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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
7
County court records show Thomas Hardin serving as clerk and T E Lipscomb listed as register in the county office. The notice references their official roles and continuing terms. Both positions handle clerical duties for court documents and filings.
A Columbia revival urges action against saloons and bawdy houses. The Herald condemns passive moralizing, urging men to join a public effort to close vice outlets and protect homes. It warns of social sin’s toll on men, women, and unborn children, citing medical testimony and moral duty.
The article argues public sentiment drives law and party platforms, praising both Democratic and Republican temperance stances in Tennessee. It urges the Democratic candidate to clarify the temperance plank, notes Republican bets against betting, and warns that moral issues will dominate the campaign with November in view.
The Herald supports Democratic nominees and denounces Henry Clay Evans for his Force Bill record. It warns that Evans would deploy federal and black deputies at voting booths and urges the party to pursue temperance and reform. It calls for a reformatory system for youthful criminals and fallen women, arguing the state must act now to shape Tennessee politics.
Text of a prayer pasted on a Spokane yard switch engine side asks for a safe voyage to salvation. It likens life to a train run with lamps as prudence and Bible, urging closed switches and semaphore hope. The prayer ends with a divine sign into the payroll office for eternal happiness.
Immense crowds thronged our stores despite ongoing rains to prove faith in advertisements. People from Maury county and beyond traveled to our opening, and while staff did their best to serve all promptly some were disappointed. We will strive to improve prompt service going forward.
The advertisement promotes a lengthy clearance sale running this week and three days next week with new lots added as others close. It urges customers to attend, promising seasonable goods at prices not seen again in a year and emphasizing price reductions as the main driver of customer gain.
A verbose newspaper ad advertises SPECIAL EXTRA fabrics at cut prices including Vidette patterns, 4146 a yard, 12c yard on sheer lawns, organzines, and silk finished pompadour organdies. Wool dress goods and nab vals offered at deep discounts with miscellaneous toiletries and limited free samples for first four hundred customers. Further price drops cover shoes, carpets, lace curtains, linen, underwear, shirts, and embroideries with a continuing three day sale emphasis.
Lee Tindle is re arrested and held for trial after discovery of more stolen cash from the Checke store and post office items in Houser's hitch yard bringing the total found to about $6,000. Inspector Greenaway ordered the re arrest following continued investigation. Henry Clay Wilkes, tried before U S Commissioner Nicholson Jr., was bound over to the Federal Court.
Report spread Tuesday that Will Walton and Charlie Rodgers had drowned in the Dueck river near Godwin. It proved erroneous as they later appeared alive. They habitually leave clothes on the bank and search downstream for pearls, and missing for several hours led to the mistaken tale.
An L and N fireman named Byers from Nashville was severely injured in the North Yards on Tuesday. He was a new roaster and, after the engine stopped for water in Columbia, fell from the coal tender and struck his head. He died later at home, doctors reporting a base skull fracture.
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