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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
7
A peril at Cleer Water ends with a rescue from water as two men work through the night. The city considers a new charter while authorities examine a sycamore tree in the edge of the ed by the city to examine cold, ined plant.
In Franklin area a flood ordeal near Hi th River ends with Jack Hudson and a boy named Neil rescued after clinging to a sycamore as Harpeth River rose. They were swept from a wagon crossing and spent hours in the tree while rescuers battled the rising waters until daybreak. The event follows record floods across Williamson county.
Forty seven years ago Christmas day there were more than 1000 Maury countians in front of Savannah on the South Carolina side on picket duty. Their Christmas dinner was nice and for seventeen days the diet for both man and beast was the same during this time. One old soldier called this morning and said he was dieting on his old war ration to recall the old soldier days in thought if not in fact.
A telegram reported Claud Nichols formerly at Zellwood Florida was accidentally shot in the arm with a shotgun and might have an arm removed. He was taken to a hospital in Orlando and was resting well. His father George W Nichols left by train to be with his son.
Cold weather resumes hog killing in Maury County with many being slaughtered today. farmers pack meat for home use, some large packers kill 100 to 1,000 hogs, but total home slaughter makes exact estimates impossible. Hog prices are low, boosting activity, with expectations of a price rise benefiting packers.
Mrs. George Williamson moved to the Fleming place on Sixth street, a residence recently occupied by Edward P. Turner.
Mr John H Clemens editor of the Athens Post visited Columbia this morning and stopped at The Herald office He is regarded as one of the state s most capable newspaper workers and his paper would credit a town much larger than Athens.
A freight wreck occurred in the afternoon at Glendale near a bridge over a small stream. Cars were derailed, track torn up, delaying trains for hours. No. 2 and the Sheffield accommodation fell behind, while trains to Nashville faced delays of one to ten hours as crews repair bridges and fills.
Robert Ashton received a message from his daughter in McGee Ark stating that her husband Charles Nolan was killed this morning. He was a railroad engineer and it is believed he lost his life in a railroad accident.
Franklin Tennessee December 29 One or two business houses were entered by burglars this week but nothing of real value was missing A safe at the depot warehouse was tampered with but not opened and entered
An amendment to the charter of incorporation of McKennon Anderson and Foster was filed today changing the name to Anderson Brothers and Foster. No change in management or operations. Eugene Anderson W. F. Anderson and Anna H. Foster will continue to own manage and conduct the business under the new charter name.
Joe and Walter Knight attempted to reach their parents in Red Boiling Springs. Their trip from Carthage was blocked by swollen Defeated and other creeks. They spent Tuesday night with a local farmer and returned home Wednesday after floods forced delays. Their mother reported many homes nearby were evacuated and household goods damaged by high waters.
The Columbia Bank and Trust Company announces five and a half acre corn yield prizes totaling $100 in gold for Maury county farmers. Awards split $50, $30, and $20 for top yields and are open to all county residents, not just boys. Bank officials say the move honors growing business and should boost county yields next year.
Toot Lewis, a Black man, was bound over to circuit court Tuesday afternoon after being caught shoplifting at the Racket by Sid Dooley. In default of a $500 bond he remained in the county jail.
Arrival and departure times for Main Line North and South Bound trains, plus divisions and Fayetteville Branch. Notable entries include No. 8 Eastern Express arriving 6:15 am, No. 4 Limited 1:30 am arrival, No. 1 Limited 12:42 am arrival, and Fayetteville Branch No. 267 arriving 8:15 am with No. 142 departing 11:00 am.
DST. Louis, Dec 28 The International Shoe Company formed by merging Peters and Roberts Johnson and Rand firms filed articles of incorporation here today with an authorized capital of 25 million dollars.
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