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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
5
Nashville July 22 The state treasurer nears completing payments on the school fund due July 1 with about 35 000 remaining. Disbursements total 44 229 26 for the day, the school fund taking the largest share. Receipts reach 3 026 67 as the six months of 1913 yield about half a million.
Sheriff Black returned from Tiptonville with a prisoner identified as George White a wanted escapee but the man claimed the name was false and was Oliver Gilmore. A confirmatory witness correctly identified Gilmore and the earlier White identity was exposed, ending the misidentification and prompting procedural steps.
A tent meeting will start Sunday July 27 six miles from Columbia on the Bigbyville pike. Rev. John E. Hight will conduct the meeting and Prof. John Hutchinson directs the singing. The public is cordially invited.
Public schools in the county prepare to begin the term next Monday with eight month sessions for most white and Negro schools. Some areas expect nine month terms where local funds top up state aid, notably Culleoka Theta Hampshire and others. The compulsory education law aims to raise attendance for ages eight to fourteen, with officials considering enforcement despite anticipated opposition. No county truancy supervisor or officer has been appointed yet.
The county stock show is planned for Monday September 15, two weeks after the regular stock day, with committees named for program finance and prizes. President Parker of the Board of Trade outlined the schedule and urged farmer participation to boost stock interests with an attractive program and liberal prizes.
Maury County Tennessee registers voters at all precincts from August 11 to August 21 1913 daily 8 am to 8 pm. Existing certificates expire with this registration. Dated July 22 1913 James H Kannon chairman John B Brooks commissioner of election.
Writs of possession issued by Supreme Court Clerk Carroll vest the state with ownership of two thirds of Reelfoot Lake. After approval by H. H. Barr the writs go to Obion and Lake counties to serve West Tennessee Land Company officers, transferring control of the public portion to the state.
A protracted union service starts next Sunday at Bigbyville Methodist Church led by Rev. H. M. Cherry and Rev. L. C. Molloy. The Columbia Motor & Implement Co. sold Buick touring cars to Joe Borum and Frank G. Cook, the latter being the second Buick owned by Cook.
In Chattanooga on July 23 the case of C. W. Stephens et al v Great Southern Agency Company opened in chancery court with about eleven hundred stockholders aiming to recover more than $400,000 alleged lost through fraudulent stock sales. $107,000 in the company treasury remains with Clerk and Master Sam Erwin as receivership proceeds. The trial concentrates on directors and promoters led by Herbert and his wife. Jury selection consumed most of today.
Nashville report says Robert N. Williams of Nashville is the likely choice for county register and revenue agent for Middle Tennessee to replace James R. Jetton who resigned July 2 while John Thomason may be appointed to West Tennessee or reassigned. Comptroller Woollen offered no firm dates.
Whitemound Wisconsin merchant W D Marti bought a stock of Chamberlain’s medicine to supply customers. After receiving them he fell ill and found one small bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy worth more than the stock. For sale by all dealers.
Mrs. A. J. Timmons, about sixty five, suffered a broken arm when she started to rise from a chill and stumbled over a dog at her Godwin Station residence on Tuesday night. Both arms were injured in the fall and the arm was alreadycrippled.
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