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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
4
A Tennessee political column argues Republicans fail to unite for state issues, with Sanders and ex Mayor Jesse Littleton vying for control. It criticizes factional feuds, patronage focus, and urges a stronger opposition while noting Sunday observance and church recruitment via Sunday schools.
The state high school inspector confirms Prof. Robert L. Harris as head of the local high school for the twelfth time. The Columbia school earns the highest grade, with excellence in every department under Harris’s leadership. The Herald lauds Harris and the faculty for discipline, care of the building, and service to future citizens. The community is urged to continue supporting the institution to avoid hindering its progress.
The Columbia board of mayor and aldermen enacts a two hour limit on Sunday business, abolishing prior restrictions except during that period. The note complains that Sabbath observance, a hallmark of Anglo Saxon culture, is degraded by brief Sunday restraint and mocks the industry of money changing.
Too long this country has neglected reforestation and wasted timber. A short sighted policy has reduced timber supply and raised building material costs, jeopardizing schools farms and paper mills. Without reforestation the forests and pulp resources will exhaust within a generation, making a wise conservation policy financially and nationally prudent.
In Georgia the Democratic state committee blocked Hoovers name from the presidential primary ballot unless he declared allegiance to the party triggering a statewide uproar. Newspapers denounced the move and Hoover gained broad support among Democrats uneasy with machine politics. Commentary notes the primary may be the smallest in state history as voters split on party labels and allegiance.
Knoxville moves into third place in Tennessee by surpassing Chattanooga as the decade shows Knoxville's population nearly doubling. The gain largely comes from expansion of Knoxville’s city limits while Chattanooga’s growth remains muted. The shift highlights a broader urban-rural population trend and concerns over rural depopulation across counties and districts.
Observers expect a population drop in Maury County based on the annual school census and rural life trends. High land prices and migration to industrial centers are cited as key factors, with labor scarcity and reallocation toward farms and cities shaping the rural to urban shift.
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