Local Seitor Business Manager Hastings Teader
Finney 1 4 7 W D Hastings business manager H OchAnsto teader local seitor.
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
7
Finney 1 4 7 W D Hastings business manager H OchAnsto teader local seitor.
An account traces Leopold II’s 44 year reign noting comparisons to Victoria and Louis XIV. It reflects on technological and political changes since his ascension and frames current progress versus skeptics who doubt advancement. Local Knoxville politics follow, praising Capt. John M. Brooks for enforcing laws amid saloon interests.
In Montgomery County two years after a county committee endorsed Gov Patterson by one vote. A new county committee was elected in a later Democratic primary with Patterson endorsement blocked by a large margin. The piece argues committees distort public will and urges consulting the people.
The article notes Senator Rayner of Maryland cost over 17000 to secure renomination with no challenger present, asserting the spend should deter opposition for years. It frames the situation as evidence that the opposition is bluffed into inactivity by the price of renomination.
A Nashville dispatch to the New York American reports Tennessee bar members questioning Judge Lorton’s suitability due to alleged pro corporation leanings. It cites decisions on corporate questions as evidence of favoring property rights over individual rights and questions his fitness for Supreme Court consideration.
The article argues that professional credentials and prior railroad representations should not bar Judge Lurton from the Supreme Court. It praises the Senate for unanimous confirmation as a rebuke to opponents and asserts the public will get capable, honest service from him on the bench.
Census by Sunday Schools finds 2,444 church members in Columbia area. White population under 18 exceeds two fifths of total, with Jews not counted. About 4,000 whites acknowledge church ties, two thirds of area connected to church, led by Methodists with 1,279, Christians 710, Presbyterians 389, Episcopalians 369, Baptists 526. attendees include 822 Methodists and 413 Christians.
In a call for temperate church discourse Editor DuBose and Vanderbilt officials are urged to end the heated Vanderbilt controversy. The piece says the General Conference must decide relations of the Methodist institution and condemns gutter language and personal denigration in church debates. It urges restraint until temper and reason return.
Presbyterians and men together make up another third. Wearing the Qumbériamia, Baptists Episcopalians and Catholics to constitute the remaining third.
The Mt. ee] ant Record argues that agricultural knowledge will become essential in public schools and that future farmers must be educated professionals. It predicts colleges will grant Bachelor of Agriculture degrees on par with other professions and asserts farming will remain a profitable, foundational career critical to human existence.
The Republican Home Rulers and Brownlow faction claim indifference to offices as the President shifts favors to the Regulars. The speaker accuses Home Rulers of lacking genuine party principles, challenging their loyalty and authenticity within the GOP.
The Knoxville Sentinel’s harsh portrait of King Leopold of Belgium paints him as steely and heartless, corrupt in Congo affairs, prioritizing wealth over people. It contrasts his Congo greed with a less affectionate Belgium, condemning his life and reign as a failed, tyrannical balance.
Municipal authorities extend invitation to residents to attend a gathering at the pond on West Seventh attest opiate Court Square.
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