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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
1
A sea committee begins the process of rounding up delegations as part of ongoing efforts. The items under discussion include arrangements for forthcoming rounds and coordination among involved parties. No further specifics are provided in the fragment.
Aged campaign talk shows Taft allies delaying a formal National Committee meeting until December. John Weeks is floated for National Chairman but the President has not acted. Hitchcock remains as chair while supporters plan quiet action to avoid a show of Administration control.
The State brings back taxes suit against Tennergee Fertilizer Company to be heard January 16 before Trustee McFall. The trial was moved from an earlier date. the company’s regular attorney will defend.
The thermometer fell from 35 degrees Monday night to 11 degrees this morning, a 24 degree drop in twelve hours, with about an inch of snow on the ground. The week brings the coldest weather this winter, though not a January record, as last January saw 6 degrees on the 7th.
Speaker A M Leach appointed Mrs Katie Mary Carmack Granbery as assistant engrossing clerk of the House. She is a niece of the late Senator Edward Ward Carmack and a daughter of Sam Carmack, with many friends in this county.
Glendale Presbyterians plan to move into the Cheatham farm house while a new church is built on the property. Pastor Rev J M Robinson will relocate from Culleeola to the area once construction begins next summer. Two or three acres will be kept with the manse. the rest may be rented.
Roscoe Sedberry released by police this morning and left for his home near Tiptonville Lake County. No charges filed as the forged check could not be found. Sedberry telephoned his family Sunday and reportedly received money from them this morning.
Water and Light Company cut water to the court house Tuesday night to prevent freezing of water mains, resulting in very little fire when officers arrived for business this morning. The building is steam heated and cannot have steam without water.
The First Methodist church Sunday school held a Tuesday night entertainment with hostesses Miss Margaret Turner and Miss Rachael Ashton greeting guests. Games and refreshments followed, and a cutting contest from a fashion magazine awarded Ming Eugenia Sharp the prize.
John Frost, a young white man charged in the criminal court with larceny, walked several miles this morning to submit his case, but I was noiled.
An empty house in Macedonia was destroyed by fire Monday night. Investigators suspect someone sleeping inside dropped a lit match in trash or built a fire that spread to the structure.
Local attorneys hired by sheriffs to draft a bill, to be introduced by Senator Brown, seeks a 60 cent daily payment to sheriffs for keeping prisoners, a 50 percent increase from the current 40 cent rate. Sheriff Godwin reports other counties are contributing to the funding for the bill’s passage.
A blaze that began at 8 o'clock last night endangers a portion of Oklahoma City's business district as firefighters battle the flames and residents evacuate nearby structures amid freezing conditions.
Bad weather and frozen water pipes halted the C.M.A. session this morning. Col Har dy and Hdgerton announced classes would resume tomorrow at eight. Most cadets planned to return from Christmas, with a few absent, and Institute girls were due to arrive today.
Directors of Phoenle Savings Bank and Trust Company declare a four percent dividend for six months and add $1,000 to surplus. The year’s distributable earnings total sixteen percent, pleasing shareholders and patrons according to the bank’s Tuesday statement.
In a brief morning session Judge McKnight presided as fines and costs totaling 166 were assessed. Several cases were continued including Western Pa larceny and carrying weapons. An afternoon session handled eleven crap shooters with sentences imposed.
Forty one names were enrolled on the register of the Glendale Training School on the first day of its spring term. More students are expected this week as several prospective pupils went to Columbia on the first Monday. The faculty remains largely the same with Prof. LeRoy Reynolds as principal, Miss Katie Parks as assistant, Miss Mildred Tomlinson in music, and Mrs. LeRoy Reynolds in expression.
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