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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
5
An arrest on a Tuesday afternoon led to the recovery of a gold hunting case watch engraved From Mary to Rush on Jeff House colored of Mt Pleasant. He was charged with wife beating after a search before jail. Mary Caruthers colored previously denied giving the watch.
Finnell was fined six dollars in City Court after pleading trespass on A. J. Nichols property. He fled the scene with two companions when Nichols surprised them in the watermelon patch Monday.
James Davis, acquitted of Rafe Hunter’s murder, was re arrested Monday on two indictments charging conspiracy and jailed without bond. Will Warren of Fredonia and Jonn Albright of Shady Grove were arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Staten and Deputy Blark after indictments for conspiracy. Additional writs are held by Deputy Welker. The men live near Fredonia, where night riders are said to reside. one is a young, unmarried man and Albright is over fifty with a large family.
D. F. Dobbins, president of the State Retail Hardware Association, travels to Chattanooga for a two day gathering. The first day features an open meeting and an executive session in the afternoon. The second day includes a tour of local manufactories and sightseeing.
In It. Paul on August 17 Arthur Fries Benjawi Brandfoss and Erle Seaman three of forty or more young men from Clueliat faced Police Court Judge Finehout on a charge of vagrancy after paying 22 for transport and finding no harvest work. The court released them on probation.
The McKennon Anderson and Foster candle guessing game ends. it lit at 6 pm August 2 and went out August 18 at 2 54 pm. The correct guess is fifteen days twenty hours one minute fifty four seconds. A committee will canvass the guesses tonight and report Thursday afternoon.
Mr Allen Harlan shipped forty-one grade Jersey heifers from Maury county to Pemberton and Rhea at Horsecave Kentucky, receiving forty dollars a head. He also acquired a fine Hampshire down buck for fifty dollars.
Atlanta Aug. 18. Application filed for a charter for an insurance company to insure risks only on total abstainers. Incorporated as the Temperance Life Insurance Company of America in Atlanta with $200,000 initial capital. Prominent prohibition figures named as incorporators include W A Covington J A Andrews Dr Marlon McH Hull James K Hines and J F Pender. National backing from leading prohibitionists noted with Pope Brown mentioned as potential president.
A Southern flavored romance began at the Memphis Confederate veterans reunion and ended at St Pauls Episcopal church in North Chicago. Gen Thomas Hutchison of Nashville married Miss Ella Louise Cheatham of Clarksville Texas. Hutchison serves as commissary general of Tennessee and is active in city affairs.
The Herald notes Highland park property south of town opens for subdivision into twenty lots. A fifty foot Highland Park Ave connects South Side Park to Pleasant Pike with a concrete sidewalk along the south side. Promoters Regen and Thomas will publish fuller details tomorrow.
Special to The Herald Nashville Aug 18 A fast Louisville and Nashville southbound train from St Louis to Nashville derailed near Adams Station. The engine and four coaches plus one sleeper left the track and the fender overturned. Two day coach passengers were injured but not seriously. Spreading ritts caused the wreck.
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