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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
2
Mr. John M. Crowe and wife with attorney J. OC. Vour sue in Circuit Court for 1500 dollars against W. A. Chann over cedar timber burned from a barn site. The timber is claimed to have been on a brush pile on Chann property and extant at the time of the incident.
Fragmentary text references marriage licenses and storage company terms with names Gilbreath, Sallie, and Meresatile, suggesting a local notice about licensing or storage arrangements. Due to the garbled source, extractable entities include Gilbreath and Sallie, with no clear date, place, or outcome.
A mixed local roundup reports fever illness in Bigbyville and Glendale, visits from Huntsville and Nashville, and community events. It notes a fire at Bally Hill, ice cream night at Elmwood, and Children’s Day at Glendale Methodist. Mt. Pleasant water works construction begins as personnel shift to Missouri railsites.
Persons with accounts of the late Dee W C Z Bhspeansta are warned to come forward at 16 Adime street by August 1. All unsettled accounts will be placed in the hands of an officer for collection. Mrs W C Swerrano spearheads the notice.
Long hot drought eases as scattered showers reach the southern county. Rain fell Tuesday morning across many areas including Columbia, Gibbsville, Enterprise, and Mt. Pleasant, with several towns reporting heavy falls while others saw lighter rain or dust remains. Western sections enjoyed the best downpour for about an hour, aiding vegetation after five weeks of dryness.
Showers covered much of the southern county area Wednesday night and another rain event hit Columbia. Torrents between Cullooka and Moorestown raised Globe Creek, while Cullocks and Mt. Pleasant saw light falls. Groveland and Rock Springs escaped heavy rain. western fields stay in good condition, with local showers around Columbia and surrounding areas. Local buggies and stock items advertised in the column.
Local showers in limited areas bring relief to drought stricken regions. Rainfall is most extended in Kansas from Topeka to Wichita, but temperatures remain high across the West South and Southwest as more rain is needed.
In Pulaski Tennessee during an afternoon storm the Nathan Adams residence built long ago by Sterling H Lester burned after a lightning strike. The old house once owned by Ann Adame, widow of Irish banker Thomas Adams, was insured for 1300. James A P Skillern occupied the home with no insurance. The blaze follows several storm days across Gites county.
Mr Cam Meloy of Carter's Creek reports a horse stolen Monday night. Tuesday Frank Fitzpatrick, a Black laborer in the phosphate mine, was arrested by Constable Tom Goad of the 10th district and jailed on the charge. The horse was located near Theta.
Mt Pleasant Tennessee reports June 1901 phosphate movement by Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Domestic rock moved 16,712 gross tons with 507 freight cars and 655 loaded trains. aggregate export and domestic tonnage for six months 1901 stands strong at about 122,014 gross tons domestically and 305,560 total for 1900 and 1901 combined. The value approximates $600,000 with mining and loading costs around $41.1 per ton totaling $295,104 paid to laborers.
New tin shop just opened at No SHetheil Block Garden-street offering tin iron and slate roofing, juttering, hovye and furnace work with prompt service. Modern equipment and skilled workmanship advertised amid limited details.
The four week session of the State Peabody Institute closed with a grand jubilee. Hon. Morgan Fitzpatrick praised the best faculty in the state led by Profs. London Page and Lawson. Examinations were fair and thorough. about 10 passed the State exam and 25 the county.
Lease offer for a three to five year term on a 3X acre farm located one mile southeast of Columbia. Describes a splendid stock farm with barn and tenant homes. Principal: L. P. Panorrr. Contact 625 tf.
James R. Hicks, held as an accessory in the Laycock killing, alleges in a Gibson Station confession that James Black murdered his own father twelve years earlier by poisoning whiskey with Rough on Rat. Black, now jailed for Laycock’s death, reportedly plotted the crime with two sisters as witnesses. Hicks, Black’s uncle, provides the latest claim tying a long-ago murder to current investigations.
In Van Buren Arkansas on July 17 detective T A Irvin from Baird Texas brought in Thomas Stokes, a 14 year old now posing as a woman, accused of the murder of a notable Baird citizen three years ago. Stokes taught in Huntsville under a female guise, claiming amnesty and insisting he did not know the man wanted. Irvin believes he has the right man and transported him to Texas. Also an ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee.
Nine indictments were returned yesterday against the ex-Clerk of the Circuit, charging him with embezzlement and larceny. The cases were brought in Nashville, with details outlining the charges and the state’s case, as reported from the July 14 dispatch.
A northwest funnel cloud struck Dresden at 2 pm with gale force winds and hail. The Liord building on the Square collapsed, its two stories smashed, and Lingh and Reavis grocery and furniture suffered extensive damage. Trees uprooted. widespread ruin reported. no further damage known.
Eagleville and neighboring village about eighteen miles southwest of Murfreesboro suffered a severe windstorm yesterday afternoon. The large storehouse of McCord was demolished, along with a stock of bagging, wagons, harness, and a general line of furniture and hardware.
Report from the hill near Mr Early's place describes Racry and Messrs Ton and Ric breaking loom from the engine causing a derailment. The machine overturned and a person was badly hurt.
Foreign dispatches report extreme heat as temperatures neared the nineties and ice remains scarce in London. Despite millions of tons flowing up the Thames for Norway and Sweden, most households lack refrigeration and the cost of ice cuts into daily life. Attempts by major ice dealers to push sales failed as no one could afford to wait for supplies, with ice melting quickly and American refrigerators just arriving.
A brief notice notes Mr Harrison Tankersley in the Bridge area as one of the oldest residents, aged about eighty and still active. It mentions his wife approaching that age and a gathering on Tuesday where friends offered late birthday gifts. The text is garbled and includes stray outbursts.
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses the corset trust with a noisy exchange about staying power and a remark about anti expansion. It mentions diet and distinct wording, but text is garbled and names or dates are absent. The item reads like a brief reader comment or exchange note without clear actors or events.
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