Williamson Justices Reject Bonds for Experiment Station
Williamson County court votes 31 to 16 against funding the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station. Heated speeches criticize the measure, with one member saying Maury County is welcome to have the farm. The reversal follows a week of shifting positions, and the court declines to submit the proposal to a county vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Maury County
Walter D. Hastings
Franklin, Tenn
Rosing
County Quarterly Court
Williamson County
Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Middle Oussee
R. 8
Cotton
Squire Cotton
Maury
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad Claim
An advertisement warns against calomel and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative. It claims calomel causes salivation illness and lost work, while Dodson's product will cleanse the liver without side effects and is safe for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
All Day Canning Demonstration Held by Local Club
The Dark's Mill Home Demonstration Club held an all day canning event at Mrs. T. S. Green's Bear Creek Pike home on Thursday July 19. Members prepared vegetables for canning and four canners were used. Bean, tomato, and squash canning demonstrations ran through the day, followed by a business meeting that appointed Miss Ludy Hays chair of the National Council of Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dark’s Mill
T. S. Green
Bear Creek Pike
Ludy Hays
National Council of Defense
Bryan
Miss Turner Demonstrates Canning at Mrs Vaughan's Home
In view of poor weather and with help from friends, Miss Turner of the State University will give a demonstration next Thursday July 26 at Mrs R Lee Vaughan's West Seventh Street home. Morning session 1 to 12 covers canned fruit and jelly making. afternoon shows canning of vegetables. Ladies are invited to bring jars and vegetables. limited quantities of any one item. Courtesy to Mrs Vaughan acknowledged by County Demonstration Agent Mrs Artie W Bryan.
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Miss Turner
The
State University
R. Lee Vaughan
West Seventh Street
Vaughan
Artie W. Bryan
Fifteen Thousand Crim inal Libel Suit Filed
Through counsel Charles P. Hatchet and George Taylor Hughes Sr. H A Armstrong has filed in the circuit court for 15000 dollars for alleged criminal libel against John W Cecil a prominent Cross Bridges resident. The case grows from a letter Cecil wrote to a witness in the Jor Hagey versus Cecil suit. The grand jury recently indicted Cecil for criminal libel based on the same letter.
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Charles P. Hatchet
George Taylor Hughes, Sr
H. A. Armstrong
John W. Cecil
Cross Bridges
Cecil
Jor Hagey
John W
Grand
Men of local battery muster for federal service at high noon
Battery F First Tennessee Field Artillery reported for Federal service at noon on the Columbia Military Academy campus. First Sergeant Francis Warfield called the names of 182 men from Maury, Williamson, and Lawrence counties, with about ten not responding. Women of Maury organized a large community dinner for the troops, led by Mrs. John T. Wooten, serving a full menu. After meals, generous gifts included a box fund for Company L in Nashville and tobacco packages from The Herald and J. A. Sloan. Crowds from Maury, Williamson, and Lawrence counties filled the scene, though rain hindered some travel from Lawrence.
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First Tennessee Field Artillery
Federal ‘Service
Columbia Military Academy
Francis Warfield
Maury
Lawrence
William Son
Maury County
John T. Wooten
Maury County Boys of Company
Maury “County
Quileoka
Mt. Pleasant
Sawdust Valley
Water Valley
Bigbyville
Zion
Columbia
Lawrence County
Williamson County
The
Herald
J. A. Sloan Company
Williamson
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J. T. McKnight
S. W. Warfield
W. C. Whitthorne
J. I. Finney
S. R. Hardison
W. T. Frierson
Hugh Lee Webster
T. E. Lipscomb
John W. Adkison
M. E. Allen
R. H. Guest
Jac. H. Murphy
T. G Hughes
W. J. McKnight
Jos. M. Dedman
J. P. Street
W. J. Webster
Wm. S. Fleming, Sr
H. L. Hendley
Mora B. Fariss
N. E. Due
Thos. H. Peebles
Hersia
R. L. Vaughan
MO. W. Cecil
First Tennessee Infantry
Nashville
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