Trial overruled for Cooper and Robt Carmack murder
Nashville Tenn April 27 Judge Hart overruled the motion for a new trial for Duncan B Cooper and Robt convicted of the murder of Edward Ward Carmack. The defendants waived formal appeal and an appeal was taken to the court. The decision met with local approval amid strong interest in Columbia. The Herald office phone rang constantly throughout the morning.
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Nashville
Tenn
Duncan B. Cooper
Robt
Edward Ward Carmack
Hart
Imco
Cooper
Columbia
Coopers
Herald Office
Mitchell Gets Short Reprieve In Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro Tennessee on April 23 a reprieve was granted to Bud Mitchell the condemned murderer who was to be hanged next Saturday Governor Patterson granted a thirty day reprieve while a legislative bill seeks to move executions to the state penitentiary If the bill passes before the reprieve ends the execution will be in Nashville instead of here
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Bud Michell
Patterson
Jesse Sparks
Jesse Beasley
Oscar Nolens
Fiames
Mitchell
Nore
State Penitentiary
Nashville
Morgan Home Narrowly Escapes After Lightning Strike
A Tuesday afternoon storm caused lightning to strike the Morgan home on the Lowell Mill Pike. The bolt blew out a nearby telephone box, started a fire to a window curtain, and damaged multiple phones as floodwaters swelled in the county.
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Morgan
Lowell Mill Pike
iG Files Deed of Trust In Mt Pleasant Grocery Venture
L. E. Lowe, colored, operates a small grocery business at Mt Pleasant. The filing shows liabilities amounting to only a few hundred dollars. References to medical treatments and remedies appear in the readable fragment but lack clear context or relevance to the deed notice.
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L. EL Lowe
Mt. Pleasant
Ice Plant Opens In Columbia With Modern Absorption System
John B. Ashton Ice Plant at Ashton's Mills near the Nash ville pike began operation last Tuesday. Capacity seven tons per day, using Vogt invented absorption system. Henry Yost Ice Plant Co. installed by Henry W Garlington. Plant plans cold storage for crops and aims to ship ice to nearby towns. Ashton expects steady operation and sees it as a new local industry.
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John B. Ashton
Ashton
Nashville Pike
Court House
Henry Yost Ice Plant Co
Henry W. Garlington
Vogt
Her
Ald
Columbia
Columbia Ice Co
Herald
John G Capers Hope for Recovery After Illness
Rev W B Capers reports from Washington that U S Revenue Commissioner John G Capers shows improvement and is on the road to recovery. Brother Rev William T Capers of Christ Church Cathedral Lexington Ky relayed the latest long distance update Sunday afternoon after earlier telegrams warned of grave condition and little hope.
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W. B. Capers
William T. Capers
Christ Church Cathedral
Lexington
U. S. Revenue
John G. Capers
Washington
Capers
Mr. Caper
Night Rider Case Nolds: Baker Freed In Reese Raid Probe
Waverly Tennessee April 28. Attorney General Bowman states Dug Baker has no involvement in the Reese raid and Baker is released. Jury selection proceeds slowly with only three of 200 examined likely to be qualified. A large orderly crowd remains in town as soldiers guard the night riders, transporting them to court daily.
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Waverly
Tenn
Maj W J Whitthorne Dies After Gallant Public Service
Maj W J Whitthorne a famed Columbia citizen and Civil War veteran died at 2 PM after a pneumonia battle. He was born in 1845 in Bedford county and served from age 16, later held Army Records duties as a lieutenant colonel before concluding as a private in the final years of the war. Survived by wife Mrs Charlotte Whitthorne Hughes and children including Clinton Sewanee and Sam Levistans. funeral plans pending. Interment at Rose Cemetery.
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Maj W. J. Whitthorne
Columbia
Clinton Whitthorne
Sewanee
Sam Whitthorne
Levistans
Maj. Whitthorne
Charlotte Whitthorne Hughes
B. R. Whitthorne
Shelbyville
E. A. Cox
Lewiston
Idaho
Rose HM Cemetery
Tennessee
W. J. Whitthorne
Bedford County
Wm. J. Whitthorne
W. H. Wisener
Whitthorne
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
George Maney
Bragg
Kentucky
Perryville
Cumberland Presbyterians Name a Committee to Take Legal Steps
After a Richland Presbytery meeting at Pleasant Hill, Capt. J. H. Fuell announces a five member committee will seek legal action to regain church property held by Unionists. A joint committee with Columbia Presbytery may be formed. meeting in Columbia, Tenn., planned soon to pursue possession.
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Richland Presbytery
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Hill
J. H. Fucell
Columbia
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Cumberland Presbyterian
Jhut
Cumberland Presbyterians
City of
Tenn
Nce
Columbia Pre
Flagman Injured in Yard Accident Near Thirteenth Street
H W McDonald a flagman in the local yards was seriously hurt Monday just before noon. His left foot was crushed and all toes were severed when he stepped up on a witch engine dragging wheels. He received medical care at the baggage room and is married with a home on Thirteenth Street.
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H.W. McDonald
Will Barker Hurt by Mule Near Mt Pleasant
Will Barker, a prominent young man, living below Mt Pleasant and cousin of Mrs H F Fariss of Columbia, was seriously injured Friday evening while attempting to mount a mule. No exact injury details available.
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Will Barker
Mt. Pleasant
H. F. Fariss
Columbia
Merry Party Leaves Columbia for Mammoth Cave Excursion
The C M A and Columbia Institute Mammoth Cave Excursion train departed the L N station at 6:65 with 135 cadets under Col. and Mrs. J. Hardy and Lt. Susan Madry. About 30 academy girls, chaperoned by Madam De Marco and Mise Blanche Jones, wore blue and red badges. The party traveled in three coaches and a baggage car, planned a stop at Glasgow Junction, tours of Mammoth Cave, and a return to Columbia by Tuesday evening.
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Columbia Institute
Mammoth Cave
L. N
C. M A
Lennie Moore
Institute
Madam de Marco
Mise Blanche Jones
J. ©. Hardy
J. E. Edgerton
Susan Madry
A. M. McLelland
Matilde
T. E. New
LP. Padgett
Ira Skelly
Verna Skelley
Ira Skelley, Jr
W. D. Hastings
Grace Graham
Imogene Barrow
Mary
Columbia
Officers Nab Alleged Crooks In Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro Tennessee on April 27 officers captured Billy Alexander and Mitch King after staking a creek hideout near W. A Ransom & Co. warehouse and Blanton & Co. coal dealers. They were found leaving Ransom’s with cotton seed hay and coal and were cuffed at the scene, with a trial set for next week.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Billy Alexander
Mitch King
Fount Pitts
W. A Ransom & Co. Warehouse
Blanton & Co
Pitts
Ransom
J. R. Hale & Son
Thieves Steal Fatest Birds Across County
Thieves steal seventeen fat chickens from Joe Hagey’s hen house and forty from Mr Morgan on the E G Grant farm. The report notes serious losses and calls for stronger protections, referencing local measures in Montgomery county and the value of Maury county chicken crops.
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Mt. Pleasant Pike
Joe Hagey
Morgan
E. G
Maury County
Opening for Aspiring Genius Advertised as Editor
A local notice seeks an editor to handle the job for low pay, citing minimal advertising revenue and high costs. The piece notes the need to work extra hours to balance the budget and invites offers to take on editorial duties. A separate testimonial reports a child burned, treated with Dr Thames Electric Oil, bringing relief and sleep.
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Tnst
Mr Pleasant Record
Nashville business man shot by enraged woman in Nashville
Ike Morse prominent Nashville businessman and owner of Rock City Candy Co and American Dry Cleaning Co was killed at the American Dry Cleaning Co office by Gertrude Douglas alias Rose Sharp who then claimed Morse had he kept her for years Morse left the city after paying her to go away but she returned two days ago and followed Morse to the cleaners firing an automatic pistol twice Morse died instantly from forehead and breast wounds with no eyewitnesses and Morse was brother to Joe Morse the Mothler a longtime Nashville figure
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Ike Morse
Rock City Candy Co
American Dry Cleaning Co
Gertrude Douglas
Rose Sharp
Poles
Morse
Joe Morse
Waverly Court Prepares for Night Riders Trial
Waverly Tenn April 24. Court adjourned as quiet settles over the town. Sheriff O Barr seeks five hundred jurors but many citizens evade. rumors of friends aiding accused night riders persist. A large crowd is expected next week with advocates Bowman Carter and Bowman leading the prosecution. Maj. Martin stays nearby as soldiers shift to the Martin building for space.
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Waverly
Tenn
O'Barr
O’barr
Httle
Lkely
John B. Bowman
H C. Carter
Hon. B. Thomas
Thos. F. Bowman
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John
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