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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
10
A professional burglary at the revenue department main office in Ashville Tennessee yielded documents worth about 2034 dollars before the vault was tampered with. Skeleton keys unlocked doors and safes, but the exact time of the break remains unclear and no suspects are identified.
Jackson Tennessee June 24 engineer York Lawrence of Jackson was fatally injured and fireman Lloyd Vere escaped uninjured when Illinois Central Seminole passenger train No. 1 derailed on the Northern Alabama Railway across a sixty foot trestle near Narvoo Alabama. The engine and mail car plunged over the trestle leaving a baggage car hanging halfway. Mail clerk M. C. Ville sustained bruises. clerk C. Brooks suffered injuries to back and neck. No passengers were injured.
Harvest crews work across the county as heavy rains delay drying of wheat. Farmers note lower No 2 grade potential than 1914 while oats reportedly show better yields than expected.
Louis Barker received a fleece from a Williamsport customer weighing thirteen pounds at 30 cents per pound totaling $3.90. The fleece measured eleven by eight feet and observers called it the largest ever exhibited. if shorn a month earlier it would have weighed 15 to 17 pounds.
A Nashville jury found Eugene Higginbotham guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances for the killing of his wife at their South Nashville home. The jury deliberated about an hour and a half before returning the verdict. Attorneys Hickman and Pendleton moved for a new trial. The state was prosecuted by Attorney General A. B. Anderson.
Reports from White Plain in Hopkins County say two men, But Cates and Will Rice, were whipped by masked possum hunters last Friday or Saturday night. About fifteen armed men took part. Cates reportedly suffered the harsher beating while Rice escaped serious injury.
The board of equalization will not complete work this week and will reconvene Monday and Tuesday for complaints. After hearings, totals will be tallied and books turned over to the county court clerk. No material changes were made by the county board. Subscribe for The Herald.
Mrs. F. D. Lander from St. Petersburg Florida praised the newly formed equal suffrage league in her old home. She noted progress in Tennessee and other states toward voting rights for women and predicted Florida would grant unrestricted suffrage soon. She stressed that women desire the ballot and have long supported public questions.
Bernard Montvid was convicted by a Hartford superior court jury for the February 8 murder of Rev. Father Joseph Zebris and housekeeper Eva Gilmanaitis in New Berlin. He was sentenced to hang August 6. His alleged accomplice, Peter Krakas, was reportedly hanged recently in Wilmington, Delaware for a separate murder.
Mayor Dedman denounces a Tennessee Fire Prevention Association test as unfair and says the goal was to inspect the new pumping engine, not test efficiency. He cites a prior Harmons fire response showing 14 minutes to extinguish and argues insurance rates should fall with better city safety.
J E Morris to Miss Lois C Tim mons wedding license appears with a card of thanks from Mrs Robert Phelps. The note expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and ministers for their care during John Overton's illness and passing at Spring Hill.
City crime rates appear unusually low with police noting far fewer arrests and rare drunkenness or fights. City Marshal McLean says arrests are half of what they were when he began four years ago, attributing the drop to closing large liquor dives and reduced public disorder. Pocket bootleggers persist but operate barely.
Nashville business leaders form a Public Safety Committee to address the distressed municipal condition. The plan, endorsed by the directors of the Business Men's Association, calls for joint action with the commercial club and other organizations, with J. H. Allison presiding and Mayor Howse pledging cooperation and promising resignation if any charge is found.
Mrs. Walter Hartman aged about 24 was accidentally shot and instantly killed at her home near Whitwell by her four year old son. The gun discharged as the child dragged it along the floor. Hartman, a mine operator, had loaded the weapon and stood it in a corner while the family was away.
Miss Gladys Dooley leaves today for the Panama Pacific Exposition on a tour arranged by the Nashville Banner. She won the trip in a contest by the paper and represents this district on the tour. Miss Dooley is described as personal charm and beauty. her hard work and persistent effort earned the trip.
A look back in The Weekly Herald from June 21 1895 highlights public school teachers elected by the city board Mrs Carrie Weoitchell Miss Ellen Friel Miss Mary Carpenter Miss Lucy Floyd assistants Blanche Scott Ela Cox and notes on local events including a July 4 speech by Ex Gov Taylor at the Fair grounds a marriage at Mr Yoests farm a two week teachers institute and a silver convention in Memphis with over 2000 delegates It also mentions fire destroying J G Moores hurricane area residence and a turnpike company officers election at Maury County.
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