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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
5
The Herald praises a recent Shorthorn sale as a turning point for Maury county cattle, urging farmers to invest in pure bred beef bloodlines to improve herds, schools, roads, and community spirit while highlighting the region's climate, grass, and water advantages.
Editorial attacks the Wilson administration for indecision and delaying tactics in Mexico. It argues that watchful waiting and appeals to international law have failed, citing the Vera Cruz incident as an inexplicable misstep and claiming Mexican defiance stems from U. S. lack of decisive action.
Nearly every state seeks mobilization but the national guard struggles to recruit up to a war footing. Tennessee shows especially slow recruitment with Nashville officials and business leaders appealing for volunteers. Maury County yields few young men ready to serve, and the piece laments long peacetime ease eroding patriotic resolve.
County Board of Equalization led by Assessor Ben Cowley will not finish its review of districts Fourth Fifth and Tenth for about ten days. Officials expect few material changes to the county totals, but aim to correct past errors and ensure accurate assessments for the next two years. Cowley remains with the board to safeguard public interests.
A claimed greatest serial picture titled Peg O The Ring opens at Vogue Theatre Monday July 1 for a fifteen week run. The film features circus atmosphere with animals clowns and sideshows and stars Eddie Polo Ruth Bronehouse Gryce Cyard and Ford in a bold love story amid Barnum Bailey Ringling Bros and Wallace Hagen circuses.
M B Allen, in his thirty-fifth season as a lamb buyer, reports about 20 000 lambs shipped from Maury County this season. Average price tops seven dollars and twenty six cents per animal, with total receipts around one hundred forty five thousand dollars. Wool returns add about forty thousand, lifting total county returns to roughly one hundred eighty five thousand dollars.
Galvanized roofing offered at current better price than last two to three months. Martin and Vaughan Co. located on St Street advertise favorable terms for buyers.
Percy Brown of Ewell Farm Spring Hill reports selling several Jersey cattle this week. He shipped Oxford Magdalene a young cow by Oxford You'll Do to C M Hutton Minden Louisiana for 500 dollars. He sent two high bred bull calves to H C Stiles Starkville Mississippi and Jeff Davis Havana Arkansas for 100 dollars each.
A bold offer promises to rubber tire a buggy using seven eighths rubber for ten dollars cash. The message targets potential buyers with a fixed price and material grade.
Iriah county farmers report a small acreage of Irish potatoes but good yield. The wet season aided production and many dug crops show strong potential for the season.
Members of the Road Board and Horace Rainey witnessed the start of a survey of the Bear Creek pike as part of a county road transfer from Horace Rainey and Christopher Todd Looney. W. R. McKissack leads the survey with observers, planning several days for roughly seventy miles of roads.
Fifty head of pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle will be offered in an auction at the Columbia Stock Yards on July 1 9 under the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association. The sale, arranged with Maury County Livestock Association and the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad, will feature bulls and cows with calves at sides. Electric fans will be installed in the sale ring to ease the heat. Auctioneer Fred Reppert will preside over the event, with special railroad rates for attendees and shippers.
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