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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
6
The state enacts material changes to game and fish laws including a May 1 to June 15 closed season. A $1 yearly hunter license is required countywide, a $2 state license, and $10 for non residents. Ex officio deputy wardens are all law officers, and the warden urges county sportsmen to form a protection club to enforce laws and improve game supply.
The county board of elections met to canvass the Mt Pleasant city election results last Tuesday. The board certified T. H. Canaryllor as mayor, and W. A. Green, A Ward, and W. D. Cooper as council members, with certificates mailed to the county recorder for the minutes.
The Richardson Lumber Co states they will not raise prices to exploit economic conditions. They pledge to keep prices the lowest for the best goods, addressing old customers and prospects. Bell 118 and Citizen 148 are listed contacts.
London reports show German undersea threat expanding across key routes. Cadeby Spennymoor and M Roosgall sunk, Argyllshire pursued. trade continues, Dardanelles fleet to assist army at Gallipoli. Italys Rhodes landings hint at Asia Minor coast invasion plans amid ongoing Western fronts.
The National Fox Hunter’s Association annual meeting may be hosted in Columbia between November 1 and 15. Local advocates led by T G Jones and supported by the Board of Trade push to secure hotel capacity and hunting facilities, promising top hounds and ample foxes for the event.
Glendale school ball team won two games last Saturday defeating Andrews School 10 to 2 and Park's Station 9 to 6.
The White Star liner Megantic bound for Montreal from Liverpool was chased by a submarine off the south coast of Ireland but escaped. An earlier S. C. 8 call reported a sighting, followed by messages that the steamer outdistanced the submarine, was sixty miles southeast of Cork harbor, and continued with all on board safe.
Fred Davis, who shot and killed Bob Bates weeks ago, is under a temporary $10 000 bond. He remains in hospital after wounds from a pistol duel and will stay until discharged by his physician.
Gus Wright was shot once through the shoulder in a Sunday quarrel near Kettle Mills. Baxter, armed with a .32 automatic pistol, fired one shot and fled, then was arrested later by deputies and jailed. Wright, a 35 year old with a wife and three children, may lose his arm.
John Henry Jones, son of Ham, was arrested Saturday night in Macedonia for delivering beer to customers. Chief Tom McLean nabbed him as he operated among the colored population, placing him in jail in default of bond pending grand jury action. Considered a mild promotional aside in the notice.
M. J. Anderson withdrew his suit in circuit court against L. & N. R. R. and Special Officer Roy Rigsby for damages of 10000. He alleges being put off a train at Lawrenceburg and jailed without a warrant. The withdrawal means the case is voluntarily dropped as grounds to sustain it are lacking. Dean's Ointment ad follows.
The board of mayor and aldermen will pass on third and final reading five ordinances to pave business district streets with asphaltic concrete instead of asphalt macadam. Ten days will follow for property owners to file protests. if none, the ordinances become laws. Expected no opposition as issues were settled earlier.
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