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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
6
A compact notice identifies the U S Department of Labor and related agency references in a formal government context. It notes official duties and oversight responsibilities without particular case details or dates.
Joseph H Judd of Nashville leads publicity for a major tractor and power farming demonstration to be staged at Belle Head Farm near Nashville. James A Benton of the University of Tennessee ext division will lecture daily as farmers compare tractors and learn best practices for power farming in Tennessee. The event, sponsored by Davidson County agent Thomas, aims to attract Maury County farmers and showcase tractor performance and advantages of modern mechanization.
A damaged text advertises remedies claiming purifying the blood will restore vitality and strength. It urges immediate use of unverified products and hints at a medicinal regimen, with misspelled phrases and unclear offerings.
The county highway commission launches a vigorous effort to obtain payment of road taxes. It explains misdemeanor penalties for operating untagged vehicles and lists levies: carts and surreys two dollars, one horse wagons four dollars, two horse or more wagons six dollars, automobiles 30 cents per horsepower, auto trucks four ten per ton and 50 cents per horsepower annually, motorcycles 20 cents per horsepower, and traction engines five dollars. Tax paid to county court clerk who issues tags for the rear axle.
The county authorities plan to present the failure to pay taxes to the grand jury at the next term. Officials see no reason for further delay and will seek prosecution if taxes are not paid within a reasonable time.
Laying of cross ties and rails has begun on the branch line to the Peerless Chemical Company's mines on the Pulaski pike. Most grading is finished and favorable weather should speed track laying. The Cullooka pike crossing grade is completed and new metal is being laid, requiring slight grading adjustment to cross the road.
Mrs. Bessie Perry sues Howard T. Pergy in Chancery court alleging failure to provide support. Complaint names residence as Worthy Texas and seeks legal relief in the divorce proceeding.
Baptist Ladies circle 1 hosts Jubilee entertainment with winner circle 2 at the parsonage. Participants from local groups attend, sharing plans and greetings as the event proceeds in a church setting.
Mrs Luther McAdams heads a jubilee at Mrs Newt Vaughn home to celebrate paying off the parsonage mortgage of First Baptist Church. Guests include Circle No 2 and Circle No 5 members. Mary Dedman received a jet and pearl pin as a circle emblem. The event featured speeches, benediction, and a social hour with music and refreshments.
Chairman John H. Murphy praised Monday’s conference of County Road Commission officials and urged stronger cooperation among district commissions, the county attorney, and the public. He lamented absent districts but said the meeting offered useful guidance for better law administration.
Tanlac now sold in Columbia by the Smniser Drug Co and by leading druggists everywhere. It has become a near sensation of the drug trade with millions using it and telling others of its effects.
After a long delay, vehicle tags ordered by the county clerk for buggies and wagons have arrived by parcel post. Taxpayers who paid receipts without tags faced delays, and officials had pressed makers for action. A rush is expected as tags arrive and road taxes are collected.
County Superintendent Grahamy announces there will be no county teachers institute in Maury County this year after surveying the field and consulting with teachers and principals. He says it would not be advisable or profitable to hold an institute as more teachers than ever attend summer normal programs and benefit from their schools.
About twenty five choir members at the First Methodist church met Thursday night with Prof. GC Cooksey assisting Charles H Sharp in directing the choir this summer. The practice began with encouraging bits and both Sharp and Cooksey are confident a quality chorus will form. Congregational singing cherished by Methodists will be encouraged as well.
William Newman announced that the War Department authorized accepting applicants for any camp post or station within five hundred miles of Nashville. Enlistment would grant assignment to the desired place or organization, such as Ft Ogothorpe or Fort McPherson, within Tennessee and nearby areas.
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