Harding Cabinet News and Maury County Land Offers
Marion Dispatch reports Harding may appoint Hoover to the cabinet with a favorable reception in Nashville. Maury County delegates press cheap land near rail and river for a state home for the feeble minded, urged to contact local officials if they own suitable tracts. The state board won t pay $100 to $150 per acre unless better terms arise. Charles E. Hughes named to succeed Colby as Secretary of State.
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Maury County
Roberts
State Board of Administration
Charities Board
W. S. Beasley
John W. Fry
Nashvile
Joseph L. Hutton
W. H. Jackson
Ragsdale
John Shelby Coffey
A. Sowell
Milton & Allen
Charles E. Hughes
Colby
Council Directors to Meet Saturday
County council of agriculture directors will meet in the council rooms next Saturday at 2 o clock. This final meeting of the current board is urged by President Porters who wants affairs of the council for the past year wound up before the new board and officers assume duties.
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County Council of Agriculture
Porters
Merchants Prepare for Big Monday Rush in Rome
Columbia merchants report good progress with stork taking, anticipating a big Monday rush. First Monday is forecast to be one of the best business days merchants have seen in months in Rome.
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Columbia
Stork
Rome
Boy Scouts Move Meeting Time to 2 PM Tomorrow
The Boy Scouts will meet tomorrow afternoon at Col. Gray ham's residence at 2 o'clock, instead of tonight at 7 o'clock.
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BOY Scouts
Col. Grayham
Recruiting For No Autotag To Adjustant Oakes Cavalry Troops
Recruiting text reports urgent payment of county legion dues to fill two cavalry troops within days. It notes motor vehicle payments and a meeting of the county trustee scheduled for Tuesday night.
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OAKES
Union soldiers sought as Columbia recruits for two cavalry troops
Local business men back a two troop cavalry recruitment drive in Columbia aiming to fill both units with able bodied men. Government supplies horses uniforms and pay await recruits with a single drill per week and $100 monthly for those serving as caretakers or with other duties. Officers plan state wide outreach to secure men and equipment, asserting Columbia could become a base for two troops and that the plan includes a five day road work requirement for wagons and no tax on buggies. The Maury county post of the American Legion schedules a meeting to start the year and urges dues payment and roster compilation with aid from the Woman's Auxiliary.
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Columbi
Herbert Dyer
Ineluil
The
Star
Columbia
Mt Pleasant
Lawrence County
Colubia
Herald
American Legion
William Oakes
Legion
Naonal
Legion Weekly
Order
Maury County
Woman's Auxiliary
Women's Auxiliary
Clarksvlle
Adjutant Oakes
Kentucky Man Gets Place in Harding Cabinet Slate
Marion Dec 23 United Press reports the tentative Harding cabinet slate nearly complete with Charles J Hughes of New York as Secretary of White House, Charles G Dawson as Secretary of Treasury, John W Weeks as Secretary of Navy, Harry M Daughtery as Attorney General, Will Hays as Postmaster General, George Sutherland as Secretary of Interior, Warren as Secretary of Labor, and Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Agriculture. The president elect may reshuffle positions if needed and George Be Christian is considered for private secretary.
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United Press
Marion
White
Charles J. Hughes
New York
Treasury
Charles G. Dawson
Chieags
Wtucky
Navy
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Will G. Haya
George Sutherland
Utah
Charles Warren
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
California
Eleet Tarding
George
Poultry Association Meeting Slated This Saturday
The Manly County Poultry Association will meet Saturday afternoon at 2210 oclock in the county council of agriculture rooms. Members are urged to attend as the annual financial report will be presented and a report on the recent poultry show plus plans for next year will be discussed. All stockholders are asked to present a bill for the year to settle affairs.
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Manly County Poultry Association
County Council of Agriculture
Automobile License Tags Selling Fast in County
The 1921 automobile license payments continue under County Court Clerk Lipscomb. Tax buyers are expected to grow for several days. Deadline for payment expires January 1, so motorists are urged to secure the 1921 tag promptly.
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Lipscomb
Kiwanis Luncheon Set For Tomorrow at Hotel Bethel
The Kiwanis Club meets tomorrow at noon at Hotel Bethel for the regular luncheon. It will be the first gathering in two weeks after a missed meeting. Members and wives anticipate a fine program with President Beasley aiming to deliver an exceptional event.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel Bethel
Beasley
Chinese Troops Mutiny Over Delayed Pay, Report Says
Chinese troops rebel against officers for two days in Shanghai area looting and setting fires. The mutiny is said to stem from delays in pay, with officers terrorized and local areas affected. Reuters dispatch notes unrest and disorder spreading through the garrison.
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United Press
Shanghat
Dee
Georgia Riot Leaves Several Wounded in Colum-bia Area
Eight alleged Black residents were surrounded in a house near Hurtsboro Alabama by a white posse after a night clash. Reports say several were wounded and reinforcements with guns were sent to Hurtsboro as wires to Columbus failed. Details remain incomplete and unconfirmed.
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United Press
Columbis
Hurtsboro
Ala
Hartsboro
Columbus
Hurtedoro
Back to Normalcy After Holidays in Columbia
Columbia resumes normal routine after Christmas holidays as residents return from visits in other cities. People are seen on streets again and work activity rises with expectations that business will return to normal by Monday.
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Columbia
Portal
Munday
Fire Destroys City Hall at Phosphate City
Fire swept the one story frame City Hall at Mt Pleasant phosphate City destroying the building and papers in a fireproof safe. Loss estimated near 000 with insurance. City recorder SE Stephens reported about 1500 in raw books damaged by water. Some furniture also lost in the flames.
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Cty Hall
Mt. Pleasant
SE. Stephens
City Recorder
Stephens
Thore
Ford Sedan Wedding Brings Nashville Couple Joy
In a brand new Ford sedan, William B. Howse and Flora Bell Carter were married today by Eageire Gilbert M. Ore. The ceremony highlighted the Ford motto The Ford Brings Happiness as the couple celebrated and drove away toward their Nashellte home with guest Robert Chareh Barrow among the winners of the popular car.
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Ford
William B. Howse
Mixe
Flora Bell Carter
Nashville
Eageire Gilbert M. Ore
Robert Chareh Barrow
Winsman
Nashellte
Hundreds Die in Fiume Battle Rome Report
Rome reports four hundred Italian soldiers killed at Fiume with two women among the dead. Two hundred legionaries wounded as the defenders fall back. A formal surrender to Italian regulars was anticipated while d Annuziio contemplated leaving Fiume by airplane claiming Italy not worthy of dying for.
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United Press
Rome
Fiume
Dgbt
D'Annunzio
Italy
Lynchings Feared After Plantation Manager Shot
Rosedale Miss December 30. Karl Bullock manager of the Virginia plantation at Lob dell Mina was shot and seriously wounded by a Black man early today. News of the shooting spread and requests for bloodhounds to aid in the chase of the alleged assailant, with lynching feared if captured.
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United Press
Rosedale
Miss
Karl Bullock
Virginia
Lobdell, Mina
Junior Order 70 Elect Officers Tonight
An important meeting of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will be held this evening at 7:20. Welock end the more than 300 members are urgently requested to be present as there is work of much importance to be done. Officers for the coming term will be elected and the current officers seek full attendance.
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Order of United American Mechanics
Welock
Japan Prepares for Emergency to Halt Bolshevism Spread
Baron Hayashi, Japan's ambassador to Britain, says Japan will attend international talks on naval armament limits if other nations agree to conference. He asserts Japan is not exceeding its program as a sentinel against Bolshevism and warns against a Britain US Japan arms race.
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United Press
London
Japan
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
United Press Today
Hayashi
United States
Final Report Grand Jury Be Made On Friday
Grand jury will render its final report for the November term tomorrow by order of Judge W B Turner. Indictments are expected as the panel has investigated cases from Mt. Pleasant and Columbus City courts and may return true bills against liquor law violators. R F Matlock sues Dr G C English over alleged malpractice. trial in Circuit Court tomorrow ends the current term.
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W. B. Turner
Squire Ricketts Court
Mt. Pleasant
Columbua
R. F. Matlock
G. C. English
Granddaughter of Culleoka teacher visits the town
Miss Noria Linckaday of Dallas visits Culleoka over the holiday, guest of classmate Miss Ladye Love Evina from Vanderbilt. The visit highlights a coincidence: Miss Hockaday, Vanderbilt roommate, is the granddaughter of late Prof. Thomas W. Hockaday, a former Old Pleasant Grove Academy teacher near Culleoka. Old pupils give her a royal welcome.
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Noria Linckaday
Dallas
Texas
Culleoka
Ladye Love Evina
Vanderbilt University
Miss Hockaday
Cullooka
Miss, Byving
Vanderbilt
Thomas W. Hockaday
Old Pleasant Grove Academy
Cullecka
Gerton
Hockaday
City Budget in 1921 May Not Rise Much
The city finance committee and City Attorney Hugh Lee Webster are drafting the 1921 budget. Officials say overall appropriations will not increase materially, but the sinking fund must gain more to retire bonds. City has added 100000 to bonded debt while retiring a similar amount on open accounts. Operational costs for next year likely similar to this year, with tax rate at 1.10 unless assessments change. The new budget will be submitted at the next mayor and aldermen meeting.
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Hugh Lee Webster
Board of Mayor
Stove Explosion Kills Three in Charleston Household
An oil stove explosion in Charleston kills three members of the Clarence Hi Shokes family, including a five month old baby and a five year old boy. A Miss Shokes and another child die from burns. a police patrolman arrived to aid evacuations and transport to hospital. one other relative is critically injured.
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United Preas
Charleston
Clarence
Shokes
Columbia boy suffers broken arm at Old Hickory truck plant
Hale, a Columbia youth from Columbia, went with several companions to work on the Old Hickory plant properties at Jacksonville. He returned with a broken arm after cranking up a large truck he was driving, with the arm fractured in two places.
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Hale
Columbia
Columbm
Jacksonvill
Johnson Pioneer with Lespedeza to Settle Armistice Day Bills
Charles A. Wright of Little Bixby Farm not the main farmer in Maury County for loamed hay. Years ago Jammer Pork Johnson grew lespedeza on Mitchell place and found it fed well to his dairy. Treasurer George BE orders Armistice Day accounts settled. all who furnished dinner must file claims promptly.
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Charles A. Wright
Little Bixby Farm
Maury County
Jammer Pork Johnson
Mitchell Place
George BE
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Marion Dispatch
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Porter
Ing
Kentucky
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Hays
Kiwanis
Lunghoen
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Phosphate City
Squire Gilbert Car
Maury Council
Charles,ton, South Carolina
Trugk
Johnson
Lespedeza
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