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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
2
Caldwell Canning Co at Kraus Station near Columbia begins canning green sliced tomatoes in a raw state for table use. Emeret Caldwell leads canning and chemistry efforts while plans for plant expansion and improved shipping facilities are under way to boost output.
A local ad invites customers to obtain screen doors and windows from J H Thomas and Company. They offer measurement, installation, and a guarantee on the completed work.
Syd Williams of Sandy Hook reports two barns destroyed by fire this week. He lost four head of cattle, machinery and gear with an estimated insurance of 600 dollars, barely half the total loss. the fire origin remains unknown.
T B Lipscomb of Columbia Tennessee lends a local testimonial praising Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. The notice cites Adams and Martins Drug Store and Doan's as the remedy, with price 60 cents and Foster Milburn Co as sale agents in the United States. The endorsement urges readers to remember the brand and avoid substitutes.
In Columbia Tennessee the chancery court will sell on July 7 at noon the land in Maury County described as 31 1/2 acres. The sale follows a decree from April and will be by bidding at the courthouse with terms of credit for six and twelve months and one third cash due day of sale. Notes with security will be required to secure the purchase money.
Administrator E C Fitzgerald announces settlement of debts and filing of claims for the estate of the late Dr J Le Hay Wood. Creditors must file within the statutory period or be barred. Notice dated June 12 1913 in Carters Creek Tennessee R No 1 1841.
Columbia Masonic lodge and Royal Arch Masons fitted up their lodge room in the Masonic building with attractive papering and painting. The Master’s degree was conferred on John B. Padgett using new jewels and paraphernalia. Visitors from other lodges joined local members for the work and the refreshments after.
The First Christian Church Sunday school picnic on Bear Creek Pike Thursday drew between two and three hundred attendees. Amusements pleased guests and the dinner was abundant, with all praising the day as a great success.
Walter Fraser plans to convert the long standing Garden Street store near Fifth into a five room bungalow with two residences. He aims to have the new building ready by July 15 with Mr and Mrs Lewis Hughes to occupy.
In the Chancery Court at Columbia Tennessee, final order 1913 directs sale of land described as two tracts totaling about 1,193 acres, to satisfy the remainder undivided interest of G B McLemore subject to life estate of Ellie McLemore. Sale to occur Monday July 7 1913 at 12 oclock at the courthouse door in Columbia. Cash only. sale free from equity of redemption. Notice dated June 18 1913.
In Martin Tennessee a three year old, William Vowell, died after falling into a tub of boiling water at his parents Cage and Mrs Vowell’s home near Sharor. The mother, hearing screams, suffered scalds while attempting the rescue. The report includes an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills.
John B. Ashton, miller, bought 1000 bushels of the 1918 wheat crop from farmer M. Pink Murphy. The grain weighed about sixty pounds per bushel and graded No. 2, with Ashton paying 90 cents a bushel. He expects the county crop to be of excellent quality and the Ashton mills will grind the purchase by tomorrow night. Harvest is complete and threshing has begun amid dry weather.
A Patel card from Frank G. Smith reports a journey leaving Nankin on May 21 for an eight hundred mile trip up the Yangtse river through west and north China. Dr. Werther of the University of Berlin accompanies Smith and may join him returning to Columbia.
The cooked school at Cross Bridges closed Friday June 13 under teacher Lou Willie Sessom. Pupils praised for conduct and punctual attendance include Manda Frierson, Thomas Smith, Bird a Smith, Thomas Frierson, Annie Bell Dobbine, Hattie Webster and Mary Mayes.
Fire Friday night destroyed the residence of W. T. Ussery in Highland Park while W. T. Davis and family were away. The Davises lost all their belongings. furniture insured for 150 dollars with Farrell & Lipscomb, partial house coverage with Mora B. Fariss. Total loss around 1,000 dollars.
An advertisement claims Wilson's Freckle Cream can remove or fade freckles with a 60 cent jar and offers a guarantee with full refunds if appearance is not restored. The copy touts dramatic results and urges customers to try the product at Stephenson Bros. Drug Store with date hints apr2s-13t.
Garber's opening of his summer clearance sale last Saturday drew a huge crowd in Columbia. The store reported excellent bargains and strong sales across all departments with attentive service and satisfied patrons.
Subscribers to the Carmack statue fund will meet July 7 at 11 oclock A M in the chancery court room in Columbia to decide the monument project. The call, issued by John W Fry and Geo E McKennon, urges full attendance and swift progress on the memorial to Edward Ward Carmack. Webb law on interstate liquor shipments is not a criminal statute. it allows state prohibition laws to govern interstate liquor movement, says Attorney General McReynolds.
Decatur Alabama June 23 Mt Zion lodge No 642 of the Masonic fraternity has elected a father and six sons to office with J W Kitchens W M J L Kitchens 3 W J H L Kitchens Jr J W HL Kitchens treasurer J S Kitchens secretary W A Kitchens D 8 H Kitchens J D among the officers The installation with Trinity and Austinville lodges is set for July 24 at Mt Zion.
The work described by Prof. Julian Luxmore Evans from Nashville is said to be a monumental drama about the Confederate side and Gettysburg. It uses the era’s familiar war figures and the Southern soldier as central elements in a plot praised for its dexterity and dramatic value.
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