-The Negro in Rural Educa-
ton and Country Life delivered be-
fore the Department of Rural Educa-
ton, recognized part of the Nation
al Education Association.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
WAsHINGToN's OLDEST INHAB-
ITANT DIES.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Believed to
have been Washington's oldest inhab-
itant, Henry Mason, colored, los years
old, was laid to rest in Fanquier coun-
ty, Virginia. He died of old age.
Mason was born during the War of
1912 and he had the distinction of hav-
ing lived through five big wars, name
ly, the War of 1912, the Mexican War,
the Civil War, the Spanish-American
War, and the World War. He is sur
vived by six children, twenty grand
children and seven great grandchil-
dren.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
FIND OUR CHILDREN BETTER
NOURISHED THAN THE
WHITES.

The Philadelphia Health Council
and Tuberculosis Committee, lnvestl-
eating the health of school children
here, finds the colored children are
generally better nourished than the
ayera ge white child. This is attributed
to the fact that the average woman OF
the race is born cook, and the food
the children eat is generally well
cooked. In the Durham school, SIX
teenth and Lombard streets, where
there are hundreds of colored children,
only twenty-five We're found under
weight in the entire school-Philadel-
phia Tribune.