Post Office Robbery Sparks Colorful Confession Row
In Columbia a post office robbery leads to arrests of Henry Clay Evans Wilkes Lee Tindel and Will Brown all colored Officials recovered about 4000 in checks and money with potential losses totaling up to 10000 The suspects hint at an older mastermind while some items remain missing and the case unsettles local business circles.
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Henry Clay Evans Wilkes
Lee Tindel
Will Brown
Hughes
Herald
Edmund Hughes
Pleasant
Columbia Post Office
W. F. Embry
Wiley Embry
Goad
Morgan
McLean
White
Peyton
Henry Clay Evans
Henry Clay
Wil Brown
Lewis Hewlin
College Hill
Will
Tree and plant offerings from R. Wilkes in Calteokn Tenn
Readable catalog item listing trees and fruit plants including strawberry plants and root stock offered by R Wilkes of Calteokn Tennessee.
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R. Wilkes
Calteokn
Tenn
Injured on Mt Pleas Bridge After Horse Falls
A decrepid bridge on the Mt Pleas Pike caused a buggy accident injuring Mixes Jennie Yeatman Mrs. Luelis Burch and young John Purch. The horse fell through a hole in the bridge tipping the buggy and throwing occupants to the ground causing bruises and minor injuries. The Herald notes the incident.
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Mt. Pleaso Pike
Hursday
Jennie Yeatman
Luelis Burch
John Purch
Circuit Court Docket Sets November Terms
The docket lists Civil and Criminal sessions for November. Civil docket spans Nov 12 to Nov 28 with numerous cases involving Columbia Water & Light Co. L. & N. Railroad Co. and others. Criminal docket begins Nov 26 with multiple State indictments.
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Derryberry Ve. Ins
E. Callender
Columbia Water & Light Co
Bucknall
F. R. Sheegog
White
City of Columbia
Hanaway
Randall
J. D. Frierson
Sandy Herris
Uxve
Quarterly report of County Judge Gordon 1906
County Judge Gordon submits the quarterly financial report for the period ending July 1 1906. He itemizes issued warrants totaling 10 843 21 and lists numerous payments to Revenue Commissioners court officials suppliers and local services including salaries, stationery, coal, transportation, and repairs for the Courthouse and related county uses.
County Judge W C Gordon submits quarterly financial report
The document lists expenditures for Cumberland County during the quarter, noting totals of 409843 and a comparative saving of 4127.51 versus the first quarter of the year ending April 1906. It records interest paid on Court House Warrants from the General County Fund, comments on tax valuations, and urges economy unless Court House debt is bonded. It praises Road Commissioners and notes a Government building appropriation, proposing the old jail site for location due to sewerage advantages. W C Gordon County Judge.
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W. J. Towler
Coffey
Jim Shack
Court House
Plummer Webster
Johnson & Hight
Street & Co
Repair Court House
W. O. Gordon
W. E. Jones, Jr
Dobbins & Ewing
Dale Bros
Coal Court House
City Transfer Co
Drayage Court House
J. L
F. E. Wood
Keys Court House
B. W. Letsinger
J. L. Voorhies
G. W. Hayes
Williamsport
Turner & Johnson
Powder Court House
W. B. Greenlaw
Rees & Watkins
Root
J. H. Forgey
L. H. Fitegerald
Cumberland Telephone Co
Salary Co
Chicago Tribune
Advertising Court House
W. E. Ayres
Pens Register
A. E. McMeen
Damage Road Ltd
WATS
W. A. Tevin
Ecu Wats
W. J. Green
Damage Public Road
W. B. Turner
Revenue Commissionen
W. ©. Gordon
Salary
L. Woorihies
Hutte Paten
Crittenden Honke
Inc
Shack
Tom Frierson
Gordon
Citizens Telephone Co
McQuiddy Printing Co
Axydelorte Printing Co
Lara Lendrum
J. H. Forgery
Roth Evans
Work Court House
J. H. Kannon
A. L. Thomas
E. W. Letsinger
W. C. Gordon
Thompson
Fariss & Pogue
American Fence
James
Love Webb
Phinmer Webster
Columbia Water & Light Co
Water Court House
E. W. Leteinger
J. J. Mooney
Marshal & Bruce
J. C. Wood
Doors Court House
J. H. Kannan
Maury Dry Goods Co
W. T. Mitchell
William Frierson
Reuben Evang
General County
Welcome Bryan reception planned in New York
July 15 New York plans for a reception for William Jennings Bryan upon his late August return from a world tour were laid out by the Commercial Travelers' Anti-trust League committee led by Lewis Nixon. Bryan will be met at the Battery on Aug 30 and escorted to the Victoria Hotel for an evening Madison Square Garden event presided by Mayor Tom L. Johnson with Gov. Folk chairing the committee.
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New York
William 3. Bryan
Commercial Travelers’ Anti-trust League
Lewis Nixon
the Battery
Bryan
Broadway
Victoria Hotel
Madison Square Garden
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Gov. Folk
Missouri
William L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Alex Troup
Connecticut
Nis State
Snuff as a Liberator in a Humble Tennessee Escape
In Alamo Crockett county Sheriff Henderson and a deputy escorted two horse thieves to jail when the escapee covered the sheriff with snuff, blinding him briefly and fleeing. A 12 year old boy nearby fired at the fugitive and helped recapture him. the deputy later found a stash of snuff on the prisoner. The report concludes with a Baltimore American remark about Otto pursuing Rockefeller.
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Mr. Henderson
For Sale Nice Home on Santa Fe Pike
For sale a nice home with 14 acres and 5 rooms plus other improvements located 2 percent miles from Court House on Santa Fe pike. Details scarce. potential buyers urged to inquire for more information.
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Court House
Santa Fe Pike
Particul
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