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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
1
Fred Davis charged with murder in the first degree for killing Robert Bates on South Main street. Davis wounded in the incident and confined to bed, now under a $10,000 bond as prosecutors press the case. The grand jury also returned several larceny and bootlegging indictments in its second batch.
For the tenth consecutive year W M Buchnan of South High Street delivers to The Herald Wishers a basket of large early peaches. The fruit is fully ripe and unusually sweet, a display of the John Witherspoon Frierson variety grafted by Grant Bros from whom the trees supplied the seed.
May hospital activity shows seventy days with seventy patients and seventy eight charity patient days. Fourteen operations occurred. At month start three patients were present. seventeen discharged. two deaths and one birth recorded. From pay rolls, revenue of 250 was noted. Miss Crabtree, superintendent, oversees.
A court verdict favored defendant Hays in the case of T. M Leuers versus RL Hays involving objections. The ruling was announced this morning, concluding the civil matter.
Judge Turner presided over several criminal dismissals and dispositions. Not guilty verdicts were returned in State v Williams and State v Baugus. Curran Brooks received four months in the work house plus costs, Homer Mayberry nolle prosequi. Civil judgments awarded William Martin v Tickle Dugger for 25 dollars and Robert Benderman v Middle Tennessee Railroad for 190 dollars. Florence Benner v Mrs Craig was dismissed, with the appeal dismissed in the opposite case.
The legislature imposes taxes on laundry agents in Columbia. Out of town laundry agents must pay 75 a year including state 25 county 25 city 25 or more as the city may levy. Local laundries had long complained about untaxed agents and the measure aims to reduce agent numbers.
A Sunday storm sent lightning into B. A. Satterfield’s residence across Eighth Street from Garden Street Presbyterian Church, tearing a two foot square hole in the roof. Much water entered, damaging plaster and paper in the hall. no one was hurt. The house was insured.
The Board of Trade met in the circuit court room with strong attendance. L P Padgett was to speak on good roads but the talk was postponed to the first Monday in July. A plan to light streets, a White Way, was approved with a committee to estimate costs and a map shown for square, South Main, West Seventh and Garden streets. Twelve new members were added by the membership committee. The group endorsed a county election timing and underway a county wide campaign. The minutes of prior meetings were adopted.
In this issue a complete copy of the act authorizing a bond issue of 200000 for good roads is published.
Mt Pleasant adopts a plan to modernize its fire protection as a new fifty five horsepower autofire truck arrives. The city aims to lower insurance rates and reduce fire hazards while paving Main Street with concrete in a modernization push led by newly elected police chief C D Harder, a former deputy sheriff famed for his tough stance on crime.
A large Citizens Telephone Company cable on West Seventh Street was broken during the Sunday storm. Four breaks in the lead covering were found in front of Geo Martins residence by manager Ed wards at 5 am after a search. Water ingress caused the contact that knocked out all phones on the line.
Lowry Craig of McCains was severely injured Saturday afternoon when a mule he was handling fell on him. He sustained bad bruising and internal injuries in the incident.
Special to The Herald Nashville June 9 Gov Rye announced H Knox Bryson as commissioner of agriculture to succeed J D Peck whose term expired June 1 Bryson a prominent Lincoln County Democrat with banking and farming background marks the last major appointment of the governor and caps a long factional contest in Nashville The initial candidates included John Thompson J D B DeBow and Joel Fort with pressure steering the final choice to Bryson from West Tennessee avoided selecting another West Tennessee official and ended a tense political scramble
A June 8 official dispatch reports a riot in Ceylon where Buddhists attacked Muslims, looting Muslim shops in Kandy and triggering killings. The governor notes the May 25 Buddha birthday outbreak spread from Kandy to the central province before a military detachment restored order.
Maury Dry Goods will have its rooms screened to keep flies out. The building is being thoroughly screened with two handsome front doors and heavy copper mesh. J. H. Thomas & Company holds the contract for the screening work.
Miss Louise Shuneman and Miss Aline Ledbetter and Mrs Addie Church depart for the San Francisco exposition on a trip sponsored by the Southern Woman's Magazine of Nashville. They will be away for several weeks and expect a delightful time with all expenses paid by the magazine.
Belief, based on reports from the Federal Chemical Company, that wheat yield will match 1914 due to higher acreage, while per acre yields lag. Corn prospects are strong across ninety six counties, Kansas sees too much rain but most regions report fine season. oats likely drop 20 percent from 1914 yield, but higher acreage may offset. Hay and sorghum outlook also favorable for a bumper crop this year.
Seid Waddell Jr age 25 editor of the Morgan County News Oakdale Tenn died Sunday night at his father Hon Seid Waddell home in Union City after about a week illness. He was born and raised locally and worked in newspapers since finishing school after attending Vanderbilt and the University of Missouri.
Will Jones once reputed to own immense wealth due to a Duck River treasure claim faces vagrancy charges before Justice Alexander on Monday. Bond was posted, and the public may learn more at the hearing about the alleged wealth discovery and its fate.
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