Illinois Coal Miners Brace For Resistance In Tax Pain
Charles P. Hatcher, acting for Cumberland Telephone protestors, filed a petition to intervene in a federal suit opposing rate hikes. He also submitted the protestant answer denying inadequate rates and asserting the company’s proper operation and lack of necessary expense reductions. Hearing in Knoxville is set for Monday on restraining the Public Utilities Commission from enforcing new rates as protesters gather near Elk Bethtown coal fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Hatcher
Cumberland Telephone &Telegraph Company
Nashville
Public Utilities
Hatcher
Public Utilities Commission
Knoxville
Commission
Deputies Plan Give Battle Near Alizabethtown
Nearly one thousand striking miners bivouac in the hills near Alizabethtown ready to march on the city and Rossclare. Sheriff Cox says citizens and deputies will meet the invasion with strong resistance, details unavailable, federal intervention not yet expected.
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United Press
Alizabethtown
Rossclare
RN. Cox
Ale
Better Reports From 6 Greenlaw on Recovery
Encouraging news from Gilmer Greenlay of Volumbia after an pool incident in Nashville Saturday night. He spent most of Wednesday with no fever and doctors expressed optimism for his recovery.
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Gilmer Greenlay
Volumbia
Nashville
Miss Carrie Smith Returns From Journey to Teach Columbia
Miss Carrie E. Smith has returned home from a motor and steamer trip to Cincinnati Washington New York Buffalo and Verroll. She will head the primary department at the Columbia Institute this fall with classes starting Wednesday Sept 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie E. Smith
Tom
Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Buffalo
Verroll
Miss Smith
Columbia
Fler
No Preliminary Conference On Disarming Held
The state department denied any planned preliminary conferences with powers before the disarmament meeting. The United States will not participate in such talks, the official statement asserted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, Sept
State Department
United States
Respected Citizen Dies Suddenly at Home
George A. Reed age sixty seven died unexpectedly at 4 30 this morning at his Gaskill Branch home after a heart attack as he dressed. He was a longtime Methodist church member and is survived by his wife six sons G W J B Dr J H W C A M and Irvin Reed and two daughters Mrs Harvey Nichols and Miss Rebekah Reed all of this county. The funeral is set for 10 30 Friday at Knob Creek Baptist church with Rev J T Cotton officiating. Interment will be in the Baptist cemetery Maury Undertaking Company in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Reed
Gaskill Branch
Reed
Mr. Reed
Methodist Church
G. W
J. B
J. H
Trvine Reed
Harvey Nicholson
Rebekah Reed
Knob Creek Baptist Church
J. T. Cotton
Maury Undertaking Company
Charre
Interior of J Rosenthal Co stores repainted
The interiors of the J Rosenthal Co stores are being given a fresh coat of paint and new wallpaper. When finished, they will present a handsome appearance in readiness for the big sale later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rosenthal Co
Big Drive Against Bootleggers Planned Across Nation
Federal prohibition enforcement officials plan a nationwide fall offensive to enforce dry laws. Details are secret and no official will confirm the plan, but a major crackdown is expected to begin in every large city simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uquer Fsle
Elks Memorial Corners Through Hands Committee Saturday
Enormous sums raised for the Elks Memorial drive as the committee reports great success. More than three quarters of a million dollars sought by the county trustee. Maury County boys are praised for their better work this year while few members contributed.
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Elks Memorial
Leo
Maury County Boys
Columbia Lodge of Elks
Cld
Organization of Elks
C. M. Jones
T. B. Dugger
EB. F. Hendley
Columbia
Boys Corn Club
Maury County
McLean
Abernathy
Corn Clube
County Trustee Burns reports largest annual funds handled
The Herald prints Trustee J Ross Burns's year ending Sept 1 1921 accounting receipts and balances. Beginning with 193410.62, year end shows 272989.52, detailing taxes back taxes interest penalties county state revenues bond sales road funds wheel and dog taxes and real estate actions. Report credits include overdrafts payments to state comptroller warrants bonds interest and delinquencies, with total receipts remarking the largest in county history. The statement credits and balance closing under deputy James D. Cathey and confirms every fund balances to a cent.
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J Ross Burns
Herald
Burns
Honda
Treasury
State Highway Department
James D. Cathey
State Militia For Protection Of Georgia Road
Officials of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway sought state militia protection for trains and workers after a freight wreck near Atlanta killed one man and injured several. Engineer John T. Morris died as the locomotive overturned following a dynamite-caused crash. Injured passengers were reported as Black workers.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway
Here
John T. Morris
Gulleoka School To Open Monday At Nine O Clock
The fall term of the Gulleoka school opens Monday at 9 o’clock with an address by Dr W O Largen, pastor of the Methodist church. All attendees for the term should be present at the opening at the church. Principal Dodnel M Galloway will convene a faculty meeting Saturday morning at the Cumberland Presbyterian church. All faculty members are urged to attend.
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W. 0. Largen
Methodist Church
Culléeoka
Dodnel M. Galloway
Cumberland Presbyterian
Tacilty
Ku Klux Klan Sues Newspapers for Ten Million
Atlanta dispatch says the Ku Klux Klan plans to file suits totaling 10 million dollars against newspapers nationwide. The action targets articles compiled by the New York World that expose the order and were released earlier this week.
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United Press
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
United States
New York World
Klan of Mornis
Visitor Connor B Shaw visits Maury County
Connor B Shaw, leading Washington, D. C. attorney, visited Columbia on Wednesday from Chicago where he is on legal business. He was accompanied by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John B Shaw of the second district for a two week visit. Shaw, a Maury county native, has built a notable practice in the nations capital and is regarded as a rising lawyer.
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Connor B. Shaw
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Columbia
John B. Shaw
Second District
Mr. Shaw
Maury County
Mingutfahed
Telephone Market Report Service By County Council of Agriculture
Those who need hog market information by telephone may call the County Council of Agriculture headquarters at Bell phone No 189 or Citizens phone No ws. The Herald provides daily market wires and the organization maintains staff to furnish accurate daily hog market reports.
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County Council of Ariculture
Bell Telephone No
Citizens
Great Farmers Organization
The
Herald
Elihu Root Named First President of World Court
Geneva reports that Elihu Root will accept the presidency of the International Court of Justice. His selection appears practically assured with a likely World Court lineup including representatives from the United States England France Italy Japan Russia Germany Holland Sweden Denmark Chile and Brazil.
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United Press
Geneva
Eliu Root
International Court of Justice
League of Nations
World Court
United States
England
France
Italy
Japan
Russia
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Chili
Brazil
Registration Opens for City and Primary Elections in October
Supplemental registrations will be held in Columbia on October 4 and 6 and in Tech City and District on October 20 to 22 to qualify for the city election on October 27 and the primary. County election chairman Kannon announced books close at least twenty days before election with registration in all three counties.
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Columbia
Tech City
Distriet
Kannon
County Election Board
Britain Rejects Irish Republic Basis for talks
London September reports publish the British cabinet reply to President DeValera. The note insists that government by the consent of the governed remains fundamental but rejects any conference that could demand a republic or abandon the crown. DeValera is invited to bring plenipotentiaries to discuss the Irish question with the British committee around September 20.
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United Press
London
DeValera
Sinn Fein
Iverness
Shriners Parade and Barbecue Scheduled in Columbia
Immense crowds expected as Mystic Shriners from Nashville, 300 strong, arrive in Columbia for a day of open air stunts, speeches, fun, and a countryside barbecue at the county high school. William Fleming Jr leads arrangements with local Masons inviting all city groups to attend.
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Columbia
Mystic
Shriners
Nashville
Cara
Court Square
Agle
Des Moines
William §. Fleming, Jr
Japan Proposes Settlement Of Shantung Fuss
Tokyo papers report Japan has sent to Beijing a proposal to settle the Shantung controversy. The move signals renewed diplomatic effort as the issue remains a flashpoint in Sino Japanese tensions and peacetime disputes.
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Japan
Shantung
United Press
Tokio
Sept
Pekin
Judge Turner Returns to Own Office at County Courthouse
Circuit Judge W B Turner is back in his second floor office after offices of District Agent J M Dean and District Demonstration Agent Mrs Hattie F Wendel were moved to the basement agricultural headquarters. The return ends his wandering among offices as he resumes permanent residence in his own space.
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W. B. Turner
Court House
J. M. Dean
Mra
Hattie F. Wendel
Judge Turner
Mrs W C Whitthorne Stricken With Critical Illness
Mrs W C Whitthorne is critically ill at her West End home. Judge Whitthorne remains largely confined to his residence as Edithin notes no improvement in her condition.
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Mra
W. C. Whitthorne
West End
Ter Hindsa
Judge Whitthorne
War Transportation Tax Reported for Truck Lines
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Irving Peebles warns trucking lines that they are liable for the war transportation tax as railroad operators. A freight charge of 2 dollars requires six cents war tax, collected with freight and sent to the collector. Penalties apply for failure to collect and report promptly.
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Internal Revenue
Irving Peebles
New York Gunmen Open Civil War in City Struggle
A violent clash erupts between Manhattan and Brooklyn gunmen after night raids and volleys, drawing spectators as police respond amid gunfire and chaotic street fighting. Claims of multiple shots, injuries, and arrests swirl in a tense citywide outbreak labeled a civil struggle.
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New York
United Press
New York, Sept
Manhattan
Brooklyn
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Elizabethtown
Greenlaw
Miss Carrie Smith
J. Rosenthal
Unltd Press
York
State Militia For Protection
Georgia
Gulleoka
Rev. W. 0. Largen
County
Elihu Root
D'Valera
Lloyd George
Owa Ofic
WC. Whitthorne
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