Backward Look at Marshall County Politics
A Columbia Herald summary of Marshall county meeting backing a legislature candidate and a platform that would rollback county reforms. It decries district directors, calls for a county board, criticizes elected superintendents and compulsory schooling, and argues for efficient public schools and stable local governance.
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Lewisburg
Marshall County
Marshall
Maury
County Board of Education
Suas
Maury County
Marshall Coun Tienes
Herald
Hughes Drafts Hughes for Presidency Stuns Party History
Justice Hughes, in nominating Justice Charles E Hughes for the presidency, the Republican party writes a new chapter in American political history. It is the first time a major party drafted a Supreme Court figure reluctant to be nominated, who declined to discuss candidacy and kept silent on the effort. If elected, he would enter office with minimal obligations to factions, free of entangling alliances, embodying a rare presidential ideal.
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Tennessee
Jesse O. Littleton
Ruth Snemaly
Ld Sanders
Hooper
JH. Clay Evans
James
Beasley
Austin
Litteton
Hoopers
Littleton Wis
Brownlow
Sanders
Seasion
Justice Hughes
Wilson
Hughes
Empire State
Woodrow Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Charles E Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Republican Party
Supreme Court
United States
Charles B. Hughes
Free America
America
Methodist Union Moves Toward Reuniting Two Branches
Editorial notes substantial agreement on a jurisdictional union of the northern and southern branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Saratoga conference signals a path to reunion after seventy years of separation driven by antislavery tensions. Proposals await next general conference action in 1918 with three fourths approval needed.
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Methodist Union
America
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oklahoma City
Saratoga
Church North
Church
South
Republican Platform and Maury Toll Roads Purchase
The republicans embrace a familiar platform endorsing citizen rights and Americanism while praising the Wilson era’s peace effort. The Herald congratulates Maury County’s decision to buy the county toll roads, deeming the move a dawn of progress and a boon to education and transportation, with tax costs seen as minor.
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Herald
Maury County
County votes to remove toll gates for public good
A gathered group reached rare unanimity to acquire the pikes and remove tolls at once. Officials expect other toll roads to be acquired at the July term, signaling the lasting end of toll gates within the county.
Wynn to Preach Sunday at Hampshire and Cross Bridges
Rev W T Wynn president of Martin College Pulaski will travel to preach at Hampshire Methodist church Sunday at eleven in the morning and at Cross Bridges Methodist church at eight in the evening. The Herald invites readers to hear his sermons and subscribe.
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W. T. Wynn
Mar ‘Tin College
Pulaski
Hampshire Methodist Church
Cross Bridges Methodist Church
Wynn
Pickard Case Settles For 4500 Damages
In a Mt Pleasant area plant death case, M C Pickard administrator for Mitchall Pickard agreed with Federal Chemical Co to a verdict of 4500 dollars after partial trial. Pickard had died at the plant and was an employee of the defendant. Attorneys Hoding Garner for the plaintiff and Hatcher and Hughes for the defendant represented the sides.
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M. C. Pickard
Federal Chemical Company
Mitchall Pickard
Plantum
Cau Sel
Pickard
Mt Pleasant
Hoding
Hoding & Garner
Hatcher & Hatcher and
Hughes & Hughes
Stock Ewes for Sale at Stock Yard Sale
Stock Yard sale on Saturday June 17 features 300 southern ewes offered by Joe Hagey & Son. Auctioneer coordinates and pricing expected locally.
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Hagey & Son
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