Assembly Urges Committee to Settle Legislative Turmoil
A call goes to the committee to bring about settlement of ongoing trouble in the state legislature. The plea stresses reducing conflict and restoring orderly proceedings among lawmakers.
02 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
1
A call goes to the committee to bring about settlement of ongoing trouble in the state legislature. The plea stresses reducing conflict and restoring orderly proceedings among lawmakers.
Nashville May 27 The Senate passed a resolution to form a five member committee to confer with Governor Hooper and Senator Luke Lea to reconcile the rift and resume business. The move follows charges of state instability as factions flee and quarrels delay the semi annual debt payments and county boards. The committee includes Adams Jones Houk Turner and Baxter.
Maud Gentry, four full sister of Nell Gentry and 1910 champion pacer at 2.09 percent, is training at South Side Park under owner JH Billingsley of Lynnville. She has run several workouts and shows promising racing ability as plans for a first-class stable of thoroughbreds take shape.
Deputy Sheriff Walter Griffin of Mt Pleasant captured Jim Pinkerton Monday morning and jailed him in Columbia for selling whisky in Mt Pleasant. Pinkerton, a Black man, faces charges set for grand jury consideration.
Maury county road commission says the new public road linking Mt Pleasant and Hampshire will be completed next week. The highway under supervision has greatly aided travelers between the two points and work aims to finish the Mt Pleasant to Enterprise segment as well.
The Howard Institute holds commencement exercises beginning tomorrow with a sermon by Rev. Thomas R. Curtis of Lebanon at 11 a.m. The program ends Friday with a student banquet at 8:30 p.m. and a concert on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Final examinations run Monday to Thursday, June 1.
Five Columbia lawyers joined the Tennessee State Bar Association at the Nashville meeting, boosting total members to over 500 with nearly 100 elected this year. Named Columbians are Judge Sam Holding, John H. Dinning, W. C. Salmon, Crockett Owen, and General J. B. Garner.
Hugh Webster Bertram Dedman and John B Parham plan an extensive two week automobile tour visiting Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee They anticipate a most enjoyable trip as they depart next week for the southern states.
The Whitaker & Son ice cream factory on the Lowell Mill Pike will miss its June 1 start as machinery installation and site changes push back the debut to after mid month. The plan adds a full refrigeration plant and in house ice production, enlarging capacity for home and shipping trade with an expert from Chicago overseeing.
Joseph F. Brownlow vice president of the Maury National Bank answered the welcome at the State bankers association gathering in Nashville. Gov. Hooper and J. T. Howell delivered the opening addresses, with Howell presiding at Cumberland Valley National Bank of Nashville.
A man told Sheriff Godwin that a quart of liquor from Sing Lochridge was undrinkable. The sheriff and Deputy Willis White detained Lochridge on the complaint and began an inquiry into the alleged bootlegging activity.
Banks and the post office close in observance of Decoration Day. Bankers travel to Nashville for State Bankers Association sessions while clerks attend a ball game. The post office resumes limited hours with no deliveries as authorities honor Veterans of the Great War.
An all day service at Mt Nebo Methodist Church featured a sermon by Rev. M. C. Dickson at 11 o'clock. Dinner was served on the grounds at noon. A large attendance gathered despite extremely hot weather.
A new telephone exchange is being installed at Williamsport by Citizens Telephone Company and Mines will be ready for service within three weeks. Phones will operate on a metallic circuit replacing the ground circuit on lines in that area.
Tom Pepper, described as a negro, received six months on the county road for selling whisky. He was arrested at Santa Fe by Deputy Sheriff Jim Fitzgerald and accused of furnishing liquor to railroad workers there.
County Superintendent John P. Grasham has not received any applications for four scholarships to the South Knox ville summer school opening next month. Four teachers from the county may be sent free if they take the agricultural course at the University of Tennessee. the superintendent can appoint, but no applications have been made.
Local dealers expect lamb prices to drop this week due to heavy receipts at Louisville signaling a full market. Quotations in Louisville range from 25.00 to 7.50 per hundred pounds, while St. Louis reports 5.75 to 7.65 with lower arrivals.
Representative Padgett delivers an address to midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis during the term break. He has served on the academy’s board of visitation for three years and has shown sustained interest in the school. The case involving Cullekon Produce Middies and Western Union Telegraph Co. concerns alleged negligence damaging four carloads of potatoes. other cases, including W. H. Schuneman and family vs Caldwell, have been compromised.
Rev. A Sydney Venable, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lewinburg, delivered a strong sermon at the Zion church on Sunday.
At the State Bar Association of Tennessee meeting in Nashville, Hon. George T. Hughes of Columbia was elected vice president. The three day session also elected L. D. Smith of Knoxville as president, lauding Hughes for his honor, integrity and legal acumen.
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