The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-04-15
Home AGENT is
AGAIN REFUSED
BY CLOSE VOTE.
APPROPRIATION VOTED DOWN
ELEVEN AYES AND THIRTEEN
NOES ooUARTERLY SESSION.
DENTON ON THE POOR BOARD
Former Member is Unanimously Elect
cd to FIJI Vacancy Caused by the
Resignation OF Representative W.sP.
Russell--Routne Business.
(From Mondays Daily Heraldl

(From Mondays Daily Heraldl <
Again and for the second time this
year the county court refused to make
an appropriation for the home demon
straton agent, the measure falling by
a vote of eleven ayes and thirteen
noes. A large delegation, represent
ing seven of the community clubs of
the county appeared Before the court
to plead for the appropriation but
their pleas fell on deaf ears and the
majority voted against the $50 a
month that had been asked for.
Court was opened with prayer by
Squire G. c. Ross and every member
was in his seat. The crowd Of spec
tators was so large that the court Aad-
journed to the circuit court room.
The reports of the poor house and
revenue commissioners were submit
ted and approved. Nsa'
Road damages for the current year
were fixed. at $4,000.
All applications for appropriations
for bridges were continued over. UNI
til the next term of the court.
Judge Whitthorne appointed the
following committee to levy and re-
port the rate of taxation for the com
ing year: Squire Akin, chairman;
Squires Jones, jackson, Pinkston and
Dcrrybcrry.
The following named were elected
as the county board of equalization
to serve for the current year: j. r..
Haywood, of the second district; w.
D. Cooper, of the seventh district; w.
A. Hardison, of the fourth district and
William e. Ballanfant, of the fifth dis
trict.
Constables of the fifth and sixth dis
tricts were elected to wait on the
May term of the circuit court
Squmes Orr and Harlan offered a
resolution to appropriate $500 for the
services of home demonstration
agent, 1t was subsequently amended
to read $50 a month, and the real fight
of the session that provoked a flood
of oratory was uncorked.
Miss Ambrose, of Knoxville, the di-
rector of this division, was the first
speaker and she made an earnest plea
for the appropriation Mrs. j. J. Par.
ish, of Dark's Mill, opposed the appro-
pfiation but all other women present,
declared themselves in favor of it.
j. Mrs. w. j. Lamb, Squire English,
Squire Orr and Squire Akin all advo-
Gated the appropriation, but it was
vigorously opposed by Squires Jack
son and Ross. One of the best speech
es heard by tn court was that of Presi-
dent Joe Frank Porter-sef the county
council OF agriculture, who spoke for
the appropriation.
The resolution making the appropri-
alton failed by the following vote:
Z Ayes Justices Derryberry, Davis.
Hardison,. Pinkston, English, Harlan,
Wilkes, uGcst, Orr, Akin and Stanfil
Total II.
Noes Justices Sowell, Forgey, Hull,
Haywood, ,Farris, 1Depton, Digger,
Matthews, Jackson. Ricketts,, Ross,
Carr and Jones. Tital Is.
Squire Cord G. Denton, of the fifth
district, former member of the coun-
ty court, former representative and
formerly a member of the commits
sion, was unanimously elected poor
house commissioner to fill out the UNI
expired term of Representative w. P,
Russell, who resigned several months
ago. The election of Squire Denton,
who was not candidate and would |
not agree to be one, was forecasted |
several weeks ago i'm The Herald. No |
,ther nomination was made before the |
court.
Joe Frank Porter, president of the
county council of agriculture, was
elected delegate to rep
esent the county court of the county |
Vt the dedication of the new buildings
1t the University of Tennessee in
Lune next.
AT IL o'clock noon the court adjourn
I'd having been in session for just ex-
Lctly two hours.
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