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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
4
Columbia Herald lists weekly court figures with R. M. Barton from Hamilton F. W ilson of Sumner John M Taylor of Henderson as part of the Court Of Appeals roster.
The Branham and Hughes preparatory school in Spring Hill has grown beyond its quarters and may move to Columbia if locals fund four to five thousand dollars for space. Franklin officials met them, but Columbia has yet to commit, needing public backing and a sense of public spirit to outbid Spring Hill and avoid wasteful funds.
A column urges Columbia residents to fund a two hundred boarding pupil school and to welcome Spring Hill expansion or a Meera Branham Hughes offer. It praises Murfreesboro efforts moving Mooney School, cites local subsidies skepticism from rail interests, and notes a New York tuberculosis congress where doctors dispute whether consumption is infectious.
The Belford Iowa Daily Times editor John J. Clark lauds energy as the key to a successful small town daily. He notes readers want timely local news and palatable content, while the paper admits struggles to please all appetites and emphasizes independence and community bond.
Patrons of the Herald and Glen view favor a daily paper in the country town, a reality in legitimate drama despite management mocks. The Charleston exposition faced financial deficits. Congress may grant 1500000 to cover losses, raising worry over precedent and consumer impact. Queen Wilhelmina’s near-death, recovery noted, while a fifty million dollar bank trust is reported in New York special.
A tornado swept from southern Wisconsin through central Illinois to Bloomington causing massive property and crop damage. In Merna Illinois the town hall fell during a dance, killing three young women and injuring others. Telegraph lines to many towns in the path are down, hindering full details.
The Tennessee Press Association executive committee met in Nashville and decided the annual meeting will be held there on August 12. A planning trip will cover Salt Lake City and San Francisco.
A large lot of ladies garments offered at one price, with night gowns skirts chemises drawers and corset covers made of muslin and cambric. Prices range from one dollar up to 1.50 with many items advertised as under staple fabric such as batiste linen and pique fabrics also offered at steep discounts for next Saturday and Monday.
In a busy retail feature the La ladies department touts trimmed hats at low prices. A previous collection sold quickly while a large stock of men’s suits amid markdowns remains, with odd ends offered as eye catching bargains ahead of hot weather.
A mob removed two negro boys from the Salisbury jail and hanged them for the murder of Miss Benson. Their bodies were then riddled with bullets, heightening the vigilant-justice outcome in North Carolina on June 11.
Barrerrimeno & Dopson offers reliable Myers force and lift pompa elevator pumps and steel stock tanks. Mayi tf.
Arkansas Democrats renominate Gov Jefferson Davis for Governor at their state convention. Davis indicates he aims to run for the Senate, with Former Gov James P Clarke named to succeed Senator James K Jones. The platform echoes Kansas City while a new national convention shapes policy. A United States Ship Corporation is planned with headquarters in New Jersey and capital around 25 million. The Trust Company of the Republic in New York and Lewis Nixon are among promoters.
An advertisement from Brittain and Abbott of Columbia Tennessee promotes granite and marble monuments tablets markers coping corner posts steps and building stone. It notes an enlarged building, pneumatic tools and a power plant and invites customers to place orders by telephone. The ad presents a home enterprise with personal supervision.
Clarence Tucker son of Mr and Mrs W B Tucker died Sunday morning at his home in South East Columbia at age 21 after a brief heart illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 at the residence led by Rev A P McFerrin with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. He leaves a wife and three children five sisters and two brothers. his father is reported near death. Pulaski Tony Janel Mrs A J Balletine died suddenly at daybreak today while tending her husband.
Mrs Mamie Straley wife of Prof J P Straley of Kedron neighborhood died Saturday in a Nashville infirmary after treatment. About 50, she leaves a husband and several children. Remains reached here Sunday and the funeral was held in Liggett graveyard. Mrs Annie Gilliam died Wednesday near Rock Spring and was interred yesterday morning at the Hardivon graveyard.
James A Cochran aged Colleoka resident died at home after long illness. He lived 62 years in Colleoka, leaves wife and one child, funeral with Masonic honors at Camp Ground cemetery. Benjamin F Stephenson died last Wednesday at the old family homestead on Knon creek after brief illness from pneumonia and heart trouble. he was a prominent local figure.
A fragment mentions O E the Beye as a friend seen in town and notes the presence of a pharmacist. The line reads like street chatter about local dealings with druggists and casual social ties in the area.
Special from Nashville reports June 11 that no Continental National Bank exists in Memphis nor Second National in Chattanooga. Fourth National Bank of Nashville says it has not been approached about any merger by Mr Scudder or anyone else and such a plan has not been considered by its officials or directors.
A Jamestown Tenn special reports a Boswell well near Knoxville ran two hours late in the afternoon air, reaching 200 feet high at a rate of about 400 feet of the famed spout. The well is described as high grade and 235 feet deep.
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