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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
6
Maury county breaks five week drought as heavy rains soak fields and streams. Early corn losses limited while most crops gain. pastures improve and gardens revive with a promise of the largest corn harvest in county history by August 10. Ad advertises Burdock Blood Bitters.
A county court will hear next Thursday a challenge to the 1907 dog licensing act. Plaintiffs argue the law discriminates by taxing only female dogs while male dogs escape, with prosecutors aiming to uphold the statute's validity and future effect on the law.
Tom Cook deputy game warden Maury county filed charges against Mathers Gordon for seining in Duck river under game laws. With Gordon absent at trial, Squire Hayes dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence after witnesses testified. other defendants were dismissed.
Special to The Herald Nashville Tenn July 14 The first real test case of the constitutionality of the bone dry law was decided this morning Judge George M Thomas on the criminal bench held the statute not broader than its caption and within Webb Kenyon provisions He denied the habeas corpus petition of Win Presley jailed in Davidson County for violating the bone dry law.
The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway Marketing Service lists numerous livestock, seeds, produce, and farm goods for sale including cattle, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, eggs, grains, hay, and bulbs with buyers invited to contact L P Bellah at ishville Tennessee for complete descriptions and prices.
Two Santa Fe youths, Mo A Davis and Zaccaria Beard, volunteered for the United States Army. They reported to recruiting officer Paul McGowan, chose infantry, and left for Nashville this morning en route to a training post.
Nashville July 14 The Davidson county sheriff Joe V Wright was suspended from office by Circuit Judge Thomas E Mathews after a three day hearing on ouster charges The court found he failed to enforce liquor sale laws and collected illegal jail fees The case also included accusations he backed two opponents in the Democratic primary and other charges were not decided by the court.
Dr Lucius Brown selected as fourth member of the Conservation Committee in Tennessee. He is noted as a leading chemist and early founder of the state pure food program. His son Ivy Brown serves as a lieutenant in military service in Paris during the war.
Attention called to the lateness of frost arrival as Katydids are heard for the first time. An observer notes frost typically appears ninety days after Kats, predicting frost in February and a likely killing frost about a month later, delaying Ist harvests.
Local store advertises bulk prices on Ladies Vests and Union Suits from 10 to 255 each, Mens Union Suits from 50 cents to 1.00, Boys Union Suits 33 to 60 cents, Shirts and Drawers for men and boys, and a sale on leather items. The sale touts 30 inch lengths and leather goods at 1.00 to 1.30, including tan and black options.
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