Turnpike suit features Tennessee Triumph seed potatoes
In a Chancery Court filing the Columbia and Santa Fe Turnpike Company faces a bill from Colanbta Godwin and Associates. Defendants deny conspiracy or harm, claim duty guided actions, contest bridge and road conditions, tolls and openings during the county fair, and dispute most allegations as untrue while preserving public interests and taxpayer benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colanbta, Godwin and
Sants Fe Turnpike Company
Chancery Court
Greenlaw Ae
Chancellor Rearden
Quesi
Rainey
Pike
Columbia
Maury County
Turnpike Company
Advertising the County's Business Advertisement the Counties
The Herald extols its advertising impact noting readers in Missouri and Vermont have seen reports of 60,000 pounds of dressed turkey shipped to the North and East. It urges local merchants to use its columns to showcase resources and drive results, claiming unrivaled reach.
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Herald
Missouri
The
New York
Vermont
Barker and Company
Courts Should Decide Law Only
In Atlanta on January 17 Gov. Hoke Smith urged rail regulation and national action. He pressed that railroad commissions findings be conclusive in federal courts, with courts limited to questions of law, linking transportation charges to national property values and wages. He also expressed support for Secretary Taft as the Republican nominee.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Freight Bureau
Hoke Smith
Taft
United States
Fifty Millions for the Navy Bill Introduced
Representative Hobson introduced in the House a bill to provide navy adequacy for national defense. It would appropriate 60 million dollars annually for building new battleships and authorize purchase of war materiel up to 50 million dollars per year with presidential approval. The bill also contemplates enlisting 1,000 additional enlisted men and commissioned officers in proportion as new battleships are constructed.
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Washington
Hobson
National Security and Defense
Patterson commutes Rutherford County murderer to insane asylum
Governor Patterson orders Ed Jordan transferred to the Central Insane Asylum after Board of Prison Commission findings show he is insane. The commutation follows an investigation that concluded Jordan requires treatment in an asylum setting.
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Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Ed Jordan
Rutherford County
Central Insane Asylum
Board of Prison Commission
Jordan
Program of Lee Literary Society Delights Pupils
Friday afternoon at the Atheneum the Lee Literary Society presented a charming program in the chapel. Longfellow was the focus with readings, duets, songs, and a debate titled that a boy can have more fun going to school than staying at home.
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Athenseathe
Lee Literary Society
Longfellow
Ethel Shaw
Harry Williams
Mattly Sue Allen
Mabel Worning
Henry Murphy
Percy Moore
Hiawatha
Longfellow Society
Sandolphon
Carrie Holman
Boyville Band
George McAdams
Provine Greenlaw
Norman Christley
Alleyne
Naome Estes
Conditions On Panama Canal Review Before Interstate Commission
Former Senator J C S Blackburn governor of the canal zone told the Interstate Commerce Commission about canal conditions in the isthmus. He urged control of drinking places rather than prohibition and noted there are 34 saloons paying $100 monthly licenses. He questioned jury trials for Zone criminals and remarked on color lines among Southern European residents. A Jamaica negro was recently found guilty and sentenced to death awaiting Supreme Court review.
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Washington
J. C. S. Blackburn
Canal Zone
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blackburn
Colon
Jamaica
Supreme Court
Captain Hughes Receives Campaign Medal for Spanish War
Captain Hughes earned a campaign medal honoring the Spanish American War. The badge features a castle symbolizing Spain with Cuba motifs and the motto War With Spain dated 1898. The reverse bears United States Army and thirteen stars with a trophy and weapon designs. Hughes served in the Cuban campaign and the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in July 1908.
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Kingdom of
Spain
Cuba
United States Army
Fur Service
Hughes
Santiago de Cuba
Capt
Fruit Tree and Vine Price List From Wilkes Cullooka
The notice lists a selection of fruit trees vines and planta R from A Wilkes Cullooka Teun with prices under a simple product catalog format. It provides names of tree varieties and terms for ordering.
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A Wilkes
Cullooka
Police Chief Attacks Editor In New Orleans Shooting
In New Orleans on January 16 Inspector Howard S. Whitaker fired twice at editor Joseph M. Leveque in the Morning World offices but both shots missed. The incident followed weeks of Whitaker being criticized in World editorials and news columns. witnesses say a reporter aiding Leveque knocked Whitaker's arm, sending both rounds wild.
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New Orleans
Howard S. Whitaker
Morning World
Joseph M. Leveque
Whitaker
the World
New Orvane
Wo Blackguard
Trade Prospect Brightens as Industry Resumes Activity
R G Dun Co weekly review notes slow but steady progress, broader market for commercial paper, and more buyers entering leading markets. Production remains conservative, many plants idle under 50 percent capacity, wage readjustments planned, and price concessions sought as textile mills restrain output. Local events cover elected officers of Columbia Branch of the Western Brotherhood and a well received church banquet with Dinning as toastmaster.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Coe Weekly
Wrude
First Methodist Church
Columbia
Wealeyan Brotherhood of the
Tennessee
J. H. Dinning
Frank D. Lander
Allen Sloan
Bamuel ¥. Avbton
Cral Wuhltorium
Jackson Vines
Malaga
Mr. Dinning
T H. Peebles
P. Piquers
J. L Maney
J. EB. Edgerton
W. B. Davidson
Opportunity
R. B. Haynes
J. Hardy
Brotherhood
G. T. Hughes
South Carolina dispensary graft arrests stun Columbia crowd
John Black, former Director of the State Dispensary, arrested on conspiracy to defraud the state. Bail set at 10,000. Warrants issued for ex-board members L W Boykin and John Bell Towill. Liquor drummer M A Goodman freed on 25,000 bond. State finds Uilman & Co of Cincinnati defrauded SC of at least 64,000. Additional warrants for other ex-dispensary officials and bootleggers.
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Columbia
D. C
John Black
State Dispensary
State Dispensary Commission
Black
L. W. Boykin
John Bell Towill
State
M. A Goodman
Uilman & Co
Cincinnati
South Carolina
Verbal Charges Declared Not Actionable in Tennessee Case
Special Judge Robert H. Prescott ruled in Memphis that verbal accusations made in or about the accused cannot be considered criminal lies under Tennessee statutes. The decision involves J. F. McCarthy, a clothing salesman, indicted for criminal libel of Mrs. Jones, his mother-in-law, regarding remarks allegedly made at a January 8 trial in Justice Coleman’s court.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert H. Prescott
Palmer
Tennessee
State
J. F. McCarthy
Mccarthy
Mra. Jones
Coleman Om
Jump to Death Escaping Fire at Scranton Mill
Three girls died and others were injured in a January fire at the Imperial Knitting Company mill in Scranton. Five workers were on the third floor when flames trapped them, forcing jumps from a third floor window as fire and smoke blocked exits. The approximate loss was 976,000 dollars.
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Scranton
Imperial Knitting Company
Marle Buckley
Catherine Griffith
Skall
Jemnie Rutherford
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Panama Canal
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