Dinning Buys Corn Farm Near Mount Pleasant
J H Dinning purchased a large Maury County corn farm near Mount Pleasant from P A Owen through Figueras Realty Co. The price was not disclosed but estimated around 421,000. The property sits on Big Bradley Creek two and a half miles north of Mount Pleasant on the Cross Bridges Pike and is praised as a top corn farm with creek bottom fields and live-rock farm suitability. Dinning, a conservative investor, aims for profitable long term returns as corn farming grows in the county per County Demonstration Agent BE A McLean’s report in The Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Dinning
Mt Pieasant
P. A. Owen
Mr. Dinning
Figueras Realty Co
Maury County
Mr. Dinnin
Big Bradley Creek
Mt Pleasant
Cross Bridges
Denning
Maurwanty
BE. A. McLean
Herald Today
Woods Walker Strong For City and Columbia Vote
In a letter from Woods Walker of Paint Lick Kentucky famed fox hound breeder to Porter Erwin of the National Fox Hunters association board, he praises Columbia Tennessee and Maury County. He notes a unanimous vote to keep Columbia as the next meeting site, recalls Tennessee’s role, and states the 1918 meeting will be held in Columbia after last year in Kentucky.
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Columbia
Maury County
National
Fox Hunters’ Association
Woods Walker
Paint Lick
Porter Erwin
Board of
Directora Association
Erwin Spon
Ie Association
Walker
Tennessee
Tennessee Foxes
Mike
Ken Mecky
Medical board named for Tennessee district exemptions
The Tennessee medical advisory board consists of Drs. James Wallace Wilkes Charlia Forgey and Robert Pillow. Appointed by Maj. Rutledge Smith the board will review exemption claims and appeals from local exemption boards and determine physical fitness for the next national army draft. Fifty three boards cover the state under Governor Rye’s recommendation.
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James Wallace Wilkes
Charlia
Forgey
Robert Pillow
Tennessee
Rye
Maj
Rutledge Smith
State Council of Defence
Naonal Army
Acovestbie
Captain Blakeway Dies After English Scaffold Accident
News from Columbia reports Captain John Blakeway, veterinarian to the English government, died after a fall from a scaffold at his England home. He suffered three weeks after the incident, leaving Mrs. Blakeway and friends in Columbia to mourn his untimely end. He had traveled across the Atlantic multiple times with his wife, earning respect for his courage during military service and service to his country.
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Columbia
Max
John Blakeway
England
Captain Blakeway
J. M Dedman
Juniors Elect Officers for Year Maury Council 276
Officers were elected by acclamation at a Maury Council No 276 Junior Order of American Mechanics meeting. Councilor J T McKnight and other officers were chosen. A charity committee was named to oversee winter and Christmas relief with Ed Smith as chairman and additional members. The group plans to expand charitable work this year.
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Order
Maury Council
American Mechanica
J. T. McKnight
Oscar Spivey
M. Edwards
Hol, Smith
Cam Cathey
Inside Sentinel
Billie Beard
Outside Sentinel
Wesley Hdwards
Columbia Institute Girls Start Christmas Holidays
Friday the Columbia Institute girls begin their Christmas holidays. Most will go home, some will spend Christmas with friends at the State. School will not reopen until January fourth, with the spring term beginning January tenth.
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Columbia Institute
Rrt
Schoo
Three More Go From Old Maury
Jake Matthews joined the aviation corps recently and today left for Fort Oglethorpe to begin training. He was accompanied by his brother Guy Matthews of Lynnville and Burney Campbell of Campbellsville who have enlisted in the quartermaster department.
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Jake Matthews
Aviation Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
Mr. Matthews
Guy Matthews
Lynnville
Burney Campbell
Campbellsville
Quartermaster Department
County Agent Report Shows Field Activities in Maury County
Thousands attended field and public meetings as County Agent KB A McLean reports vast equipment purchases and acreage gains. The study covers 62 demonstrators, 33 crop demonstrations on 635.44 acres, 36 corn plots on 406.4 acres, 13 crimson clover remonstrations on 16% acres, and soy bean, alfalfa and Japan clover demonstrations. It notes 750 tons crushed lime, 370 silos, multiple tractor implements, and 6,046 total attendance across 7 field meetings, 18 boyles meetings, and 44 public gatherings.
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Cty
Maury County
KB. A. McLean
Hineport
Mt Pleasant City Marshall Wins Suit
A circuit court verdict favoring the defendant in Williams v. Harder and Ligon held that MT Pleasant city marshal Mr Harder acted to protect a newly paved street. The plaintiff alleged losses of time during wheat threshing when his traction engine stopped in Mt Pleasant, restricting passage.
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St. Wiliams
D. Harder
Edwin Ligon
Thia
Plainiff
Mt. Pleasant
Harder
County Agent McLean Boosts Corn Yield in Maury County
A. E. McLean led thirty six corn demonstrations in Maury County, boosting average yield to 50.4 bushels per acre from 37.3. Total increased corn income exceeded 10 000, with 2 350 bushels produced by corn club boys worth 8 340.40 at market. Direct seed distribution surpassed 1 100 bushels, and county benefit far exceeded agent salary.
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Maury County
A. E. McLeap
Corn Club Boys
McLean
Mie
Prof
Corn Club
Christmas cheer urged for Central Hospital insanes
Nashville December 10 1917 W S Farmer superintendent appeals to readers to send items to cheer the patients at the Central Hospital for the Insane in Nashville Do not forget the men and women in care many with notable pasts and no correspondence or visitors.
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Nashville
Farmer
Tenn
W. S. Farmer
Naval Flying Corps seeks trained men for naval service
Seaman J. P. Davis, stationed at the post office, will recruit until Saturday December 15 to examine and enlist men aged 18 to 36 for the navy. Special demand for machinists mates, carpenters mates, quartermasters, coppersmiths and blacksmiths in naval aviation. Those not enlisting may join the naval reserve flying for the war period. Davis urges registrants to call and learn about navy opportunities.
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J. P. Davis
Naval Service
Eanh
Army
Navy
Naval Aviation
Naval Reserve
Davis
Silverman Purchases The New York Store in Columbia
B Silverman of Mewdville acquires The New York Store in Columbia from longtime owners Mr and Mrs P H Maskell and Barney Small. The store, a local business icon for twelve years, will move to new ownership with Mrs Fan fale Cathes staying aboard. Mr Small will seek other ventures in Columbia, while Haskell and his wife depart for St Louis to enter the wholesale trade. Mr Silverman plans a full line of goods, leveraging Nashville experience.
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B. Silverman
Mewdville
New York
Columbia
P. H. Maskell
Barney Small
Silverman
P. H. Haskell
H. Hankell
Haskell Wall
St Louis
Small
Columbi
Nashville
Fanfale Cathes
Tennessee and North Carolina whiskey shipment record case
The Supreme Court considers a Tennessee law requiring railroads and express companies to maintain public records of liquor shipments received in the state, noting North Carolina passed a nearly identical statute. The decision centers on whether such record keeping is constitutional.
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U.S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Tennessee
Nashville
Fecal
Supreme Court of the Unites States
Captain Not Washington Confusion in Marine Corps Unit
In a Dec 19 dispatch from CAPTAIN IS NOT WASHINGTON Horac Lovett of VA 8 Marine Corps is now a corporal assigned as a horseshoer for his time. Sergent John Ochener serves as stable sergeant and Corporal Stanley A. Smith as saddle. The text corrects a guessed captain’s name, noting it is not Jinks but Drum-Captain Drum of the horse and marines.
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Washington
Horac Lovett
Marine Corps
John Ochener
Stanley A. Smith
Drum
Captain Drum
Horse
Professor Robert Leo Thomas Enlists in Army Branch
Robert Leo Thomas, principal of the city schools' primary department, has joined the quartersmaster corps of the U S army. He will depart for Jacksonville Florida tomorrow to enter training. previously rejected for frontline service due to weight, he passed the physical for private in the quartermaster corps. He began as a carrier for The Herald and rose to school leadership, with strong church and community involvement.
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Herald
Robert Leo Thomas
Quarntermastern Corps
United States Army
Thomas
Jacksonville
Florida
Offens
Wis
Quartermaster Corps
Herek
Alabama
Columbia
Methodist Church
Board of Stewards
All Good
Otey Ladd Made Church Steward at First Methodist
At the First Methodist church quarterly conference, Stewart Geo W Hayes Jr resigned after moving to Arkansas. He is praised for his service as steward and treasurer, and Otey Ladd of Phoenix National Bank elected to succeed as steward and to assume the treasurer role.
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First Methodist Church
Stewart Geo. W. Hayes, Jr
Arkansas
Hayes
Fi Church
Otey Ladd
Phoenix National Bank
Percy W Moore Enlists in Service
Mr and Mrs Wooten Moore receive a letter from son Percy W Moore stating he joined the 25th regiment of constructive engineers and was assigned to Camp Ayre before sailing to France. This makes the second son in service for the Moore family, with a Herald carrier boy who left the paper to work for Republic Motor Truck Co. after graduating from Georgia Tech.
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Wooten Moore
Percy W. Moore
25Th Regiment of
Constructive Engineers
Camp
Ayre
France
Herald
Ketow
Thin Paper
Republic Motor Truck Co
Moore
Ftte
Georgia School of Technology
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Dinneig
Mt, Pleasant
County
Figures Realty Co
Maury
Blakeway
T. Knight
Logal Council
OLD Maury
Guy Mathews
FT. Oglethorpe
UF Varled Ulla Aibitr
MT. Pleasant City
Marshall
S&. A. Williams
Cornaclub
Acra
Central Hospital
Mrs. Haskelll
ST. Louis
MR. Small
Jis. S
Rubt. Thomas
PAPC
Geo. W. Hayes JR
First M. E. Church
Daily Herald Carrier
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