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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
12
Louisville and Columbia reports show local livestock and wholesale produce quotes. Cattle and hog markets are unsettled with varied bids, while wholesale produce lists cabbage, potatoes, apples, and other staples with current price ranges.
Quotations for scrap iron brass copper zinc lead rubber and bones plus lard and fresh meats from farmers and retailers. Metals ranges given with prices per hundred or pound and notes on market activity. Produce section lists edge and poultry and pork items with per dozen or per unit pricing.
Quotations for hides ginseng feathers and dry goods listed with prices for horse and mule hides, goat skins and lambskin, duck and goose feathers, plus flour and grain rates from Columbia Mill Elevator Co and Ashton Mills. Wholesale groceries show sugar, lard, and coffee prices per hundred or per barrel with noted qualities and packing.
Shelbyville Tennessee April 16 The county politics edge up as Patterson and Carmack backers mobilize their men for the coming battle. Democrats oppose Patterson over his pardoning of many criminals citing costs to county and state and a laxity in enforcing the law due to broad pardoning powers.
Miss Julia Marlowe lies seriously ill at the Plaza Hotel after a nervous breakdown from ten weeks of one night stands. Doctors order Shuberts to cancel engagements for the next fort night. May return to the Lyric in New York if recovery allows. Attorney Satterlee denies any motive to publicize her name in a Boston divorce suit. Only her physician may be consulted. public assurances dismiss further assaults on her reputation.
Danville Virginia voters today moved against the saloon, the dry cause again in focus. The April 1 vote carried two wards with a 45 vote margin, earlier 1908 and September results shown a mixed history. Today's result swings the pendulum back toward dry policy.
Governor Patterson responds to Senator Carmacks platform in a Nashville interview. He supports local self government and liquor abolition but opposes a public utilities corporation and mandatory direct primaries. He accuses Carmack of political expediency and says the real issue is endorsement of his administration.
The Indianapolis News debates Senator La Follette branding him either Blatherskite Rob or Reformer Bobet in a lighthearted, alliterative critique reflecting editorial tone and partisan flair.
Washington, April 15. The Benning race meeting ended yesterday as the senate passed a widening bill for the Benning road with a rider banning pool selling or gambling in the district. The bill should pass the house and be signed by week’s end. Senator Carter led the measure and allowed the track a brief final meeting.
Dr Robert Koch of Berlin famed for tuberculosis and sleeping sickness research arrived in Chicago with his wife from Niagara Falls. He travels to Japan next, plans to visit his nephew Prof W Koch of the University of Chicago chemistry department, and has requested no public attention during his stay.
The Insurance Company of Tennessee with $50,000 capital and offices in the Noel block has reinsured all policies with the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford and will retire from business.
The seven story Willcox Building at the corner of Chutehalroet and Sixth Avenue, Nashville, sold at public auction yesterday. A. Hitchcock, noted local real estate figure, purchased the property for 118 600 dollars.
Many hundreds travel from across the state for a big meeting labeled Knights of the Grip. The partial poll shows broad interest with participants lining up for the event.
Ful ly WO teachers from all sections of Middle Tennessee arrived in Nashville to attend the first annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee Educational Association. About 175 from Putnam county and large delegations from Cookeville, Jackson, and other counties registered at Tulane Headquarters. Officers elected include President H. C. Weber and Secretary Ernest H. Boyd. A notable note is the unprecedented leave of absence with pay granted to teachers to attend, marking a historic allowance by county and city boards.
FAYETTEVILLE Tenn April 15 Columbia Presbytery of the Southern Presbyterian church convened here. Rev W A Zeigler of Lewisburg preached the opening sermon. Officers elected include Moderator Rev M S Kennedy Pulaski C T Looney Columbia temporary clerk B E Blackburn reading clerk Dr Wharton Columbia chaired the presbyterian sermon this morning. Discussion covered publication Sabbath schools and missions with foreign missions on tonight's agenda. Large attendance of ministers and laymen reported.
An elderly woman on her 73rd birthday speaks against fear of aging but not death. Mr James F Abernethy of Rutherford College, NC, writes that Sloan's Liniment and other remedies do noble work. He notes a paralyzed arm recovered with the liniment and urges others to try it, claiming it cannot be beat.
Montgomery April 15 Evangelist Culpepper faced threats in Phoenix City as whisky houses faced mass opposition. A man in the crowd offered protection with a pistol, but Culpepper insisted the Lord was fighting for him and vowed to stay until all illicit whisky houses were shut down.
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