Phosphate Find Reported in Georgia Tennessee Area
Atlanta based Geor gia Tennessee Phosphate Company plans a $1,000,000 charter with option to $5,000,000. It seeks rights to 10,000 acres of phosphate lands in Tennessee and will engage in phosphate mining, fertilizer production, real estate, and lumber ventures. Named organizers include Duncan, Loridans, Alpp, Wheat, McKensie, and Andrews.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tennessee Phosphate Company
Duncan
Charles Loridans
Ivan E. Alpp
J. B. Wheat
W. S. McKensie
Walter P. Andrews
Tennessee
Isaak Newton
Inc Mense
New Hardware Firm Formed in Columbia With Three Partners
Ellett Harlan and Dodson organize Ellett Harlan Dodson a Columbia based hardware firm to start within sixty days. M W Ellett R J Harlan and R P Dodson form the partnership. Dodson is a strong business man while Ellett and Harlan bring practical hardware experience and wide county connections. The firm will operate from a Main Street building and stock a full line of hardware farm machinery wagons and buggies.
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Ellett
Harlan
Andrews
Negro arrested for drunkenness and liquor sale
Joe Huff, a colored resident on Tenth Street, was arrested Sunday by Officers Goad, Peyton, and White on drunkenness charges. Officers also alleged a liquor license violation after finding twenty five quarts of beer, whisky, and several jugs, with the suspect said to have arrived from Nashville with a large liquor shipment.
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Joe Huff
Tenth Street
Goad
Peyton
White
Hutt
Nashville
Patterson Reappoints Shiflett as State Mine Inspector
Gov Patterson reappointed R Shiflett of Knoxville as Chief State Mine Inspector. The action announced in Nashville on June 1 confirms Shiflett will continue in the senior post overseeing mine safety and inspection duties in Tennessee.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Swindled Dairyman Loses Life Savings in Memphis Plot
Peter Lay of Shreveport, a dairyman, traveled to Memphis with an acquaintance named Maroni to seek business. They buried 15,000 dollars two thirds Lay’s in a tin box. After arriving in Memphis Maroni vanished after borrowing 300 dollars. Shreveport reports say the buried box was found but contents missing.
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Memphis
Teas
Peter Lay
Shreveport
Louisiana City
Maroni
New Orleans
Lay
Mayberry Corrects Interurban Financing Claim
Mr. H H Mayberry writes the Herald to clarify that Nashville Interurban Railway is financed by its owners, with no stock held by P Hirsch & Co of New York. He notes only bonds and personal investments funded the project and provides a Nashville American clipping as explanation.
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the Herald
Interurban
P. Hirsch & Co
New York
Messrs. Hirsch & Co
Interurban Railway
Hirsch
Tresaurer
Interurban Company
Nashville Interurban Railway
Nashville American Today
H. H. Mayberry
Correction of Errors on Nashville Interurban Roadbed
The clipping clarifies errors about grading responsibility for the Nashville Interurban Railway roadbed. James B. Smith only surveys a small section while the main grading contract goes to others. Patrick Hirsch & Co. of New York are not financiers but treasurer of the construction firm with subcontracting plans. Financing comes from company bonds sold to New York parties and funds from H. H. Mayberry and Nashville associates.
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James B. Smith
Nashville
Miss Mayberry Breaks Ground at Franklin Railroad Spur
Franklin Tenn May 30 at 1 oclock work began about a mile from town on the Interurban railroad near the Nashville pike. About 40 citizens attended as President Mayberry announced the event and his daughter Miss Lenora broke the first shovel full of earth, after which a force of men started work.
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Pranklin
Tenn
Mayberry
Mias Lenora
New Phosphate Co Chartered in Columbia
The charter of the Union Phosphate Co. of Columbia has been filed for registration with capital stock set at $100,000. Incorporators include Geo B McKennon H F Alexander A Brielley E R Farrell and Geo W Killebrew. The firm owns valuable lands in Hickman County.
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Union Phosphate Co. of Columbia
Geo
B. McKennon
H. F. Alexander
Ladies gloves and laces sale in varied colors and trims
Readable shop fragment lists numerous items including Ladies' Long Silk Lisle Gloves in multiple colors priced around $1.35, laces and embroideries with patterns from a few cents to ten cents per yard, Swiss and Nainsook embroideries, shirt waist patterns, collars, rucking, Windsor ties, belts, hand bags, and cosmetic powders.
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Colgates
Selicks
Whit Kitchen Shot and Killed by Deputy Harris at Mt Pleasant
Whit Kitchen foreman of Arrow Mines and Mt Pleasant grocer was shot and killed at Mt Pleasant depot by Deputy Will Harris after a struggle aboard a train. Kitchen had been drinking and cursed in front of women, prompting confrontations that led to the deputy firing one shot, killing Kitchen in the breast. Harris was jailed in Columbia on $2,500 bond.
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Whit Kitchen
Arrow Mines
Mt. Pleasant
Will Harris
Kitchen
Nashville
Harris
Columbia
Mt. Pleasan
Mt Pleasant
Therupon
Goad
Mr. Harris
Mortgage Filed For 1.5 Million Construction Bonds
The Nashville Interurban filed a mortgage with Register Lipscomb against the Trust Company of America to secure 1.5 million in thirty year 6 percent construction bonds payable May 1 1987 in gold with semi annual interest. The mortgage was prepared as pamphlet form and will require Register Lipscomb and Assistant Register Mise Bessle Lipscomb to transfer it to the books.
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Nashville
Unseasonable Snow Closes Pike's Peak Route in Colorado
May 20 Colorado Springs reports record early snow in Central Colorado. The mountains were blanketed overnight, causing heavy drift and closing the Dog road up Pike's Peak, as gro wariness persisted from unusual winter conditions.
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Colorado Springs
Calo
Colorado
Pike's Peak
Money hoarded for many years in Pulaski Tenn
Willis Smith an 84 year old resident of the Fourth District, fearing murder for his money, hid about thirty thousand dollars in old half dollars and quarters in fruit jars around his home. He moved the stash to a local bank after learning of the risk, then withdrew all funds again amid distrust after a cashier accepted his deposit via a check.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Willis Smith
Fourth District
Smith
Shoal Creek
Old Town in Giles Again Becomes City
Pulaski Tenn June 3 In the municipal elections to establish Elkton's new government A C Austin was chosen Mayor Ed Grivsby Andrew Fairbetter Wm Vaughan J M Wright and Frank Wilson named Aldermen All are prominent citizens and property owners Austin president of the Bank of Elkton and a merchant The ticket formed from the movement to incorporate Elkton opposed by a ticket who argued for immediate charter loss of saloons under the four mile law Elkton sits along Elk River in a fine farming area settled before Pulaski
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Pulaski
Tenn
Elkton
A. C. Austin
Ed Grivsby
Andrew Fairbetter
Wm. Vaughan
J. M. Wright
Frank Wilson
A. OC
Austin
Bank of
Elk River
EIGUERS RETAINED IN MURDER CASE AT GOOLEVILLE
Mr. H. Piguers has been retained for the defense of a young Bryant charged with the murder of Mr. Vestal. The suspect, nephew of John Bryant of Cullooka and formerly a telegraph operator there, is held in high esteem by Maury relatives and friends who back his innocence. Habeas corpus proceedings have been filed and come up Thursday.
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HP Piguers
Gooleville
Young Bryant
Vestal
John Bryant
Cullooka
Maury
Locust Mystery Spurs Local Speculation About Origins
Mr. Columbus Frierson of Crossroads vouches that neighbor Mr. Jim Polk Hines attached a bullet to a six hundred foot spool and lowered it into a hole from which a seven year locust emerged. The claim raises questions about where those saved year locusts come from.
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Columbus Frierson
Crosss/ Hridges
Jim Polk Hines
Richmond Confederate reunion incident sparks salute to Pearsons
In Richmond on June 2 a Tennessee veteran named Rush Pearson Glured became the center of a store miscue at Broad Street. A drunken New Yorker insulted Confederate soldiers. Pearson drew him by the ear and slapped his jaws. A North Carolina veteran praised Pearson and slid a gold flag onto Pearson’s finger to recall the moment.
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Richmond
Rush Pearson
Pearson
Broad Street
North Carolina
Hay Long College Commencement Exercises Recap
The Hay Long College commencement exercises Tuesday night drew a well filled chapel. The program impressed with solid effort from teachers and students. Music under Miss Ray’s guidance pleased parents. Flora Hight’s graduation essay on Graduation What next? was well delivered. Dr. T. A. Wharton’s Tuesday morning address on Success offered strong, instructive influence.
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Hay Long College
Ray
Flora Hight
T. A. Wharton
Mt. Pleasant
Weather Outlook Through Summer From Devoe Prophecies
The New York World reports Weather Prophet Devoe predicts a cool spell until July 10 followed by a roasting hot period lasting until after September 15. Forecasts note frequent thunderstorms June 2 to 7, very heavy rain June 8, coldest June in years with cloudy skies, and alternating warm showery days. July starts cool, with heavy storms, then by July 11 onward very hot. crops delayed.
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New York World
Devoe
Italians from Indiana refuse to work on Swan Creek railroad
Twenty eight Italian workers brought from Indiana for Swan Creek railroad construction refused to work after three days of meals, leaving unpaid board bills and debt for railroad fare amounting to about 15 dollars each. They were arrested for beating their board bill, paid fines and costs and fare, and were released to return to Indiana.
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Indiana
Swan Creek
Great Homecoming Planned for Middle Tennessee Fair
Manager McGaw reports strong encouragement from former Maury countians now living elsewhere. He seeks missing names to invite long-absent relatives, aims to attract at least ten thousand guests, and plans mass publicity and rail connections for the Centennial Fair. The association expects top stock displays, premier racing, and band and side show acts, including possible Kennedy Show and Prof. Kopp band return.
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J. P. McGaw
Middle Tennessee Fair Association
McGaw
The
Fair Association
McGaw Haa
Ste
Kopp
Kennedy
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Shiflett
Louisiana
MR. Mayberry
Miss Mayberry
NEW Phosphate CO. Chartered
Tip
Linda
Eputy
Giles County
Giles
Eiguers
Tenneglean
Board OF Equalizers
Cooty
Squaltzers
Jane
Hendley, Frerson & Cochran
AGTA
Bratsom
Meg
Frank Latta
Public Square
Phoenis Bank
Eodt
E. W. Jones
High Street
Columbia, Tenn
Continental
Fess
Farrell & Lipocome
Watcrrarer AH Teweler
Colimeta
TRNM
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