Fusionists Meet at Nashville Conference Over Legislature Fight
Fusionist members of the Tennessee Legislature and outsiders gather at the Maxwell House in Nashville to discuss the absence from sessions. They refuse to disclose aims but deny plans to return to the Legislature. Representative Hall may attend and seek to publish a position statement in the journal.
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Representative Hall
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Maxwell House
Johngonious
Cherries for All Offered at Fifty Cents a Gallon
Horace Rainey advertises cherries at 50 cents per gallon in six gallon crates. The notice repeats the price and crate size for customers seeking fresh fruit.
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Horace Rainey
Lievers Creek Repeats Victory Over Theta Baseball Team
Lievers Creek defeats Theta 9 to 7 for the second time this year in a rough game filled with errors. Pitchers Turpin Newcome and Fleming McKnight each struck out nine as Lievers Creek secures another win.
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Lievers Creek
Theta
Turpin
Newcome
Liepers Creek
Fleming
McKnight
President Hutton Elected Tennessee Vice President
At the state bankers association meeting in Nashville J. L. Hutton of Phoenix National Bank was chosen Tennessee Vice President of the American Bankers Association. He is regarded as a leading figure in finance and this honor reflects his foresight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix National Bank
Tennessee
State Bankers Association
Nashville
J. L. Hutton
American Bankers Association
Hutton
Prominent Man William Bratton Dies at Shady Grove
William Bratton prominent farmer and citizen of Tickman county died at Shady Grove this morning around 11 o clock. The funeral will be held here tomorrow morning at o clock and burial is set for Rose Hill cemetery Thursday afternoon at 2. He was about 60, son of the late George Bratton of Leatherwood, and brother to Sam and James Bratton of near Williamsport. He is survived by his wife Miss Lou Erwin and a large circle of relatives and friends across Maury county.
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Herald
Shady Grove
William Bratton
Tickman County
Rose Hill
Bratton
George Bratton
Leatherwood
Sam
James Bratton
Williamsport
Maury County
Mise Lou Erwin
Daughters of South to Honor Memory of Vets in Gray
The Daughters of the Confederacy plan a graveside memorial Saturday June 3 with invocation music poem and oration. Veterans will receive crosses of honor and the procession forms at 3:30 pm from the Columbia Bank and Trust Co corner West Seventh and Garden streets.
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Daughters of the Confedeacy
J. C. Molloy
Winnie Davis
J. N. Meroney
EB. B. Andrews
Frank H. Smith
Maury
Sam W. Daimwood
B. T. Hunter
H. B. Lee
George W. Park
James C. Wooten
God
P. D. Freeman Tapps
Wm. A. Smith
Water Valley News Clip Recaps Local Happenings
Events include the arrival of a seventh child to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rountree, J. W. Pieg’s house being under rapid completion, and measles affecting the neighborhood. Pauline Pigg visits Mt. Pleasant, Mildred Gregory visits Water Valley, Mrs Shoup critically ill, Dan Galloway recovered, corn looking fine, young chickens thriving, Sunday school paused by measles, Lal's convenes next Sunday at 2 PM.
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J. A. Rountree
J. W. Piegs
Pauline Pigg
Mt. Pleasant
John Fleming
Mildred Gregory
Knob Creek
J. H. Forgey
Water Valley
Shoup
McGowen
Dan Galloway
Lal
Jury Dines with Sheriff Godwin at Jail Summit
The grand jury shared a meal today with Sheriff Godwin at the jail. Fifteen men attended including thirteen jurors, Attorney General Frierson, and Officer Gond in a formal dinner setting.
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Grand Jury
Godwin
Frierson
Gond
Steam Shovel Causes Freight Car Wreck Delays Court
An unwieldy steam shovel on a freight car derailed a car on the L&N line between Columbia and Glendale, delaying the accommodation train by hours. The wreck, blamed on the shovel’s derrick, disrupted circuit court sessions as jurors witnesses and officials were delayed. The line cleared quickly and the Nashville-bound train ran two hours forty minutes late.
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Lh & N
Columbia
Glendale
Circuit Court
Patterson
Cheatham
H. W. Thomas
A. L. Thomas
Puryear
John P. Graham
Nashville
Caldwell Injured in Auto Wreck Recovers Quickly
J. C. Caldwell was injured Sunday afternoon in a wreck near this place. He is doing fine and will suffer no ill effects from a cut on his arm caused by shattered windshield glass. The vehicle sustained broken glass and other damage. Dr. J. G. Williamson treated Caldwell’s wounds.
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J. C. Caldwell
Valuable Lands Deal Ties Centreville Phosphate Holdings
Centreville Tennessee June 1 The American Agricultural Chemical Company of New York and Dr V Thompson of Centreville propose a purchase of the Shipp and Stuart farms Urs in Grays Bend near Centreville The tract is among the county’s largest phosphate deposits though little mined and its sale is tied to a revival of local mining The company also owns sizable tracts in Hickman County and runs a mine at Blue Buck on Swan Creek
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Herald
Centrevilla
Tenn
American Agricultural Chemical Company
New York
American Agricultural Company
Hickman County
Blue Buck
Swan Creek
Edward P Turner Joins Maury Dry Goods Co
Edward P Turner acquires an interest in the Maury Dry Goods Company and will become a member of the firm in July. He is widely known as a popular grocer in the community and will assume his new duties with the company later this year.
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Edward P. Turner
Maury Dry Goods CO
Popular Grocer
Turner to join Maury Dry Goods as July opens
Edward P. Turner, after twenty years in Columbia mercantile business, retires from the grocery trade July 1 and becomes an active partner at the Maury Dry Goods Company. Live and Let Live Drug Co. will occupy his current store after July 15. The Maury firm welcomes Turner's return to dry goods. County Sunday schools are urged to appoint delegates for the Chattanooga convention June 6 7 8.
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Edward P. Turner
Maury Dry Goods Company
Turner
Turnmer
Columbia
Fim
Messrs. Wooten
W. A. Dale
Ainney County
Chattanooga
Dale
Maury
Maury County Association
H. M. Hamil
Nashville
Methodist Church
South
John R. Pepper
Memphis
International Sunday School Association
Hugh Cork
Chicago
International Association
Joseph Carthel
Sunday School Association
Culleeoka Man Elected Head of Letter Carriers
J A Dugger of Cullooka was elected president of the state letter carriers association for twelve months at the Maury county meeting. Officers elected include A W Gabler Santa Fe vice president J W Tanner Columbia secretary and H Q Tucker Columbia treasurer. Delegates named for Nashville July 4 and speeches praised the association's work and post office funding.
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State Letter Carriers Association
Maury County Association
J. A. Dogger
Cullooka
Lewest
J. A. Dugger
Culleoka
A. W. Gabler
Sante Fe
J. W. Tanner
Columbia
H. Q. Tucker
Crawford
Nashville
E. D. Minor
March
DL Fry
A. W. Cabler
Santa Fe
Tanner
Dugger
Treasury
Post Office Department
O. Tucker
Association
Herald
WANTS TEST CASE MADE OF MUDDLE
Attorney R S Hopkins a leading Columbia figure proposes a test case over the comptroller refusing to pay criminal costs of the State in a county He says a chancellor could decide quickly and the matter could go to higher courts for settlement The issue is whether the comptroller may pay state debts without a specific legislative appropriation.
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R.S. Hopkins
Columbia Bar
Third Quarter Meeting of First Methodist Church
The third quarterly conference of the First Methodist church will be held Friday evening. Rev. EB M Harrell, the presiding elder, urges Chairman Turner of the Board of Stewards to ensure full attendance and ready, complete reports.
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First Methodist Church
EB. M. Harrell
Turner
Undertakers Move Into New Brick Barn After Fire
The undertaking firm of Oakes and Nichols has completed a handsome new brick barn and is moving rolling stock and horses into it. Work took about two weeks after a fire destroyed the old building on May 12.
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Oakes & Nichols
Scaffolding Fall Injures Carpenter at Cottage Hotel
W. T. Johnson, a carpenter, was seriously injured when scaffolding at the Cottage Hotel rear collapsed on Tuesday afternoon trapping him beneath the timbers. He was working on a house behind the hotel and authorities report the scaffold lacked sufficient strength. Mrs. Johnson, 62, is his spouse and they reside at the corner of South High and Thirteenth streets.
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W. T. Johnson
Cottage Hotel
Mr. Johnson
Theta High School Commencement Week Plan
An excellent commencement program is planned for Theta High School next week. Rev. T H Athey of the First Baptist Church will deliver the sermon Sunday morning. Primary exercises occur Monday evening with a Tuesday recital by pupils to close the exercises.
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Theta Hilgh School
T H. Athey
A. M. Passmore
Mist McKay
Man Known as Jim Amos Arrested for Giles County Homicide
Lon Marshall Banks alias Jim Amos, 26 years after killing a white man named Jim London in Giles County, was brought to Memphis from Pulaski by Deputy Sheriff J. C. Harris. Amos had fled to Marianna Arkansas where he worked on the railroad as a section foreman before his identification by Henry Jackson.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lon Marshall Banks
Jim Amos
Jim London
Gilea County
8. C. Harris
Pulaski
Amos
Marianna
Ark
Henry Jackson
London
Giles County
Produce Company Wins Its Suit
The jury in the case of the Culleoka Produce Company versus Western Union Telegraph Co. returned a verdict for the plaintiff after noon Tuesday, finding the telegraph company at fault for failing to transmit a Chicago produce house message, supporting the suit against them. A separate case, J. W. Patterson versus J. L. Cheatham for slander, was called for trial in the circuit court on Wednesday morning.
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Cuflooka Produce Company
Western Union Telegraph Co
Telegraph Company
Chicago
Culleoka Produce Company
J. W. Patterson
City Settlements End Court Case Disputes
Two cases were settled by compromise out of the circuit court today and were dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff. The matters involved City versus Batts and City versus Titwoil.
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Daughters OF South
Bethel House
Sheriff Godwin
Caldwell
NEW York Company
Sale
Elegates
Aashville
State Association
The
Hopkins
M.E
M. E. Church
Carpenter
T. Johnson
Cot
Tage Hotel
the Theta
Giles
Arkansas
Produce Company
Western Union
Cucleoka
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