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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
3
An old advertisement warns mothers to treat a sick child with California Syrup of Figs. It claims the remedy clears the bowels, relieves bilious symptoms, and restores appetite, urging buyers to ensure authenticity and avoid counterfeits.
Six selectmen headed by Martin Willie Dodson will entrain this evening for Camp Gordon at ten o clock to fill vacancies created by men rejected on final physical examination. The party includes Clifford Earl Hutchinson Horace Brooke Brown Bart Thomas Denton John Dee Crigeer and George W Martin.
Secretary Baker announced that a new manpower bill altering the draft age will be introduced in Congress early next week. Details are nearly finalized and Baker has submitted the bill to House Military Chairman Dent and will meet Senate Military Chair Chamberlain tomorrow. He refused to specify exact ages but denied reports that the new range would be 19 to 40.
A Cincinnati authority warns women who wear high heels suffer corns and infections from trims. An ad promotes Freezone a quarter ounce drug from drugstores that supposedly relieves soreness and lifts corn or callus with drops, claiming no pain and no skin irritation.
The Columbia board of mayor and aldermen in regular session reduced the city tax rate from 1.50 to 1. The change was enabled by new assessments at actual value approved by the board of equalization. A petition urging Sunday closing amendments, signed by 478 citizens, residents and taxpayers, was referred to a special committee.
August First Monday draws a large crowd in Columbia with renewed trading expected by September. Market activity is light with no price indications, though stray sales occur on streets. Crop prospects improve as drought relents. farmers report better conditions in Maury and nearby counties. Local election results show votes for Justice Heedes and Peace in the Fourth district, with Precinct Hardison Harris Winkston gathering to view official tallies. Volunteer demonstrators in the 1) district receive certificates at a meeting near Tall Springs.
Improvements are underway at the Columbia Institute with fresh paint, wallpaper, a large skylight over the stairway, and hardwood floors in the front office and recreation hall. President Thomson travels the South after signing up students, with Memphis visit slated and next week in Columbia. Applications pour in from Michigan Illinois Indiana and other Middle West states, and the outlook is flattering.
County Register elect TF. J. Pog of Hampshire announced in Columbia that he appointed his son Ashley Pogue as deputy and that his daughter would assist in office work. Pog plans to relocate his family to the city and begin duties once settled. September 1st he will dispose of his Hampehtze business.
King George greeted the American congressional naval committee led by Representative L. P. Padgett of Tennessee in London as they discussed U.S. naval matters. The king was noted for his understanding of American affairs, especially the navy.
A vintage ad explains mixing two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a cheap freckle remover and skin beautifier. It promises fading freckles and blemishes with daily massage, noting the lotion is harmless and available at grocers and drug stores.
Three fresh meat shops in Corowabia fix two o’clock as daily delivery start time. Orders for same day must be in by one thirty. Later orders move to next day two o’clock. Agreement signed by W. J. Guest & Co., Good and Finnel, and Columbia Packing Co.
County Court Clerk Arch W. Lipscomb announced Monday he will reappoint his father Col. T Lipscomb as deputy county court clerk. Lipscomb is praised for long service as registrar and deputy, with a national reputation from publishing The Dixie Game Fowl and dealing in chickens and red foxes across the South, Mexico, Cuba and Porto Rico.
The city proposal to repeal or amend the Sunday closing ordinance drew strong church opposition across First Methodist and Garden Street Presbyterian venues. Pastors Dr W B Ricks and Dr S D Logan spoke against it at services and again at a union gathering. A petition with many signatures is before a special committee, as the mayor and aldermen plan an adjourned meeting Wednesday to decide further action.
Sheriff Griffin rounded up two able bodied Negro men on vagrancy charges after a Saturday sweep. They pled not guilty claiming they work now and then. Squire Alexander, a hard judge, ordered they be sent to the county work house to labor constantly, noting there is more work than people to do it. Smithy stays in town while Shires hails from Spring LA section.
Anomalous turnout left many precincts reporting no results for county judicial nominees. Officials warn the total county vote may be incomplete as voters did not cast ballots for many county posts.
Citizens who signed pledge cards are urged to start payments for war stamps pledged at the June drive. Cards distributed to banks and post offices designate payment locations and dates, with signers asked to call for their card and arrange first payments. If mail is misdirected, request delivery through postmasters or banks.
Unofficial results show Ed Hardison elected to the county board of education from the third and fourth districts by a 19 to 10 margin over Ed Hunter. Returns by precinct list Hardison and Hunter tallies across Spring Hill Neapolis Rally Kedron Rock Springs Caldwell Park's Station Potala, totaling 196 to 190.
Eight Maury county selectmen depart for Camp Pike to take positions after failing final physicals. The group includes William Joseph Priest, Edwin Anderson Stacey, Jon Garfield Menson, Linsey Shelburn Renfro, George Lorillard Thomas, William Clyde Foster, Walter Wilbur Staley, and Henry Kenneth Vanderteri. John A. Stone left Thursday for Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas to join the aviation mechanical department.
Chancellor Walter S. Bearden, reelected to a fifth term, has served 42 years and remains popular despite rare opposition. If he completes this term, he will have spent 40 years on the bench, reflecting a long public career in the state judiciary.
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