Tax receipts boom as county clears records in eight hour rush
More than 600 residents queued at the county trustee office on Monday as receipts topped 500 and cash exceeding $5,000 filled state and county coffers. Trustee McFall and Deputy Puryear ran a flawless operation writing each tax receipt within a minute, signaling broad prosperity despite delays and crowd tension. In a separate tragedy, Barrett Alexander, 12, was fatally shot by his brother Lawrence, 14, at their home while mother and father were away. Barrett, a McDowell school student and a recent prize winner, died after the accident in Pendleton County. Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church with interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
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McFall
Puryear
Barrett Alexander
Will J. Alexander
Puluaki Pike
Lawrence
Wiley Warfield
Chaffin Bros
McDowell School
Barrett
McLowell
Athenaeum
First Methodist
W. T. Haggard
Rose Hill Cemetery
J. Lem Thomas
M. R. Porter
Abe Meek
Phil Dyer
Wash P. Russell Enters Contest for Justice of the Peace
Wash P. Russell enters the vacancy race in the second district to fill the death of Jasper N. Haywood. A respected Hickman County farmer and businessman, he previously served on the county court and is noted for public spirit. Russell has many friends and is a leading contender in the contest.
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Jasper N. Haywood
Russell
Hickman County
Wash P. Ruesell
John T. Wooten Returns From East with New Goods
John T. Wooten came home from three weeks in New York City Baltimore and other eastern cities with spring and summer merchandise for Maury Dry Goods. He reports strong demand and heavy buying, promising appealing stock this season. He stopped in Annapolis Md to visit his son James Wooten at the naval academy preparation and notes James is well and focused on his studies for the upcoming naval test.
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John T. Wooten
New York City
Baltimore
Mr. Wooten
Stf
Wooten
Annapolis
James Wooten
Navy
Afr
James
Takes Charge Of Dairy Herd At Summit Farm
R F Alexander left Tuesday for South Bend Ind to take charge of the Summit Farm Holstein Dairy Herd for John Critcbley. Alexander is an experienced dairyman who trained under H A Morgan at Knoxville and previously led the Landsear herd of Columbia and the Leatherwood Jerney herd. He is related to Major A N Akin and a brother of Mrs Cattie Kittrell. Maury County residents want The Herald to follow him to his new place.
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R. F Alexander
South Bend
Ind
Summit Farm
John 8
Critcbley
Alexander
H. A. Morgan
Knoxville
Columbia
A. N. Akin
Callie Kittrell
Herald
Tis New Place
Board Education Grants Vacation for the Teachers
The Board of Education plans early elections for white teachers on the first Tuesday in April and for colored teachers on the first Tuesday in May. Mayor Dedman, Recorder Erwin, and President Salmon named as nominating committee. The meeting also discussed fencing around the colored school and bond enabling acts.
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Board of Education
City Hall
Vespence McFall
Will Boyd
Middle Tennessee
Tedeher
Nashville
Messrs
Dedman
Poster
Adkisson
Yoeut
Mrwin
Harris
McFall
P Building and Supply Committee
Erwin
Salmon
King s Daughters County Convention Outlines New Hospital Faith
A large turnout from across the county attends the King's Daughters convention at Pint Methodidet Church. Mrs. Frank F. Everett, head of the organization, delivers an eloquent report on hospital expenditures and envisions the new hospital as a living, celebrated achievement born of faith, planning, and community support, with the project described as a warm, pulsing part of the community.
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The
King’s Daughters
Frank F. Everett
Everett
Hope
Apostle
Ald
Oklahoma Senate Bans Prize Fighting Including Bull Fights
Oklahoma City February 28 The state senate passed a bill prohibiting prize fighting in Oklahoma. The act bans contests between humans and animals and targets anyone who aids bets or promotes such events with a penitentiary term of one to five years.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Senate
Oklahoma
Suffragists Decree Threat Over Voting Word Change
Boston February 27. Dr Harriet Clark warned before a legislative committee that Massachusettes women will exodus to a suffrage granting state unless the constitution’s male qualification word is removed.
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Harriet ®. Clark
Moon Helps Chattanooga Veterans Save Cash on Reunion
Chattanooga February report states Congressman John A Moon secured from the War Department 12000 cuts for Confederate veterans use at the May reunion, saving the association over 4000 dollars in cash. He also obtained tents for 12000 veterans and permission to use Jackson and Troop B parks deeded for public park use.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sixty Dozen Eggs From One Farmer Reported
An itinerant egg buyer, John Gregg, reports a boom in egg sales in Cullooka area. He visited thirteen farms, buying 300 dozen eggs, with one house selling sixty-two dozen in a week. He paid the farmer’s wife over $10 for a week’s production, averaging about twenty-five dozen per home, nearly five dollars.
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Cullooka
John Gregg
Gregg
Man Killed by Freight Train Near Depot
An elderly man named George Knott about 70, walking with another man Bill Dudley near the N., C. & Bt. L. railroad depot, was struck by a freight train around 7:30 PM Monday and killed. Knott, hard of hearing and very frail, apparently did not hear the approaching engine, and was knocked about twenty feet before dying. Dudley survived.
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George Knott
Bill Dudley
Lewisburg
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