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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
Clawson Bros of Astiward claim the Maury County potato field yields could reach ten bushels per acre, with about 10 000 bushels expected from their plots. Prices range from two to two dollars and a quarter per bushel, valuing the crop around twenty thousand dollars before costs.
Deputy Sheriff H O Lucy of Giles county reports that crop prospects in the Yokeley section are fine and corn is not suffering from moisture shortage. He notes a good rain would help, and adds that below Campbellsville corn is very much in need of rain.
At a well attended Clover Leaf Lodge of the Knights of Pythias meeting in Culford Tuesday night, Frederick W. Sealy became chancellor commander and Prof. W. N. Bingham vice commander. L. B. Renfro Prelate and others filled posts as lodge enrollment grows to about forty five members.
The Aetra Oil and Gas Company held a well attended stockholders meeting electing four new directors: Edward D. Looney, Austin M. Harlan, Lawrence Webster, and M. B. Cecil, joining Dr. T. Bledsoe Brown as director. Officers named are Dr. T. B brown as president and general manager and Lawrence Webster as secretary and treasurer. Ground machinery is ready for early oil digging in Hamp shire territory with expected well drilling before month end.
The hardware firm of Harlan, Porter & Walker has sent four employees to the armed forces. Nathan L. Brown is enlisting, Wilmouth Bowen is at Fort Oglethorpe officer training camp, W. S. Hayes and Brown join artillery service, and E Flavius Looney has enlisted in the navy. The four men thus represent three military departments.
County highway commission members went to Campbell Station on Thursday and finished laying out a thirty foot road to the county line. The route had been thirty feet wide except for about seven hundred yards which was narrow. the gap was now filled.
Dr. E L Bishop of the state board of health will select three new sites in Maury County for rural sanitation work as the county court delays funding. The projects at Cullooka, Cathy’s Creek and Woodrow will be expanded to additional communities, with petitions from households guiding eligibility. Pigbyville and Santa Fe are expected to pursue benefits as local cooperation increases.
A period advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a universal laxative for children and adults. It claims a gentle liver and bowel cleanse quickly relieves illness, stomach ache, and feverish symptoms. The copy urges mothers to ask for a 60 cent bottle from the Solitaraty Fig Syrup Co, noting easy directions on the bottle.
One of the county's largest potato crops, grown by W. M. Chesien of Spring Hill, is being dug and shipped by carloads. Chesien has sold the entire yield to Laveson Brothers of Ashwood at a remunerative price.
Advertisement extols Gets-It as a quick, painless corn remover that dries in two seconds. It claims widespread use and popularity, with endorsements from Chicago and local drug firms.
Deputy Collector E A Myers of Nashville and Deputy Marshal B L Davidson returned from Wayne County after destroying portions of two illegal distilleries. Only buckets mash rigs water pipes remained intact. boilers and stills were hidden. Strut Sledge held four gallon jugs and one two gallon jug of moonshine. he was questioned but provided no information. Officers kept him with them as the search continued.
Jane, Prof. H., A. Morgan, dean of the University of Tennessee agricultural department, and President A. J. Brandon of the Middle Tennessee Farmers' Institute arrived in Columbia to confer with Governor Bryson and county committee regarding the Middle Tennessee station. If the governor cannot attend, Brandon and Morgan will tour the property. Brandon, a Bedford county legislator and MT Farmers' Institute president, praised recent rains as worth millions to local farmers.
Braven L. Brown of Texas visits Maury County to inspect farms as he plans a return to Tennessee. He was formerly wed in Warren County and moved west years ago where he prospered, now seeking a fine farm to invest in.
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