Remarkable Jersey Cow Duchess of Fairview Calves Eleven
Maj Akin, a leading Jersey cattle enthusiast, owns Duchess of Fairview also called Sir Raleigh. She calved on September 26, 1902 and dropped her eleventh calf this Tuesday. Her first calf arrived April 24, 1904, the sixth on May day. nine of the eleven calves are females. The cow is praised for exceptional milk and butter quality and abundant yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj Aln. Akin
Tremier
Jersey
Duchess of Fairview
Sir Raleigh
Potato Crops Yield Profit On Groveland Farm
The Den farm near Groveland grew Tenessee Triumph potatoes on two acres in spring and fall crops. Spring yields produced 1200 barrels sold to Vk Bros at 1.75 each totaling 2100, fall 1200 barrels at 1.00 totaling 2280. Spring 1912 yielded 660 barrels at 1.90 totaling 1235, with seed potatoes 127 totaling 1362. Fall run 636 barrels at 2.20 totaling 1400. Two crop total 27762 and overall two-year earnings 7142. weather harmed that year’s yield.
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The
Herald
C. R. den
Groveland
Vk Bros
Clawson
Ashwood
Tenn
Ark Bros
Park Bros
Executive Board To Meet Monday At Columbia
The executive board of the Hhenes er Baptist Association will meet in Columbia Monday morning at 11 o'clock to translate important business.
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The
Hheneser Baptist Association
Columbia
Bedford Boy and Lambs
Shelbyville Tennessee March 6 The Sunday press from Columbia says a Maury county citizen owns an ewe bearing five lambs Bedford county counters with Master Parker Gamnill 12 son of W A Gamnill who owns one ewe that has born three lambs each year for five years The ewe is of the Southtown stock and a beautiful specimen.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Press of Sunday
Columbia
Maury County
Bedford County
Parker Gamnill
W. A. Gamnill
Southtown
Government to push two suffrage bills in parliament
London reports government plans to introduce two bills to curb suffragette activity. One empowers the home secretary to license and hospitalize imprisoned suffragettes during strikes, then recommit them until full terms are served. The second bill aims to recover fines and damages from those convicted of attacks on property and to refine criminal law accordingly.
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London
New Railroad in Lawrence Tennessee Progressing Rapidly
Lawrenceburg Tenn March 6 Work on the new Iron City to McGlamories Stand railroad is advancing rapidly. The line will be nineteen miles long with about 25 percent of grading finished and slated for completion by July 1. Ties and rails will follow and operation is expected. The route may extend to Tennessee river and Corinth Mississippi, but only the nineteen miles graded so far have been surveyed. The pad will access rich timber and mineral districts, linking Pinkney mines and thousands of acres of timber lands to a shipping point. It will pass through farming districts including Indian Creek, noted as one of the state’s best farming areas.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Iron City
McGlamories
Wayne County
Tennessee River
Corinth
Miss
Pinkney
Indian Creek
Maury Docket Next Monday In Supreme Court
Maury county docket will be called in the supreme court next Monday in two sections. Law cases include Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis Railway versus W T Davis and Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co versus H M Coffey and another against Ben Ly Houldin. Equity suits feature International Phosphate Co versus Federal Chemical Co and others.
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Maury County
Supreme Court
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
W. T. Davis
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
H. M. Coffey
Ben Ly Houldin
International Phosphate Co
Federal Chemical Co
T. M. Jones
Wolf Bros. Shoe Co
Tinsley & Hull
Tennessee Fertilizer Co
J. W
Recital at McDowell School Friday at 1 30 PM
Music and expression pupils of McDowell school hold a recital Friday afternoon at 1 30 bringing together friends and the school. After the recital a parents meeting will follow.
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McDowell School
First Liquor Seizure Under Webb Triggers Memphis Panic
Memphis reports the first car load of whisky bound for the city seized yesterday near the Tennessee border. Originating in Louisville and destined for a local firm, the act marks the Webb law’s first enforcement test. The seizure stirs panic among Memphis liquor dealers as the anti saloon league readies demonstrations before the March 17 legislature reconvenes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Obton County
Louisville
Union City
State Antisaloon League
Nashville
H. B. Carre
State Anti-Saloon League
Gov. Hooper
Prohibition
More Jacks Sold by A B Harlan
Allen J. Harlan of Oakwood Farm continues to sell his imported jacks. He recently shipped one to Mr Weatherly of Rhinelander Wisconsin for 775 dollars and another to T S McKowan of Slaughter Louisiana for 650. Harland has shipped jacks from the lakes to the gulf and to nearly every southern state.
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Allen J. Harlan
Oakwood ‘Farm
Mr. Weatherly
Rhinelander
Wis
T. 8. McKowan
Slaughter
Mr. Harlan
Lakes
Gulf
South
Giles County Fair to Be Held in Giles County
Giles county plans its annual fair with preparations underway. A meeting on March 14 will elect officers and reorganize the fair. Stockholders anticipate better results this year and have decided to hold a stock sale.
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Pulaski
Teno
Mar
Giles County
Mect
Dixie Minstrels to Appear at New Grand Friday Night
The Dixie Minstrels, featuring Maury county singers and Frank Brownstein of Nashville, come to the New Grand for a benefit show for the Columbia Cornet Band under the direction of Majors. The program boasts top vocal and instrumental music with refined humor and jokes.
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Dixie Minstrels
Mr. Pleas
Maury County Boys
Frank Brownstein
Nashville
Brownstein
Columbia Cornet Band
Majors
Chicken Liver Weighs Almost Pound in Local Hen
A chicken killed at the residence of Dr. Walter P. Woldridge yielded a liver weighing almost fourteen ounces, the largest seen in the area. The organ was about half the hen’s size and nearly a quarter of its dressed weight. The hen was buried as a precaution.
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Walter P. Woldridge
Charges against Captain James Till over steamboat lights
Paducah, March 6. Charges of running a steamboat without proper lights and leaving an unlicensed man alone in the pilot house, against Capt. Jas. Till of Waterloo Alabama, will be heard Thursday at Paducah. Till commanded the City of Florence which sank after colliding with the Tomahawk at Coffee Landing Tennessee, five lives lost. Inspectors G. M. Green and Joe Bt. John will hear the case.
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Paducah
Jas. Till
Waterloo
Ala
Till
City of Florence
Coffee Landing
Tenn
G. M. Green
Joe Bt.John
Bloody clothing found at negro's house in pillow killing case
The clothing of Jack Allen, charged with killing Charlie Pillow at Harlan Mines, was found near his home. Bloodstains and a bloody knife were found with the garments, seen as key evidence. Allen and four others remain jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Jack Allen
Charlie Pillow
Harlan Mines
Goad
Allen
Puryear Named Warrant Clerk for State Comptroller
W Harris Puryear deputy in the county trustee’s office for eleven years was appointed warrant clerk in the state comptroller’s Nashville office. The post pays 208 monthly. He succeeds Wiley Embry and will likely start May 1 after completing trustee duties.
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W. Harris Puryear
Nashville
Comptrolelr-elest
George F. Woollen
Puryear
Wiley B. Embry
Comptroller's Office
James H. Kapnan
A. Flem Thomas
W. Spence McFall
Fifth
Puryear's successor may wait until January
Cope Tries Wo Syence McFall announces there will be no immediate filling of the trustee vacancy. Puryear is due to move to Nashville in about two months, and with the season's rush over, the successor may not be named until January.
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Syence McFall
Mr. Puryear
Nashville
Harlan Sells Fine Horses in Birmingham Sale
Allen B. Harlan conducted another horse sale to Alabama buyers this spring. He moved two fine saddle horses and a driving horse, all shipped to Birmingham for delivery.
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Allen B. Harlan
Alabama
Birmingham
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Hamilton
B. A. Satterfield & Co
Maj. Akin
Bedford Boy and Lambs
Suffragettes
Sallie Dawson
Mt. Pleasant
Lawrence
Maury Docket
M'Dowell
Webb
Orion County
State Line
Biut
AntiBatoon League
A. B. Harlan
Louisiana
Wisconsin
James Till
Comptroller
Hae
To Cope
Harlan
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