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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
4
The Columbia Herald weekly edition lists the Herald Publishing Company as publisher and Hastings as business manager. It notes post office mailing as second class matter and provides subscription rates for one year and six months.
A newspaper column argues the November vote will decide whether allegiance to foreign powers or true Americanism governs U S policy. It casts Woodrow Wilson as the defender of genuine Americanism against Hughes seen as allied with hyphenated Americans and German influence. The piece urges voters to choose patriotism over foreign loyalties.
The county plans to add nearly ten percent to its public road miles, reaching about 1,000 miles to maintain with current funds near $20,000. Officials warn the per mile budget is insufficient as auto traffic increases, urging more revenue for essential main routes and cross-county highways to Columbia.
Special to The Herald Nashville June 20 The Tennessee Guard readiness for mobilization grows as governor Rye orders no new proclamation but adjutant general's orders may come late this week or early next All troops to be vaccinated for typhoid and smallpox and camps prepared at State Fair grounds Camp layout starts tomorrow with 300 men needed to reach war strength for four Nashville companies Forty enlisted yesterday and supplies arrive from Knoxville
Postmaster L H Hammond reports Mt Pleasant will offer free village delivery starting July 1 with one carrier. Two daily runs at 8:00 and 11:30 am, afternoon duties at the post office. Hammond will select the carrier, aided by Congressman Padgett who pushed for the change.
Rev. J. E. Hight returned from Watkins Grove near Nashville where an all day service drew a large crowd. An old time dinner and love feast preceded a notable event as two elderly parishioners, a man and a woman both about eighty, confessed faith in Christ and joined the church. The preacher noted such late life conversions are rare.
Nashville June 21 horses and mules are desired for mobilization of the Tennessee State Guard. Adj Gen Charles B Rogan received a US Army request to contact prospective bidders for contracts. Guard mobilization orders issued and troops expected to assemble at the fair grounds next Monday. General Harvey H Hannah, a Spanish American War veteran, has applied for duty in Mexico.
Court verdicts favor plaintiffs in two cases. B G Kittrell vs Mt Pleasant Bone Phosphate company awards 1250 for land restoration after mining. R F Moore & Son vs R M Hall awards 100 for unsound sorrel horse guaranteed sound by Hall's agent Petty.
Theta mourns the death of D. B. Chandler aged 66 at his home on Tuesday morning after a period of ill health. A devoted church member and neighbor, he leaves a wife and eleven children. Funeral held at the Christian church in Theta with Elder Spivey officiating. Pallbearers were J. R. Walters RH. McKee J. T. Fite gerald Ross Sparkman Charley Mahon and W. C. Fitegerald. Maury Undertaking Co. in charge.
Hon. W. W. Ogilvie tours a major Short horn cattle sale in Marshall County. He views the herd and calls the lot a fine group, praising quality among the region’s top stock farmers.
J W Fry proposes a combined club and office building in Columbia to host community county and civic gatherings. The plan would house school, health, farm, probation, juvenile court offices, with a public library and social center features to boost democracy and local spirit. The Southern Sociological Congress backed the concept and urged adoption at the upcoming conference.
In Memphis Tennessee on June 21 state authorities filed criminal charges against former Judge Jesse Edgington. Attorney General Hunter Wilson swore out a warrant alleging solicitation and acceptance of a bribe from Pete Monteverde a brewery agent. Edgington planned to surrender as magistrate Helms set a bond likely at ten thousand dollars.
Hon. W. C. Whitthorne elected secretary of the Democratic executive committee for the congressional district has declined to serve. He will be absent from the state for most of July preceding the August 3 primary and informed Chairman W. T. Kinnard he cannot serve.
The printer’s mistake yields a humorous interchange with mock phrases like vocal duel and cold comfort. Aged typographic slips show phrases about gasoline substitutes, walking usefulness, and imagined locales. The short snippets read like playful newspaper gags from a bygone era.
Dalton Bros. & Company will sell at the south door of the Court House in Columbia on July 24, 1916, within legal hours, the parcel of land in the Second Civil District Maury County bounded by Elias Jenkins J A Trimble and Matt McCormick. The sale is due to default on a note of 143.80 as secured by a mortgage recorded in Book 139 page 70.
By virtue of a mortgage signed by Thomas Howard and wife Lala Howard recorded in Book 139 page 166 R O M. Oy Tennessee Dalton Bros. & Company will sell at the south door of the courthouse in Columbia Tennessee the described lot in the Second civil district Maury County bounded by Angie Burns Lieper's Creek road Dalton and J W Eastham for cash to the highest bidder after default on payment of 143.87 This 23rd day of June 1916 by T. H. Taylor attorney for Dalton Bros. & Company
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