Maury County Reelects County Surveyor Amid Prohibition Rally
W P Wood is re elected Maury County Surveyor after a dramatic court vote. A pledge to cut liquor if re elected was pledged by Wood amid cheers. Memphis backers of prohibition mobilize with a mass meeting plus merchants and lawyers volunteering for Nashville action to push statewide bans.
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P. Wood
Maury County
W. P. Wood
Wood
Carl Atkinson
Columbia
Atkinson
Tor Atkinson
Squire Chuoreh
Memphis
Tens
Minster
Nashville
General Assembly
Merchants’ Exchange
Tennessee
William E. Thompson
First Methodist Church
Bilas W. Porter
Cotton Exchange
John R. Pepper
Night Riders Convicted in Tennessee Murder Case
Eight men were tried for the Walnut Log killing of Capt Rankin. Garrett Johnson, Fred Pinson, Arthur Clear, Sam Applewhite, Tid Burton and Roy Sansom were found guilty of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances. Bob Huffman and Bud Morris guilty of second degree murder. Sentences set for twenty years in the penitentiary for six and life or death for the others. Throng packed the court. guards reinforced. jury deliberations spanned the afternoon and evening.
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Union City
Tenn
Geo Jomen
Garrett Johnson
Fred Pinson
Arthur Clear
Sam Applewhite
Tid Burton
Roy Sansom
Bob Huffman
Bud Morris
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Opton
Morris
Huffman
Oblon County
Eelock
State of Tennessee
Garrett Glnson
J. J. Rosson
Judge Jones
A. C. Sellers
Methodist Church
Law and Order
Joseph EB. Jones
D. J. Caldwall
A Night Rider's Raid Against Safe Pills
An old advertisement mocks dangerous laxatives and touts King's New Life Pills as a gentler remedy. It claims calomel Verdon oil and aloes pills disturb sleep by raiding the bed, while the product cleanses the system and cures colds headaches constipation malaria for 25 cents at GEO. 8 Alcorn's.
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Geo. 8
Alcorn’s
After pastor and paramour elope search across coasts
A Hartford Connecticut police chief asks Los Angeles detectives to locate Rev Jere Cook and Miss Proretta Whaley, the Long Island couple who fled eastward and were later found living incognito in San Francisco after a sensational escapade a year ago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hartford
Doan's Kidney Pills Publicity Testimonial in Columbia
Blockaded kidneys cause back ache and Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a cure. A Columbia resident, George V. Haffner of Franklin Tenn, testifies his aunt was cured of kidney pain, irregular kidney action, and back weakness after taking Doan's. Adams & Martin store advertises them with price 58 cents and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo is sole U.S. agent.
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Dean
George V. Haffner
Clayburn Ave
Franklin, Tenn
Doan
Columbia
Adams & Martin
Foster-Milburn Cco
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan'b
Duce
Elder W. H. Morton Accepts Call at South Columbia Church
Elder W. H. Morton has accepted a call to serve the South Columbia Church of Christ this year. He will occupy the pulpit twice monthly on the second Monday mornings and about noonday.
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Morton
South Columbia Church of Christ
Rabid Cat Bite Kills Farmer in Kentucky
Owingsville Kentucky January 7 John Gauss farmer was bitten above the eye by a rabid cat that had entered a box where pups were confined He died within twenty hours showing hydrophobia symptoms After the pups were released one bit two Gauss’s companions who are in serious condition
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Owingsville
John Gauss
Gauss
Sheriff Sale Notice in Maury County Tennessee
Writ of renditions expones issued by the Circuit Court of Maury County directs a public sale of 35 acres in the 4th Civil District at the Columbia courthouse on Saturday January 30 1909. The sale is subject to a life estate held by Bill Patton and wife Clary Patton to satisfy a judgment in favor of C Denton and costs. Posted January 4 1909 by Sheriff Love Webb and Deputy J L White.
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Circuit Court
Maury County
Tenn
C. C. Denton
Bill Patton
Court House
Columbia
4Th Civil District
Gilliam
Park
Bryant
Dillehay
Clary Patton
C. Denton
Nonresident Notice in Columbia Chancery Court 1909
Clerks Office in Columbia Tennessee issues nonresident notice in a Chancery suit. Defendants Allen Denham and the unknown heir of Joe Erwin, both nonresidents, must appear by the April 1909 term or risk a hearing on the Complainants bill. Public notice runs four weeks in The Columbia Herald.
Nonresidents commanded to appear in Tennessee Chancery case
Defendants Allen Denham and Mary Lewis alias Mary Clagett are non-residents of Tennessee. They are ordered to appear within three days of the next term in Columbia on a card day in April 1909 and to answer or demur to the complaint as filed, with AKIN as Clerk and Master and HL Dinning as solicitor for the complainant.
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Mary Claggett
Mary Lewin
Allen Denham
Joe Erwin
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Columbia
Columbia Herald
Joe Landon
Mary Lewis
Mary Clagett
Public Auction Of Land Foreclosure In Columbia Tennessee
Notice states Cherence Gordon mortgaged land in Maury County Tennessee to secure a debt. On February 10, 1909 at noon a public auction will sell a half interest in the described tract at the Court House door, Columbia, to satisfy the debt set in 1907 with accrued costs.
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Cherence Gordon Carcuind
Miercy
Warcel
Mowry County
Tenne
Brown Kinzer
Thos
Singer
Uelone
Gabriel Gant
David Daniel
Anti Wits
Mahalah Harlan Daniel
Boo
Clarence Gordon
Court House
Columbia
Tenn
W. B. Turner
Non-Resident Notice in Maury County Court
Complainant states W R Lowell Nebraska Everett Miss Cassie Lowell John Baucomb Mrs J D Sims T L Baucomb J E Rickett Fay Compton Ralph Compton Archie Compton Bundy Colston are non residents of Tennessee and cannot be served. Court orders four week publication in Columbia Weekly Herald to require defendants to appear by first Monday in February 1909 or plead. H W Thomas Clerk J G Voorhies Solicitor. 25dec dt
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J. W. Bunch
Columbia Weekly Herald
Columbia
Tennessee
H. W. Thomas
J. GC. Voorhies
Auction Notice of Land Interest in Maury County
Sheriff sale under legal writs in Maury County Tennessee announces sale of one twelfth undivided interest in a tract in the fourth civil district. The court action between C D Park and Walter Hendrix with W A Denham for the use of C D Park specifies sale at the Columbia courthouse on January 30 1909 for cash with costs and interest.
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Circuit Court
Maury County
Tenn
C. D. Park
Walter Hendrix
W. A. Denham
Court House
Colambia
Tent
Henry Davidson
G. W. Park
Dillelay
White
Sat Ty
Walter Hrdrix
D. Pari Ant
C. D. Pat
Yan
J. L. Whith
D. Sheri
Sheriff Sale Notice in Maury County Tennessee 1909
A sheriff sale under a writ issues in the case O W McConnell v L D McKelvey. In Maury County Tennessee at Columbia on Saturday January 30 1909 within legal hours one undivided fifth portion of a tract in the 6th Civil District bounded by M G McKelvey estate McKibbon Smith and others to satisfy a judgement in favor of O McConnell with costs. Sheriff J L White directs sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court of
Maury County
Tenn
O. W. McConnell
D. McKelvey
M. G. McKelvey
Court House
Moor
Columbia
Maury Coun Tan
M. G. McKelvey Estate
McKibbon
Smith
L. D. Moketvey
Tortured on a Horse From Painful Scribbles
Fragmentary ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures piles burns boils fever sores ulcers boils and skin conditions. Mentions Napier Ragless physicians and guarantee by G. O. B. Alcorn.
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Napier
GO. B. Alcorn
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Looney
Ust
Mm.teer
John B. McCall
Federal Court
Judge McCall
Gaston T. Fitzhugh
Judge .McCall
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Birmingham
Prohibition
Doctor Thompson
Thomas B. King
A. M. Wooten
Edward Bourne
H. le Disperoon
T. A. Wilson
H.W. Porter
L. M. Stratton
J. B. West
B. Brady
R. J. Rawlings
J. W. Humphreys
W. C. Edmondson
Frank H. Reed
B. F. Petty
A. D. Mason
A. Manker
T. Walters
Carmack Monument Fund
Ed Loones
Mississippi
M .T. Walters
Cartera Creek
Walters
Carmack
Payne
Marvin
Davis
Davie
John FP. Baskett
Port Royal School
Claude Walters
Mildred Walters
Fitwints Walters
Loyal Temperance Legion
Carrie Hayes
Carrie Williams
Mer
D. K. Dawson
R. K. Dawson
Maud Dawson
Glendale
Denton C. H. Denton
Aude Denton
Katie Sue Denton
R. Denton
C. R. Denton Arch Collier
W. Dodson
W. H. Bight
Henry Troope
J. J. Kanon
Mary B. Davis
J. Doyle
J. Mo Bligh
H. W Thomas
Hy Wo
Thomas
Cloure Thomas
L. Thomas
A. Friende
Swetneesnees
Crosp Bridges
Additio Hint Pherson
Clark Jones
M. A
Bride
Dan Estes Hendrey Edwards
Rosson
Tat
Peeler
Jurar Rosson
Gaugerea Mo
Uey
Joe Hogg
MR. Cook
Miss Whaleby
Christian Church
Sheriff Sale
Columbia, Tenn
Lee Miller
Col
W. H. Bherrod
I. An. Akin
HL. Dinning
Sol'r. Tor
Dent
Sheriff Saie
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