Judge Ed Looney To Lead Maury Campaign Effort
Antiadministration Democrats in Maury elect Judge Ed Looney to manage a county campaign. He will establish headquarters in Frierson building after a Mississippi trip. A campaign committee of county Democrats backs Looney to push the Independent judiciary ticket and later address legislative and gubernatorial races.
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ED Looney
Charlie Ferguson
Dus Notre
E. D. Looney
Looney
Mississippi
Frierson
Judge Looney
Letter from a Maury Countian on Patterson and Carmack
Albert Whitaker of Columbia writes to the Nashville Tennessean on June 4, 1910. He decries anti Patterson literature while praising Edward Carmack and pledges to vote for Patterson’s opponent out of respect for the slain editor on Rose Hill.
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Nashville Tennessean
Tennessean
Gov. Patterson
Edward Carmack
Rose Hill
Albert Whitaker
Columbia
Tenn
County Institute Opens With One Hundred Teachers Present
The County Teachers Association assembled for the annual Institute Monday morning with about 100 teachers present. Seventy two were enrolled and prospects are good for a splendid institute. The morning focused on organization and outlining the season's work. County Superintendent Graham attended the opening.
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County Teachers’ Association
Graham
Great Victory for the Old Guard in Tennessee Primaries
Special to The Herald from Union City Tennessee reports the Old Guard Democrats swept the June 6 Democratic primaries for Senate delegates from Lake Obion and Weakley counties and for Floater and direct representatives. Pattersonites were defeated. Carmack's margins were surpassed by the Old Guard.
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Herald Union City
Tenn
Senate
Lake, Obion
Weakley
Dyer
Lake and Obion
Obion
Old Guard Democrats
Pattersonite
Carmack
Mrs. Alford Called Home in Tragic Death
The community mourns Mrs. Roy Alford who died Saturday night at her Walker Street home after apoplexy. A St. Peter's Episcopal member, she lived forty eight years and leaves a husband and one daughter. Funeral services were at St. Peter's led by Rev. W. B. Caper with pallbearers named, interment at Rose Hill.
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Roy Alford
Walker Street
Sarah
St. Peter's Church
W. B. Caper
A. G. Dinwiddie
J. A. Bloan
Alna Foster
W.H. Wilson
Joe Borum
Wm. Biddle
W. ©. Whitethorne
John Dobbins
John Sparrow
Je A. Parker
Indictment Highlights Maury County Elections and Supreme Court Race
Grand jury returns murder charge against Webster WII Green and indicts William M Green for first degree murder. Prior bills of no bill cancel other cases while a drunken night riding probe yields Felix Brown and John Neace no bills. Campaigns note Maury County results in Supreme Court race with Barton Bell McAlister Mat Jen and R B Cooke leading, and Patterson convention looming.
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Neapolis
Maury County
Patterson
M. T. Bryan
H. H. Cooke
Court of Civil Appeals
Middle District
Crownover
Bryan
Cook
Carter
Gholson
Tennessee
Wii Green
C. D. Knight
Mr. Green
N. A Rea
J. W. Matthews
A. L. Thomas
J. Lee Thomas
A. F. Thomas
Will Dugger
Miles Murphy
C. GC. Green
J. 8. Hickman
M. P. Murphy
E. B. Dodson
Jonas T. Amis
J. L. Hutton
M. B. Parlss
B. A. Satterfeld
Raymond Adkisson
A. E. Murphy
H. L. Yokely
R. W. Hight
Lillis
Felix Brown
John Neace
Melville Lavendar
Rally Hall
A. Blair Webster
Wm. M. Green
A. B. Webster
Eilis Hastings
Jas. McAlister
Jesse
Alias Jack
Mayes
Harry Porter
Will Rindy
Sam Sanders
John Woodward
Ben Yowell
Sam Johnson
John Tally
Ben Hill
Geo. Ladd
Emmett Brown
John Neece
Sam Ring
M. McConnell
Martin McConnell
Alfred Freeman
Committee May Name Candidates in State Convention
Contests in Nashville report no returns yet from Carter Campbell Grainger James Jefferson Johnson Macon Meigs Pickett Polk Scott and Union. About 100 convention votes are represented by counties not heard from. some counties had no elections and delegations will be appointed through the state committee, potentially causing complications.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Carter
Campbell
Grainger
James
Jefferson
Johnson
Macon
Meigs
Pickett
Polk
Scott
Union
State Committee
Bottle Message From Mobile Bay Reaches Columbia Man
Mr M Edwards of Columbia Tenn and guests on the James A Carney threw a bottle into Mobile Bay during a Confederate Reunion in April 1910. Hans Olsen of Fort Morgan Fla writes confirming he found the bottle about five miles east of Fort Morgan and requests identification.
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Mobile
C. M. Edwards
W. C. Cherry
Mobile Bay
James A. Carney
Hans Olsen
L. L. Keeper
Fort Morgan, Fla
Herald Subscription Contest Standing of Contestants
The Herald's Subscription Contest tally shows Sam Wiley gaining on Matt Lowell by 280 votes with Wiley now leading. Parry Beard leads for the gold watch with 2,265 votes, while one month remains before the contest closes. readers are urged to vote by subscribing or paying back dues.
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Herald
Sam Wiley
Matt Lowell
Wiley
Parry Beard
Arrest Near Scene of Tragedy
Dayton Tenn June 7 Young Charley Nixon was arrested at Morgantown near the scene of the crime by Sheriff Frasier. He remains jailed awaiting his hearing. The inquest jury ruled Storie's death a murder in the first degree by Nixon.
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Clifford Dodson
Riggs Watson
Theta
Circuit Court
Bam Holding
W. K. Poxall
J. M. Chaffin
A. M. Crews
Joe Emerson
Perguson
Perguson, 8. 8. Porter, J. T. , G. A. Kinzer, R. B. Warren
J. H. Duke
P. Figuers
J. C. Voorhies
Joh Garner
Hatcher & Hatcher
W. 8. Fleming, Jr
Harper
Ferguson
Chas. Ferguson
Columbia
Henry Willis
Dayton
Tenn
Charley Nixon
George Storie
Morgantown
Frasier
Storie
House Appropriates 30000 for Paper Making Research
In Washington on June 4 the House approved a $30,000 appropriation to let the Secretary of Agriculture study methods of making paper from various plants and woods. The grant was added as an amendment to the sundry civil bill under consideration all day.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Severe earthquake devastates southern Italy reports claim
Naples June 7 three violent shocks rocked Avellino province with Calltri nearly destroyed and about thirty killed. Shocks spread through Basilicata Calabria and Sicily with Potenza San Sele and nearby towns sustaining heavy damage. Police evacuated clergy amid mob panic as tremors lingered in the district.
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Naples
Avelino
Calltri
Avellnho
Campania
Calitri
Ofanto
Conia
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicily
Avellino
Benevento
Campobasco
Caserta
Torre Ah Nunzia
Torre del Greco
Mt. Vesuvius
Potenza
Paola
Catazara
Palermo
Avellino de
Neadipe
San Sele
Citywide street grading and sidewalk upgrades underway
The city reports ongoing improvements on principal thoroughfares to enhance beauty and usability. Sixth street will be lowered and tree-lined with new sidewalks from Main to the Knob. High and Eighth streets also receive grading, with Street Overseer Friel and Alderman Chaffin credited for progress.
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Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Friel
Chaffin
Towler Re elected Chairman Of Equalizers Board
The County Board of Equalizers met Monday and reorganized with W. J. Towler re elected as chairman and T. W. Rail as secretary. The session adjourned to continue Tuesday with the Mist district on the agenda. Other board members include T. W. Prentinn, Mum ford Smith and William Glenn.
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County Board of Equalisera
W. J. Towler
T. W. Rail
T. W. Prentinn
Mumford Smith
William Glenn
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Riaas Watson
Maury Countian
Free Judiciary
West Tennessee
Mrs. Alford
Bryan and
Davidson and Williamson
Laura Garner
Green
Cro.nover
W. M. Lyle
McAlister
Bell
Barton
Cocke
Maiden
Supreme Court
Laura Gayner
Circuit Agart
Isom
Tore
Sherif Tom Lump
Plantit
Defendant
John
Neece
Felix Grown
Webster
Committee
HAM
C. M. Edward
Parrie Beard
Ella Younger
Anna Held
Anna Pigg
E. L. Roach
Italy
Towler
Equalizers
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