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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
6
A fragmentary local note reports an arrest connected to a forgery case. Details are unclear but authorities indicate a break in a forgery investigation involving a suspect named Believed to have been broken up by Glever Shark.
A fragmented report notes Woodrow Auxiliary contributed seventy members to the Red Cross. The incomplete text references Merk, J.T. Wilken, and Ark area offices in a brief county report amid column ads.
Field agent reports across Tennessee show rising livestock numbers and values with swine leading gains at 26 percent and more shoats and young pigs. Cattle and horses rise slightly. total farm livestock value nationally up six percent to 5.38 billion dollars. Tennessee totals list mixed gains across horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and cattle categories amid favorable pasture conditions.
Mrs A J Hindman of Maury County has knitted 28 pairs of socks in two months. The record is noted as one of the best by Maury County women.
The road from Mt Pleasant to Scott's Mill, about miles, is being built under the oversight of the Hoover Mason phosphate company. Engineer grading and creek gravel surfacing are underway with a total cost around 700 and a special highway funds appropriation of 125. Alexander, district road commissioner, notes this as the best work in years and supports river gravel for durability.
Bertram C. Dedman, city attorney, arrived home today after a six month stay in Marih with the war department auditing staff. The Rochambeswm liner voyage was eventful and he faced a severe attack in Paris prompting doctors to order his return to America. He resumes duties as his health allows.
The Federated Women's Clubs of Columbia offer 2.50 in gold for naming the new meeting place used by Maury county women's clubs. Joint by courtesy of the Junior Order of American Mechanics the hall will be improved into an attractive venue for women and children. Written submissions, each on its own sheet, are due by Feb 1, mailed to Mrs. Henry Arch Moore, with earliest postmark winning ties. Names will be published locally without naming submitters.
Senator Cummins proposes a bill to strip the President of power to return railroads to private control at will. The measure sets government control for a fixed period and directs related actions by Congress. The short bill aims to limit executive intervention in railway ownership and operation.
Maury county residents show growing interest in illustrated lectures at community centers led by County Warn Demonstration Agent G Wright. Last week slides drew large crowds in Hampshire Isom Graham School Kerndale and more slides will be released from the extension division for another series. At Verndale Saturday night Judge W C Whitthorne and Wright spoke on rural town and county interdependence and social ties. Wright said he has received many requests for farming bulletins and will obtain new quantities of Permanent Pastures materials after exhausting current supply.
Constable Goad led arrests after a Mooresville pike incident left one black man badly cut and another with a broken arm. Gus Cockrell and Ernest Adcock, white men, face charges of highway robbery with a pistol and assault. Both waived preliminary inquiry and were bound over to the February circuit term. Adcock later swore out a warrant against Wash Granberry, who was badly cut, for assault with a deadly weapon. Granberry to appear for a preliminary hearing Friday.
Hardison Motor Co sold and delivered three automobiles and one Dodge Bros truck. The Barker-Shapiro Produce Co. received the Dodge ton and hull machine truck while Cy Young, T. J. McKee, and R. L. Sanders each took a Dodge touring car and a Chevrolet touring car went to Columbia Baking Co. Also delivered a ton and a half International truck to Hardy Skelly, a leading county farmer and meat packer, to aid his meat marketing.
In recognition of legal co operation with the Four-Minute Men the Columbia Herald Vogue and Grand Theatres received souvenirs of service including certificates of honor. Each local Four-Minute Men member also received a certificate. Dr Geo C Watts announced the presentation and a Wilson letter of appreciation accompanied the certificates. Wilson notes that no other group should use the Four-Minute Men name and cites service cost at about 100000 over eighteen months.
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