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Newspaper

Columbia Herald

Location

Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1909

Page

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Indicted Officers, Grand Jury Probe Shocks Maury County

Maury County Criminal Court faces a busy session as Folge officers and Lawrence Harris are indicted for assault and battery. Joe Mack Glored faces arson charges after a barn blaze linked to Jesse Tomlinson’s property. Other indictments include petit larceny, carrying weapons, and selling liquor without license. Jail short-term inmates cleared as Judge Gordon presides.

Don Jesse Tomlinson Lawrence Harris Burns Mt. Pleasant Veell Maury County Rand Wault Horace Ceell Ry Tine Joe Mack Jesse Tomlinon Mack Blood Hounds Wil Armstrong Will Jeffeson John Lawrence Mr Ragan Hugh Akin John Chaple Sam Stone Brest Partee Florence Patton Maury County Criminal Court Triay W. O. Gordon Simon Aleck Hingh Shelton Fletcher Blue Ton Hichanan Jerry Whitman John Woodard Betti Tarceny Tom Buchanan Richard Harris Whitman Buchanan Harris Joe Finch Andaste Leon Pillow

Tillman and Overall Reappointed U S District Attorney and Marshal

In Washington on December 7 President Taft reappointed A. M. Tillman and John W. Overall to the posts of United States District Attorney and United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee. Both men have served twelve years, marking their fourth consecutive appointment. Tillman faced opposition from Jesse M. Littleton, who had also been an applicant in a prior cycle.

Swevial Herald Washington, D. C A. M. Tillman John W. Overall Witny Taft United States Middle District Tennesa Tillman Jesse M. Littleton

Library for Local School Gets State Aid Boost

Maury county schools strive for state library funds with each $40 raised earning $20 from the state. McDowell school leads as Prof. Derry Nicholson adds $20, planning for next year. State treasury disburses library grants once annually.

Maury County Stb McDowell Éeliovik Derry Nicholson

Uncle Sam Harries Fighting Vessels 10 Nicaragua Waters

US naval forces move to protect life and property in Nicaragua with 700 marines aboard the Prairie sailing from Philadelphia for the Isthmus of Panama. Cruisers Albany and Yorktown head for Corinto with other vessels in position off Central American coasts as Rear Admiral Kimball sails to take command. Marines on shore as yet unseen. no landings planned unless hostilities arise amid a ne U.S. stance while Zelaya’s government fractures and Estrada’s revolution gains arms.

Washington United States Central America Nicaragua Philadelphia Prairie Panama Magdalena Bay Albany Yorktown Corinto Pacific Navy Department Des Moines Tacoma Marietta Port Simon Costa Rica Vicksburg Princeton Bremerton Navy Yard Kimball Colon Associated Press George F. Elliott United States Marine Corps State Department Estrada Cannon Goree

Good Meeting of the Bivouac and Camp

Monday's meeting of the Bivouac and Camp was well attended. Comrade Joe B Wright was reported ill and needing attention. The Relief committee was directed to look after his needs. A lithograph certificate of membership in the Jem Davis Memorial Home Association was received and to be framed and given to the Maury County Historical Society. W M Butts and JF Greer applied for membership in the Bivouac and Camp.

Joe B. Wright Jem Davis Memorial Home Association Maury County Historical Society W. M. Butts JF Greer Camy

One Dollar to Credit of Dead Grey Sneed

Six life insurance policies, deposited by Mrs. C B W Martin, may shed light on the death of Mrs Fletcher Sneed in East Orange New Jersey. The policies worth $25,000 were placed at Maury National Bank, with balances and accounts listed. Policies from Travelers Life and Mutual Life span 1895 to 1906, naming Fletcher and Wardlaw Sneed, with Wardlaw’s policy lapsed. Mrs Martin described as eccentric and long connected to the Sneeds.

Maury National Hank Fletcher Sneed East Orange N. J C. B. W. Marto Wardlaw Sneed Strahm Nashville Soule College Martin Virginia Wardle Sured Travelers Insurance Company Hartford, Conn P. W. Channell & Co Mary W. Sneed Lynnville Travelers Life Insurance Company of Hartford New York Ife Fletcher the Maury Nations Sneed

Memphis to Get Union Station

Formal acceptance of the Union Station ordinance was filed with City Recorder Ennis M. Douglas. Tenants were notified to vacate the Union Station site at once and demolition will begin within thirty days. President Joe Lancaster left for New York to sign a 3 million dollar bond issue, with the building expected to be ready much sooner than the two year completion window.

Memphis Tenn Union Station Ennis M. Douglas J.oe Lancaster New York Thin Tinton Station Lancaster

Supreme Court Meets Dec 10 in Middle Division

The Supreme Court for the Middle Division will not convene in Nashville until December 10 due to business in Knoxville. The Cooper case will be heard after the holidays, with a decision not expected for about a month or six weeks.

Cooper Herald Nashville Tenn Supreme Court Knoxville Earlient

Candy Bazaar at Zion Academy by Zion Ladies Aid

A candy bazaar will be held at Zion Academy by the Zion Ladies Aid Society on December 22 starting at noon. The public is invited.

Zion Academy Zion Ladies’ Aid Society

Wierd Mystery Involves The Bath Tub Murder Case

A chaotic New York dispatch describes a broad banking and railway power struggle as two rival lines may split control of Western routes. It also reports a Tennessee widow's bath tub death case in New Jersey with a possible third will claimed by a Brooklyn lawyer and ongoing police probes into possible foul play.

Wierd

Prohibition for Arkansas Next Candidate Hineman for Governor

Prof John H Hineman of Philadelphia will run for Arkansas governor against Gov Donaghey with anti saloon factions backing statewide prohibition as the main issue. Last campaign Hineman opposed Donaghey who backed local option and anti liquor leaders dismiss defeat in Alabama.

Little Rock Ark John H. Hinemao Arkadelphia Donaghey Hineman Gov. Donaghey Alabama

State Deposit Is Paid in Full in Nashville Bank

Special to The Herald from Nashville Tennessee reports the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company of Baltimore paid the state authorities the full amount of deposits held in the failed City Savings Bank. The state had about $27,000 deposited, ensuring no loss to the treasury. Since Treacher Folk took office the state treasury has never lost a cent through failed banks.

Herald Nashville Tenn United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company of Baltimore City Savings Bank Treacher Folk

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