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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
1
County agent Evan A. McLean reports Maury farmers are thoroughly alive to duties and are expanding acreage. He foresees corn yields 25 to 50 percent above normal with heavy planting of corn beans and peas, sweet potatoes and canning crops, awaiting rain to deliver the biggest surplus in a generation.
Fire on Saturday night destroyed a large barn at Mrs. D. W Walters farm on the Theta pike. The blaze, about 9 o'clock, consumed a hay stallion a fine jack two work mules and a driving horse. Stock insured for 1500 dollars, barn uninsured. No cause found. Walters had suffered a prior fatal accident in a nearby cave-in.
W P Jackson, postal telegraph manager, received a letter from Major T F Hopkins of the Southern Department requesting applications for the Signal Corps. Jackson has recruitment blanks and literature and will assist prospective applicants. For further information contact Mr. Jackson at his office in the Rethel House.
A severe storm near Shady Grove in Hickman and Maury counties caused extensive damage. Flooding washed away fences and buildings, destroyed feed and grain, and left areas with ruined crops and gullied fields. Estimated losses reach tens of thousands of dollars, with barns and structures torn from foundations and waterways swelling dramatically.
A morning storm battered Carter's Creek with unprecedented rain and hail. Lands were washed and gullied, several farms including those of Fhel Dodson D Dodson Lack vidge and Charles D Ingram damaged, barns flooded, corn and gardens destroyed. Santa Fe section also suffered widespread flooding, washed bridges and culverts, and record-high water courses. The storm marked one of the fiercest and most damaging in years.
Horace Cecil clipped twenty sheep last week and sold the fleeces to Louis Barker at an average of 4.27 dollars per fleece. Fleeces weighed seven pounds on average and paid 1 cent per pound, totaling 85.40 dollars. Barker also bought one fleece from Will Shaw for six dollars, clipped from a buck recently purchased for twenty five dollars, the fleece weighing eleven and a half pounds.
J B Richardson of Lawrenceburg with his father H L Richardson traveled to Columbia with Mrs Emory Merride of Mr Pleasant to enlist in Major Horace Frierson's detachment. Richardson plans to stay until Wednesday awaiting Frierson's return, believing volunteer service wiser than draft.
William J. Shinhilser and Ben Nos send seven recruits to the regular army across branches. Snodie Barnes and Frank ary join the white cavalry, Ernest e Morrow to white infantry, Walter Wilkinson to the median department, George E B Taylor to the fees corps, Roy C. Lunaj and Joe P. Solomon to field artillery.
Centerville reports a severe wind and rain storm along Swan Creek causing extensive damage. The Peeler family all injured when their new frame house collapsed. none fatally. Parker's general store wrecked with merchandise scattered for miles. A Volunteer Phosphate plant near completion was destroyed, with losses around $10,000. Numerous barns blown from foundations. no deaths reported.
Special to The Herald from Centreville Tennessee May 26 reports Linden, county seat of Perry County, in the path of a severe storm with several killed. Wires down and no confirmation available at 1 o'clock.
Dr George O Watts rector of St Peters Church has been chosen chaplain for Company 1 First Tennessee Regiment during their stay in Columbia. He will preach to the soldiers Sunday afternoon June ith in M M chapel. The church choir, assisted by city choirs, will provide music for the service with a musical program arranged by Miss Camille Herndon, the church organist.
Nashville Tenn May 25 three companies of the third battalion of the First Tennessee Regiment left Camp Andrew Jackson for guard posts. They entrained at Belle Meade Landing at 1 o clock. Company T went to Columbine, Company K to Clarksville, and Company M to Tullahoma.
Maury county farmers report improved crop conditions after a cold backward spring. Prospects point to large yields in sorghum, Irish potatoes looking good, and plentiful pasture growth. Seed dealers note record sorghum seed sales while hay shortages loom due to clover and meadow hay failures. Oats show improvement despite earlier damage.
The Greenwood school in the Third district closed Friday night with a fine entertainment earning 14 dollars net for the library fund. Miss Mattie Overton led the school, all pupils passed the county superintendent's exam, and were promoted to advance grades. Overton pursues greater work next year.
Hays and Wright sold 140 ewes and 119 lambs at about 10 dollars per head, earning 1400 for ewes and 1190 for lambs, plus wool at 2 dollars per head totaling 257. This batch, despite losses and winter, was the most profitable they have handled in their long sheep-raising career.
A strong Ninth District committee appointed by the State League launches an aggressive campaign for the proposed constitutional convention. Maury County will vote July 28, with Col. Thomas B. Forgey among leaders guiding district organization and county-wide outreach.
Mrs Joseph H Fussell returns from Lincoln Illinois General Assembly where her address moved delegates and drew an exceptional ovation She urged aid to erect a monument to Judge Fussell a beloved longtime worker in the denomination The convention pledged strong support for her cause
A dispersion sale of 38 registered Jerseys from C. P. Hatcher Dr 8 R. Hardison and R. P. Dodson is set for Tuesday June 12 on the Mt Pleas ant Pike lawn of Mr Hatcher. The lot features top Tennessee Jersey lines including the last daughter of Doc Brown named Docs Last Daughter and strong progeny from Hood Farm and Landeeers Fancy lines. A first class auctioneer will conduct the sale and all will be sold to feeders and dairymen of the county.
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