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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
1
Independent Socialists stage a demonstration for immediate peace in Paris on May 22, with banners calling for peace and bread. They are joined by 25,000 majority socialists in Wilhelmsraße protesting the treaty as German delegates threaten a last minute break with negotiations.
Berlin reports outline German counter proposals for peace talks insist on Wilson principles. They seek plebiscites in eastern and western provinces, full disarmament with 200000 troops for internal order, elimination of the German navy but retention of merchant ships for economic development.
City and county officials offered no comment on a rift over bootlegging suppression. Sheriff Houser accused city police of ignoring enforcement, while city leaders deplored the publicity. Houser plans a detailed statement later. County Attorney Shelton said he will comment on prosecutions upon return.
Four men named Joe Fallow, John Martin, Kim Peden, and John Skillern were arrested Tuesday night by federal officers at Simmertown for possession of un stamped moonshine whisky. They appeared before U S Commissioner J J Pinney Wednesday afternoon and each posted $10 bond. Peden and Skillern were released on their recognizance. Fallow and Martin were committed to Lawrence County jail.
Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts charged that government food control causes high living costs. He cited army stockpiles, rising wheat prices, and export drives as hardships to the people during a floor fight in the House on May 24.
Cadet Raymond Carson of Houston Texas and Cadet George Pfann of Marion Ohio won medals for the best drill cadets at Columbia Military Academy in the annual contest this morning. Carson won the old cadet medal and Pfann the new. Graduation exercises Friday at 10 30 am will announce the company drill contest winner. Lieut Col BK Graham Capt M G Driscoll and Maj Peevier judged. Final tail dress parade and lowering of the flag tonight at 5 20 pm diplomas presented tomorrow.
Announcement of a major sale at Anderson Bros Foster department store offers a two week event starting Saturday featuring a solid car load of rugs, Hooseomes and mattings with liberty bonds accepted at face value as payment. Housekeepers and prospective buyers are urged to read the notice for details.
Mrs. Stuart Fleming of the Pulaski pike bought a steam pressure canner after a demonstration at her home by county agent Mrs Sophia Mai Shadow. Miss Shadow said Maury County women have learned to use steam pressure canners to save labor and ease winter provisioning of vegetables.
Sheriff G K Howser counters claims of county noncooperation with Maury city officials in bootlegging enforcement. He says city police have ignored him and promises a full statement soon. Howser notes past deputy limits during the anti-fee dispute, pledges new deputies after ruling, and cites joint efforts with Constable Good as proof of his commitment. County Attorney Shelton is away, expected to comment on his return.
Reau E. Folk of Sashville praises Maury County as a top county in the Nashville zone of the Fifth Liberty Loan drive. He notes the county bought its quota plus an extra 250,009 dollars without bank participation, contrasting with counties needing banks to cover slack.
Miss Erling Brewer, daughter of former Mississippi governor Karl Brewer, wed Cadet Leo Edward Shelton of Columbia Military Academy. The ceremony in Columbia united Clarksdale and Columbia social circles, despite parental objections. The couple plans to reside in Clarksdale Miss after the wedding.
Mt Pleasant residents honor members of the Sixth Seventh and Tenth districts with a dawn barbecue at Prank Wheeler’s near Ridley. A ball follows and a Maury Club dance caps the celebration. Attendees include Dr H A Gant W P Ridley EB Turner and J B Finney of The Herald.
Workers at Cross Bridges and Hampshire Methodist churches reported this morning they had surpassed their fundraising quotas of 3200 each by more than 500 dollars. John Cecil, a leading Cross Bridges member, told The Herald the Cross Bridges altar had likely reached 4000 while Hampshire church had performed well, possibly surpassing its target.
Isom farmers in the Tenth district unite to form a cooperative purchasing a clover huller. Eleven progressive tillers pooled resources to acquire machinery for harvesting crimson clover seed. The venture aims to boost seed saving, increase crimson clover acreage, and aid agricultural education efforts.
Paris May 22 President Wilson is not satisfied with the German peace treaty but his friends say it is the best obtainable under current conditions. Nine American commissioners resigned amid objections as the conference produced a mix of agreements and reversals after days of labor. The final form differs from the printer’s version due to post printing changes.
President Wilson called on a Republican Congress to repeal or amend the war time prohibition act and urged cooperation between labor and capital. He proposed returning telegraph and telephone lines and railroads to owners with a coordinated, uniform system, while pushing for demobilization and new industrial organization to benefit workers and communities.
Bishop Gailor confirmed a class of ten at St Peter’s Church Monday night. The group included Clint Moons Nora Green Ethel McKen non Ruth Sadler Humalyn Foreman Lillian Moore Josie Gray Ron Shirley and Frances Boardman. The bishop gave a simple eloquent address from Samuel and spoke on the meanings of confirmation and temperance.
More than 30 000 soldiers arrive in New York with the expected return of Sergeant Alvin York hailed by Pershing as the greatest individual hero of the war. Tennesseans gather to welcome the famed sergeant and celebrate his homecoming amid large public interest and cheering crowds.
In Columbia, Acting Recorder W. P. Erwin and Patrolman Railey Peyton urged county officials to cooperate to curb bootlegging. City Marshal Tom McLean said county sheriff and deputies offer no permanent headway despite city efforts. City officials insist county support is needed to break up bootleg traffic in and around the city.
Tuesday May 27 auction opens with Rufus Lovell farm of 272 acres five miles from Columbia on the Lewinburg pike. Col. R. F. Moore will handle the sale with large stock lots later in June including Hansen, Alexander, King and Pain farms near Columbia. Projections include farm values from Whitaker Brothers in 1918 and widespread newspaper advertising by T. N. Figuers Jr and Moore & Sons across Middle Tennessee.
Paris dispatches report that the Bolshevik spring offensive began Sunday on the front. May 12 noted in Likad despatches as the launch date with initial reports of activity along the front line.
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