Printing Rate Book Contract Awarded in Columbia Wisconsin
The Columbia Retail Merchants Association met with about thirty present to hear the report that the county rate book manuscript is nearly complete. The book will hold over eight thousand names with addresses and financial ratings and will be printed by The Columbia Herald. Members pledged support for local enrollment and discussed the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station, endorsing the county court’s $100,000 land purchase for a farm and promising aid to ensure proper facilities for visitors and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Retail Merchants’ Association
Maury National Bank
Columbia Herald
Columbia
Henry Porter
Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Wich
Arsent
Bill Pratt Arrested in River Theft Case
Shei Walter Griffin and Deputy Cook detained Bill Pratt near Kettle Mile on a charge of grabbing a line and selling it from a stream. Pratt’s trial is set for Tuesday before Laurie B. Alexander. Pratt is described as an old-time fisherman in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Griffin
Stewarden Cook
Kettle Mile
BI Pratt
Itty Rostoly
Jen
Social at Bigbyville School Friday Night
Bigbyville school hosts a Friday night social to benefit the school library. A program of music games and entertainments will be offered with ice cream served by the ladies of the community. Proceeds go to the school library and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hone
Bigbyville
Schoot Library
Eor “Nly
Tennessee experts inspect sites for Middle Tennessee station
University of Tennessee experts completed site inspections for the Middle Tennessee Agricultural Experiment station today. They reviewed eleven offered sites and will report to Governor Rye, whose approval will trigger submission to the county court for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Tennessee
Middle Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station
Knoxville
Rye
Morgan
Moore
Wiles
Mt. Pleasant
Rosewood Stock Farm
Prof. Morgan
Washington
Hoover
Capitol
Maury Countian Officer Gilbreath Receives Second Lieutenancy
Robert Gilbreath son of John A Gilbreath of Maury County returned from San Antonio Texas training camp with shoulder straps as a second lieutenant in the national army He will stay through the week before reporting back for duty He chose the infantry branch and notes about 4100 trainees with 1600 commissions awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gilbreath
John A. Gilbreath
San Antonio
Texas
National Army
Gilbreath
Eleven Ears in One Hill of Corn Record in Maury County
Herbert Petty boasts of a field on Will Alexander’s Pulaski pike that yielded eleven ears from a single hill of Neal's Paymaster corn. Two main stalks with three ears on one and two on the other, plus two ears on each sucker, all well developed. The hill will likely average twelve barrels per acre. This reflects Maury County farmers supporting the war effort by boosting the county’s corn crop for the United States and allies.
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Herbert Petty
Will Alexander
Pulaski Pike
Neal
Petty
Maury
United States
Europe
Government bulletin urges wheat push in Southeastern states
The U S Department of Agriculture issued Wheat Bulletin 18 to aid a billion bushel crop. It covers Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina with 12 to 455 percent acre increases proposed for 1917. It discusses seed beds, sowing, varieties, disease and pest protection, and harvest guidance. Free copies are available on request.
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Herald
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Department T
Dogaibie
Acr
Carolina
Reuters Formtson
Department of Agriculture
Farmers to Hear Jas R K Williamson at Nashville
James R K Williamson proprietor of Homestead Farm at Culleoka and noted Duroc Jersey hog breeder has been invited to address the Middle Tennessee Farmers Institute in Nashville on pork conservation the night of August 31. He is thoroughly informed on the subject and is expected to give an interesting talk.
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James R. Williamson
Culleoka
Middle Tennessee Farmers, Institute
Nashville
Williamson
Local Recruiting Officer Transfers to France
Paul McGown, longtime MMscient recruiting officer, has received a transfer to join U S forces in France. He will depart for Fort Oglethorpe for orders and training as a trained sabern, leaving friends here who wish him luck.
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Paul McGown
Mmscient
Uncle Sam
France
Mr. Megown
Fort Oclethorpe
First Call Draft Yields 121 Accepted In Maury County
Maury County reports 121 men accepted from the initial draft call of 194 needed. About thirty percent faced physical exemptions, sixty eight claimed exemptions with many overruled by the local board. Seventy two will be drawn from the second call of 450, with appeals continuing in Nashville.
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Tech
Maury County
District Appeals Board
Nashville
Giles
Si Joe Patrick Reavis
Glendile
Evans Jackson
Mt. Pleasant
James Witherspoon
Columbia
Willie Sims
James Madison Lowell
Santa Fe
Will Foster
K. Dodson
Carter's Creek
Erby Tinsley Dugger
Cullooka
Carl Rolen Montgomery
R. F
Henry Martin Shelton
W. Sth St
Groombound Cockrill Bound Over On Fisheries Charge
Gus Cockrill was bound over to the next session of the grand jury after waiving examination. He is charged with selling fish from Maury County streams in violation of fish and game laws, bound over this morning by Squire Hunh Lea Webster.
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Ins Cockrill
Maury County
Squire Hneh Lea Webster
Cockrill
Squire Webster
Lieutenant Farris on Leave from Reserve Corps
Second Lieutenant Oscar L Farris former Maury county agent now U S reserve corps officer is home on furlough before resuming duty at Columbia He served successfully at Ft Oglethorpe and appears in good health Friends greet his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Little Farris
Maury County
United States Reserve Corps
Columbia
Farris
Ft. Oglethorpe
Greenfield District Builds Largest Rural School in County
Rapid progress on a consolidated school near Greenfield Bend in the First district promises occupancy by next month. The $1,500,000 project will be the county’s largest, featuring modern light and ventilation and a large auditorium serving as a community center. Local residents have donated over $2,500 toward the effort as the county board moved swiftly after location approval a year ago.
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Greenfield Bend
Kettle Mills
Enterprise
County Board of Education
Sergeant Thompson Goes to France From MIT Aviation Unit
Sergeant Hugh 8 Thompson of New York City trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology expects orders to sail for France this week. He is the son of Mrs. John M Thompson and grandson of Mrs. Glasgow, and has been in charge of 200 men at MIT. He was placed in command of 10 picked aviators to be sent to France.
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Hugh 8. Thompson
New York City
Aviation Corps
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
France
Sergeant Thompson
John M. Thompson
Sarah Glasgow
Nashville
William T. Glasgow
Columbia
Wagstaff to Join the Army After Draft Selection
William Berschiemer Wagstaft of Lynnvisle private secretary to Congressman Lemuel P. Padgett is among the first Giles county draftees. He passed the medical and will report September 5 with the first increment of drafted men. He notes the high class of eligible youths in Giles county under the draft law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Berschiemer Wagstat
Lynnvisle
Lemuel P. Padgett
Wagstaft
Giles County
How It Is Done Car Comment Sparks Debate
A quoted exchange explores car ownership as a social norm. The speaker notes women often sacrifice luxuries to enable family transport, challenging perceptions of affordability and effort.
Adkison Buys Three Farm Tracts Near Culloooka for 225 Acres
County Trustee John W. Adkison and M. E. Allen acquire three joined tracts totaling about 225 acres near Culloooka, from Mrs Usurla Hunt Joe B Tomlinson and Mr and Mrs Lon C Hickman for roughly 16000 dollars. The property includes an antebellum two story residence and will undergo remodeling and lawn improvements. The site lies near Culloooka Stiversville and offers access to two main county pikes, churches and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Adkison
M. E. Allen
Hampshire Pike
W. W. Fain
Lake County
Adkison
Tiree
Cullooka
Figgers Realty Co
Usurla Hunt
Joe B. Tomlinson
Lon C. Hickman
Tate mYee
Stiversville
Burned to Death in Airplane Flight Tragedy in Buffalo
In Buffalo New York on August 21 Ch A Wall Jr and Richard M Mead were burned to death when their airplane caught fire during smoke bomb experiments. The craft crashed to the ground with both men dead beside the burned wreckage Wall a civil engineer in aviation training and Mead an aviation instructor who recently arrived from Mineola New York training camp.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Chas, A. Wall, Jr
Richard M. Mead
Wall
Mead
Mineola
N, Y
Mobilization dates revised for Army increments
Washington announces changes in draft troop mobilization. The second increment is moved from September 1 to September 19, and the third from September 30 to October 2. The first increment remains September 5 as previously announced due to local board delays.
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Washington
Vas
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Merchants! Association
Bill Pratt
Sheriff Griffin
Warden Cook
Stanior
Toba
U. S
Jas. R K. Williamson
Paul Megown
INL Roll
Loca Board
Gus Cockrill
Lieut. Farris
Greenfield School
Sergt. Thompson
WM. Wagstaff
Padgett
Rusee Adkison
Maury County Blue Grass Farm
Charles Allen Tomlinson
Figuers Realty CC
New York
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