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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
5
Reports from the Gulf coast of Mississippi say the river flood destroyed oyster beds a major revenue source for the state. Over a season about 1,000 boat loads of 600 barrels each were shipped, with Bay St. Louis beds now barren. Fresh muddy water from crevasses kept beds unusable, causing mass oyster deaths.
Herbert and Jesse Allison alias Anderson were wanted for highway robbery and fugitives from justice after drugging a man's whisky and stealing jewelry valued at about £700. Birmingham police asked Nashville for help. Detectives Kiger and Carr tracked them down within a day, recovering the loot. Detective Goldstein praised the Birmingham officers.
A Tennessee duel from 1806 between General Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson is retold from a Nashville newspaper account quoted in W. E. Be rd s It Happened in Nashville. The clash followed a dispute over a forfeited horse race and left Dickinson mortally wounded after a shot at Col Har lson s Ret River near Cloverbottom while Jackson was lightly hurt.
Daughters of the Confederacy honor Confederate graves at Rose Hill Cemetery with a Monday ceremony. Rev. W. B. Capers opened with prayer and Dr. J. C. Molloy delivered an outline of an address praising Southern soldiers while reflecting on rebellion, secession, and Christian faith. Women in white scattered flowers as the choir sang amid a solemn, respectful tribute to the South’s leaders and veterans.
Robertson County, Tennessee marks its 100 plus year history with a socialist candidate for representative in the general assembly. J. B. Garrett, Springfield resident and brother of former senator D. B. Garrett, announces his bid amid a small local socialist vote. Incumbent G. L. Morris plans to run again as a Democrat as others start to consider candidacies, with the political scene described as heating up.
The announcement asks voters to consider Ben Cowley’s record as tax assessor during the current term. Cowley is described as painstaking and fair to state, county and individuals, with a clear head and sound judgment. He is noted as popular and without an opponent, likely to be reelected in August.
Chattanooga Tennessee June 3 Attorney Robt T Cameron wanted on a warrant for alleged violation of the age of consent law and on a federal indictment charging white slave law violation was arrested this morning at Atlantic City. He was released on a $500 bond. New Jersey authorities say extradition papers will be needed to return him to Tennessee. U S Marshal James G Crumbliss was informed by ER M Watkins clerk of the federal court and Cameron will likely be rearrested and sent back without extradition papers.
With educational advancement comes more intelligent and consistently more successful farming. The piece argues that schooling for younger men leads to better results in agriculture and overall progress for rural communities.
Wytheville Virginia June 8 The jury found Claude Allen guilty of second degree murder for the shooting deaths at the Hillsville courthouse. The article contrasts agriculture and farming, praising farming as a noble, profitable, and self directed occupation with modern comforts and community life. It extols the benefits of rural life, skill, and independence while noting progress in farm amenities and social improvements.
Baltimore is set to host the national headquarters as the Democratic presidential race concentrates there. Gov Woodrow Wilson Speaker Champ Clark Gov Judson Harmon and Oscar W Underwood will move operations, with Urey Woodson arriving to open offices. The national committee meets at the Fifth Regiment armory and Belvedere Hotel to name temporary officers and approve convention plans.
The EB. J. Vandriel orchard near Tullahoma, Tennessee, yields an estimated 150,000 bushels of Elberta peaches from 200 acres. With shipments impractical in the short ripening window, arrangements are made with the Tullahoma Tobacco Manufacturing Company for storing fruit in a mammoth cold storage warehouse and canning at a rate of 50,000 quarts per day. A nearby 150 acre orchard will also be canned locally, and the factory will operate day and night to process over 1,000,000 cans this season.
The Herald lists candidate notices for Maury and surrounding counties. Clarence W Turner seeks Congress from the Seventh District. Dr T Bledsoe Brown runs for Tennessee Senate Twentieth District. L H Hammond seeks Maury County Representative. Claud Godwin seeks re election as Maury sheriff. W Spence McFall seeks reelection as Maury County Trustee. Maury Tax Assessor seeks reelection. Macon A Green named for County Board of Education third and fourth districts. Elections August 1, 1912 or 1913 as noted.
Laurel Mississippi June 1 W A Mc Alpin a four negro railway mail clerk on his first run from here Union returned showing welts bruises and cuts he said he was called from an eating house and at gunpoint marched down the railroad track stripped and beaten by a crowd of men who insisted they wanted no negroes on his job He had served six years running four between Greenville and Birmingham and was sent here to relieve O L Parker a white substitute.
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