Local News Roundup From Spring Hill Area
OVER THE COUNTY and neighboring towns report many residents visiting relatives and returning home. Numerous names from Leaver, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Nashville, and Mt Pleasant appear among visits and moves, with several listings of teachers, tradesmen, and farmers. A sale ad notes apple vinegar and a horse drawn carriage painter announces services. History and community life continue with church, school, and social events across Jackson, Williamson, and Maury counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bem Mullens
Bante
Willie Walker
Cole Fe
Sasawille
Rollie Younger
Conta Fe
Branham & Hughes
Mises Sallie
Bessie Hardison
Cubdoka
Leaver
Col
L W. Todd
Gome
Pdianapolis
Ind
Carrie Walker
Gus Sowell
Alabama
Porter
W .M. Foster
Tom Davis
Prine
Bell Phone
Bat
A Farrell
Columbia
P. A. Huckaby
Sunnyside
Mise France
Holly
Bryant Station
Mise Lillie Watkins
Mise Tennie Lowell
Franklin
Miss Mailing
Mooresville
Mt. Pleasant
Kate Pulliam
Centreville
Marguerite Alexander
Mt Pleasant
Eugenia Gray
J. A. Bostick
Collins
Williamsport
E Dan Smith
Matthews Gordon
Huntsville
Ala
Effie Odil
Richmond
Jameetown
J .R. Wilcox
Mobile
Als
EB. Dan Smith
Ruth Adams
Allensville
John Adams
Joe Hines
Witte Daughter
Sherveport
R. W. Ladd
Horace Rainey
William Fry
Scott's Mil
J. F. Brownlow
West Sixth Street
Mitchell-Ashley Hardware Company
West Seventh Street
Armstrong and
Dunnington Streets
Annie
Priscilla Polk
Nashville
Spring Hill
Emma Shuneman
Johnnie Dugger
Zion
Ethel Evans
St. Petersburg
Fla
Clonnon
Ashwood
Sarah House Parks
W. W. Conner
Tom Napier
Carter's Creek
Robert Cooper
Wright
Lewisburg
Mattie Wiltshire
Texas
Reeve Tucker
Margaret Alexander Lef
Preacher Elder Sowell Sets Sunday Services at Two Stations
Elder PF C Sowell will preach at Dark's Station Sunday morning at 10 30 and at Berea on Bear Creek pike at 3 00. Everyone is invited to attend these services. Next Sunday June 14 All Day Meeting at South Columbia Methodist Church will discuss Missions Sunday schools Leagues and Finances. Program starts 9 30 p m. Visitors will be welcomed with dinners hosted by church families.
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PF. C. Sowell
Dark's
Berea
Bear Creek Pike
South Columbia
In Memory of Helen Brazier Passes at Age Two
A short obituary notes the death of Helen Brazier daughter of Mr and Mrs Alf Bragler of South Main Street aged two. She endured two weeks of illness with patience and will be remembered as a sunshine in the home. The family is offered deepest sympathy with a religious reflection on heaven and divine rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Ark
Mra M. F. Houston
Camdee
Jumee
South Main ‘Street
W. M. Buchnall
Mins Helle Hiley
Allensville
Elizabeth Harton
Croay Bridges
Randolph
Colleoka Hay
Randolpp
Theologicel
Vander
Mississippi
Alf Bragler
South Main Street
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Helen
New Jerusalem
Maury County Colored Teachers Institute Underway
The Maury County Colored Teachers Institute is at the colored public school with a large attendance. One hundred sixteen teachers are present, including 101 women, under the charge of County Superintendent J. P. Graham. Teacher examinations start Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
Colored Teachers’ Institute
J. P. Graham G
Local notes from Columbia and surroundings
Town items report remodels and moves including Hukivwieg choosing a Curtin Atkinson firm for a Park Place home, Barnum family leaving for Buffalo, post office urging earlier letters, genealogical and business updates, and local careers with Metropolitan Life Insurance noting Gordon’s record.
Pardon mill still grinding in Tennessee cases
Special to the Herald from Nashville reports Governor pardoned William Pierce, jailed for murder in Benton county eighteen years ago and sentenced to life, now stated as insane. Five Cannon county distillers blamed for illicit liquor sales receive six months imprisonment and fines suspended upon payment of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Wm. Pierce
Benton County
Cannon County
Ely
Active Grand Jury Returns Indictments in Circuit Court
The county grand jury, in two weeks, returns about sixty indictments. Thirty indictments were read at the Monday session including assault with intent to murder, bigamy, liquor without license, gaming, assault and battery, carrying pistols, public drunkenness, and cruelty to animals. Several trials concluded with guilty verdicts or dismissals. notable outcomes include Henry Strong’s involuntary manslaughter sentence and Stegall Hardison’s acquittal on larceny. The Century neighborhood drew strong interest among Black residents during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Demps Lawrence
Kelley Cundiff
Henrietta Ezell
Dirgeby
Love Armstrong
John Lashley
Bud MccEwing
George Reagan
J. W. Witherspoon
W. J. Witherspoon
Oprah Rhea
Sam Sharp
Sandy Lowell
Will Trousdale
Ieam Hodge
Henry Strong
Rafe Dodson
Century Mines
Century
Stegall Hardison
John Lentz
Roosevelt under fire over protectionist anger at pauper labor
The New York Evening Post quotes President Roosevelt railing against foreign pauper labor and tariffs. Critics claim his remarks harm protectionist aims and spark debate on infant industries and national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Rosevelt
Wan
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Birdsong Manslaughter Case Supreme Court Ruling
June 2. Governor Vardaman denounces the high court decision upholding Mrs. Annie Birdsong’s five year sentence for killing Dr. Thomas Butler. Senator McLaurine, Birdsong’s attorney, is among his rivals. A thirty day respite is in effect as the Birdsong family waits at Hagleyhurst for formal papers to block penitentiary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaurine
Dickson Ruskin and McEwen Connected for Electric Line
Indiana capitalists toured Ruskin and McEwen to study a proposed electric trolley route. They estimate a $100,000 project with $75,000 from local subscriptions and aim to extend from Ruskin to the Cumberland River and from McEwen to Blue Creek to the Tennessee River after completion. Enthusiasm grows in Ruskin and McEwen as plans progress.
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Mcewen
Tenn
Indiana
Ruskin
Dickson
Art
Cumberland River
Blue Creek
Tennessee River
Wheat Harvest Begins Across Maury County
Wheat cutting starts on several farms in Maury County and by week’s end binders should be heard throughout. This year’s crop is not as strong as last season though it is expected to be average. Market opens high with Mil men offering 85 cents for July delivery. some farmers asked 90 cents, and it’s likely opening price will sit between these bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
John C Dexter Lodge K P S Elect Officers
The following officers were elected at the next meeting of John C Dexter Lodge No 186 Knights of Avr KAR Green P A Shaw V C Rev J T Cotton PC B Wortham M Wo Henry Wilburn M Ads FE L Wilson J Gy L Randolph D G W A Reaves Trustee
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John C. Dexter Lodge
Knights of
Avril Kar
Green
P. A. Shaw
V. C
J. T. Cotton
P. C. CB. Wortham
Henry Wilburn
M. Ads
L. Wilson
J. Gy
L. Randolph
D. G
Plymouth Binder Twine Sees Stronger Long Run Value
Plymouth binder twine runs farther to the pound with smoother stronger feel and promises cheapest twine to buy, sold exclusively in Maury County by J P Street and Co. The ad notes improved quality and long term cost efficiency for buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
J. P. Street & CO
Railroads to contest 2 cent fare laws in five states
Western railroad presidents meet in Chicago to contest 2 cent passenger laws in Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Arkansas. They vow no reduced rates for any occasion and push to change an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling. Merchants associations will be told rates for meetings end, affecting clergy charity workers and state conventions.
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Chicago
Western Railroad
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
al Western Roads
Abel
Mowe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Passenger Association
National Educational Association
Chicago Commercial Association
St. Louis Merchants’ Association
Sisters of Charity
Rural Carriers Plan Meeting in Nashville July 2 and 4
Preparations for a two day Rural Carriers convention in Nashville progressed after a Davidson County gathering on Monday. About 250 carriers were expected to attend. The first session will be at the Custom House July 2 with Agriculture Commissioner John Thompson to speak. John Wesley Gaines and C. B. Case of Chicago are slated speakers for day two. An afternoon barbecue in West Nashville will feature Maj. A. W. Wills T. P. Calhoun and Postmaster John Lattin. A banquet is planned for the second day evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miews Hukivwieg
Packer
Uh Sehyet Eheer
D. W. Shofuer
ML Fleasant
Hie Handestine
Park Place
Curtin & Atkinson
Columbis
Team
Loulerilie
H. Barnum
Tayes
Buffalo
N.Y
Columbia
Far
Jackson
Nichols
Jacobs
George
Robert Willianson
Cullooka
Wm. Oakes
Knob Creek Phosphate Company
Godwin
Webb Crosthwaite
Mt. Pleasant
Messrs. Young & Dalmwood
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Matthews Gordon
L. L. Gallup
Cemetery Avenue
Nettie M. Browne
Lizzie
Annie Thomas
Glendale
Charlie Jackson
Dawson Springs
Missee Etta
Louise
Jennie Parsons
A. M. Gray
J. W. Poster
Margaret P. Hill
Horace Rainey
George T. Hughes, Jr
Nashville
State Board of Law Examiners
Arthur Churelt
Barker House
North Garden Street
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Gordon
United States
Mai
Davidson County
Custom-House
John Thompson
Government Good Roads
John Wesley Gaines
C. B. Case
Chicago
West
Maj. A. W. Wills
T. P. Calhoun
John Lattin
Organizing Wheat Drives Williamson County Unions
J. T. Upton, state organizer for the Farmers' Union, led wheat organizing in Williamson County with four unions around Franklin. Franklin, Bethesda, College Grove, and Leiper's Fork reported members as organizers plan a county union meeting June 22 at Franklin. Upton touted progress and urged a $1 per bushel wheat price ahead of harvest.
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J. T. Upton
Farmers’ Union
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
Franklin
Upton
Law o@ county
Nashville Americar
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Religious News
Helen Brazier
Colored Teachers Institute
Turner & Johnson
Bilious
New York
Circuit Court
Pruper
The
Supreme Court
Vardaman
Don Mas
Girdsong
John P. Dexter
K, P'S
Plymouth
Utéwkiy
Williamson County
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