Clean Sweep Sale at P Garber’s Offers Huge Clothing Discounts
A bustling sale advertises Clean Sweep pricing at P Garber’s with free broom giveaways for the first ten days and heavy discounts across men’s and boys’ suits, coats, pants, and hats. The ad touts yard goods, domestic fabrics, blankets, linens, and lace embroideries at reduced per yard prices, urging shoppers to read the list and buy early.
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Maury County
Gail Vici Biuohey
Saif Tt
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Boc
Melton
Panamias
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California
Cotton Mills Ordered Taxable in Columbia Jurisdiction
A Columbia city official opinion holds the Columbia Cotton Mill Company property is taxable for 1908 and thereafter. City Attorney Hatcher argues the city must levy uniform taxes on all property unless legally exempt, with assessed value around $50,000 and estimated city tax of about $760.
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Hatcher
Columbia Cotton Mix Company
Supreme Court
Columbia Cotton Mill Company
City of Columbia
County Court Calls for Statewide Prohibition in Tennessee
Maury county justices, in a unanimous morning vote, condemn legalized liquor traffic. They urge the Legislature to abolish liquor traffic without delay and endorse the local senator and representatives for organizing the General Assembly to back statewide prohibition.
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Maury County
Tennessee
Squire Pallanfapt
Nashville
General Assembly
W. £. Ballanfant
1907 City Charter Absorbs Columbia Cotton Mill Property
A court notes that an 1885 agreement between the Columbia Cotton Mill Company and the City of Columbia was void for purposes, but the mill property joined the city under the 1907 charter without conditions. The 1886 ruling did not bind the mill to the city.
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H. A. Webster
Chancery Court
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union, Georgia Division
J. G. Eubanks
Business Gent
Union Ia
Eubanks
Columbia
Columbia Cotton Mill Company
City of Columbia
Columbia Cotton Mill
Couple elude police to wed in Covington
In Covington Tenn on January 8 Misa Carmen Ferguson described as handsome and John Blackwood aged 20 of Blytheville Ark married at 10 30 pm after outwitting parents and a posse including Sheriff two special officers and Memphis policemen.
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Covington
Tenn
Misa Carmen Ferguson
Pretty
John Blackwood
Blytheville
Ark
Memphis
Fire and flood damage hits Guest House. insurance uncertain
A fire at the Guest House Friday night caused serious damage before the blaze cooled. Exploding lamp possibly sparked the fire. the rear of the house burned, delaying the spread until water and quick response saved the building. Loss is about $2,000 with inadequate insurance to cover the damage to the structure and furnishings.
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Pire
Boon
Polk
B. B. Erwin
Mors B. Farris
J. J. Elam
Ir. Polk
Hendley, Frierson & Obehiran
Amis Daughter Named Assistant Engrossing Clerk
Miss Porter Amis, daughter of Jones T. Amis of Maury county, has been appointed by Speaker Kinney as Assistant Engrossing Clerk of the Senate. The appointment is praised by her friends and local acquaintances who expect she will be an efficient official in the Legislature.
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Jonas T. Amis
Porter Amis
Kinney
Senate
Jones T. Amis
Maury County
Night Rider Murder Case Sentences Upheld In Union City
Jan 9 Nashville report says Judge Jones overruled a new trial motion in the Union City night riders murder case. Six men guilty of first degree murder are to be hanged February 9, while the remaining defendants receive twenty year penitentiaries. Appeals to the Supreme Court at Jackson will be filed when the court convenes next April.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Union City
Jones
Supreme Court
Jackson
Life 100000 Years Ago In Switzerland Cave Bones Found
Ancient bones of men dated at 100000 years old reveal a perilous era dominated by wild beasts. Modern notes credit Dr Kings New Discovery with saving lives from deadly disease, including a severe lung trouble. Trial bottle offered.
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Switzerland
A. W. Grown
Alexander
Dr. King
Alcorn
Transfer of W R Hovious to Vicksburg
W R Hovious, longtime manager of Standard Oil Co interests here, is transferred to Vicksburg Mississippi. Mrs Hovious and the children will visit Nashville for several weeks. Change to be completed by the fifteenth of the month. Replacement not yet named. Under his supervision the business has grown about sixty percent in the last five years.
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W. R. Hovious
Standard Oil Co
Vicksburg
Miss
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Joseph E. Jones
W. FR. Hovious
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Standard Oil Company
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