Old Maury Busy Preparing Massive Nashville Delegation
The Maury county Democratic delegation plans to send 250 or more delegates to the Nashville convention on May 18. Railroads offer reduced fares and a special Col umbia train may transport Old Guard. Tennessee counties collectively will likely field at least 5,000 delegates and thousands of spectators will pack the Ryman Auditorium as a new declaration of independence is anticipated.
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Maury County
Nashville
Imperial County
Bally Hill
Hampshire
Water Valley
Park
Manly County
Columbia
Old Guard
Tennessee
Ryman
Horace Carr Seeks Court of Appeals Seat
Nashville May 10 Horace M Carr of Harriman a leading East Tennessee lawyer announced his candidacy for Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals He says his bid aims to satisfy supporters of a free and independent judiciary and aligns with the movement backing the reforms.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Horace M. Carr
Harriman
East Tennessee
Court of Civil Appeals
Invitation to Meet in Columbia Planned by Trade Group
Mora B. Farias of Columbia will invite the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias to hold the next meeting in Columbia. The Board of Trade secretary informed Farias of the invitation and he began a campaign for Columbia. If Ovaco near Columbia hosts the meeting, Columbia loses the convention. otherwise Columbia stands a good chance with Harris Puryear and Mr Parise actively campaigning.
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Herald
Thoma
Tenn
Board of Trade of Columbia
Mora B. Farias
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Columbia
Fariss
Board of Trade
Ovaco
Harris
Parise
Bolting Committee Meeting Lacks Quorum and Direction
Patterson county executive committee meeting in the circuit court room drew attention for the absence of eight members and no legislative primary plan. Eleven of twenty two attended in person with three via proxy, while an interloper W J Towler acted as a committee member amid questions about membership and authority.
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Patterson County
Circuit
Columbia
Death closes her bloody record in California
Kate Bender, linked to the Kansas Bender murders, is reported dead in Rio Vista California. John Collins, her friend, says she disclosed her identity and a detailed account of multiple murders tied to the Bender home in Cherville Kansas from the 1870s.
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Rio Vista
Cal
Kate Bender
Kansas
John Collins
Gavin
Peters
Collins
Bender
Cherville
Lynnville Mill to Open Soon
Lynnville Tenn May 10 Smith Bros Co of Birmingham Alabama have joined with Evans Kerr Milling Co of Lynnville to form Lynnville Mill & Elevator Co The mill which has been closed for extensive improvements will be ready for work by June 1 in the new firm’s operation
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Lynnville, Tenn
Smith Broa, & Co
Birmingham
Ala
Evans-Kerr Milling Co
Lynnville Mill & Elevator Co
Knights of Pythias Invited to Next Meet in Columbia
Report of Maury County Board of Trade notes routine business and by laws amended. President and secretary authorized to invite Knights of Pythias to hold next annual meeting in Columbia. Delegates Mora B Farixs and Harris Puryear to liaise with the Grand Lodge. paving and census efforts also reviewed.
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Maury [County Board of Trade
Circuit Court Room
Knights of Pythiae
Columbia
Tullahoma
Mora B
Farixs
Harris Puryear
Grand Lodge
Dedman
Joe Ritt
Garden Street
Board of Aldermen
Ritt
J. T. McKnight
Stokes
Glidden Tour
Fred Gamble
Spring Hill
Senator Talliaferro Fails to Secure Senate Nomination
Incomplete returns show United States Senator Talliaferro failing to gain re nomination in the Democratic primary. Broward leads by about 1000 votes with Claude L Enge close behind, forcing a second primary to decide between Talliaferro and Broward. Congressman Clark renominated in the Second district. Hayes holds a safe lead in the Third. Sharkman unopposed in the First.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Taliiaferro
Napoleon B. Broward
Claude L'Enge
Talliaferro
Broward
Clark
Hayes
J. F. C. Griggs
Sharkman
United States Senate
Delegates Attend Nashville Diocesan Convention
Dr. William Biddle Robert McKinney W P Woldridge and other delegates are in Nashville attending the Diocesan Convention which met there Wednesday morning.
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William Biddle
Robert McKinney
W. P. Woldridge
Nashville
Columbia Post Office Sets Revenue Record for Year
Postmaster John W. Jackson announces the Columbia post office earned over 20 000 in receipts, the largest yearly total in office history. A 1 300 net increase over last year raises salaries to 2 600 for the postmaster and 1 200 for the assistant, with July as the effective date. Comparative two year figures follow.
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John W. Jackson
Columbia Post Office
Columbia
Jackson
Veteran Locomotive Engineer Claimed Warship Alabama Link
Steve E. Bradley Jr. of Tuscumbia died at 67 after a stroke. A former locomotive engineer on the Memphis and Charleston Railway later Southern, he claimed to have served as assistant engineer on the Confederate warship Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge off France. He was a Mason with Washington lodge No. 36 and left a widow and several grown sons.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Steve E. Bradley, Jr
Memphis & Charleston
Southern
Memphis
Chattanooga
Alabama
France
Washington Lodge No
Four arrested after Maplesville murder near lynching
Four negroes charged with the murder of Cleve Houldich near Maplesville were jailed at Clinton to avert a lynching after a razor attack by Emma Sweat. Aliye Sheppard Wiley Young Will McGehee and Tom Black are in custody with more to be found while calm returns and danger subsides.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cleve Houldich
Maplesville
Clinton
Emma Sweat
Alylee Sheppard
Wiley Young
Will McGehee
Tom Black
Traulla
Entertaining Convention Delegates Raises Local Interest
A county Democratic mass convention reveals changes to the Patterson committee with new and dropped members. The Central committee names chairmen for the State Sunday School gathering in June and urges broad local entreaty to house four hundred delegates visiting Columbia.
Foot Bridge Under Construction Links Riverside and Columbia
Work has begun on a new foot bridge across the Duck to connect Riverside and Columbia. The County Court allocated 1600 dollars for the project, aiming to provide residents with a safe, stable walkway and strengthen ties between the growing Riverside suburb and Columbia.
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Riverside
Columbia
William White Dies Suddenl y at 31
William White aged 31, telegraph operator, died Monday at 3 pm at his parents’ home on School street. Survived by his mother and father, wife, and a three year old son Whitt. Death due to perforated bowels. burial at Rose Hill after services at Capt. White’s home.
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William White
Hugh Lawson White
School Street
Child Dies After Ingesting Poison Balls
Nashville May 10 Sam McGaw infant son of Mr and Mrs Sam M McGaw died yesterday after swallowing poison balls found by the 18 month old child convulsions set in and death occurred before aid could reach him The bereaved parents count on the sympathy of a large circle of friends Mr McGaw is with the firm Carr Logue Co formerly lived in Columbia and has many friends and relatives here who mourn with him.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sam McGaw
Sam M. McGaw
Columbia
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Court OF Appeals
P. Lodge
Mora B. Fariss
Gordon
Sam Ashton
Burns
W. P. Russell
A. J. Timmons
French Straley
W. R. Gresham
M. F. Bal- Janfant
Jasper Horn
J. W. B. Dobbins
John M. Burns
M. S. King
Guy Thompson
James English
N. B. Stewart
A. O. P. Nicholson
California
Lynnville Mill
Knights OF Pythias
Florida
Smithereens
Hase
E. Bradley, SR
Bolters' Committee
Patterson
Ann
Billy Patterson
Cock Robin
T. B. Ritchey
T. C. Gaskill
Jack Brown
W.R. Gresham
Lon Smith
Noah Cavandar
M. F. Ballanfant
W. B. Thomas
Stewart
B. W. Dobbins
Hugh Porter
Richardson
King
P. Nichol
T. B. Ritchey, Geo. Ladd, Jin
Jno. & Brown
Jim Craig
J. W. B. Thomas
W. B. Stewart
R. W. Dobbins
J. M. Burns
Geo. Ladd
Jim Pigg
W. J. Towler
Drake Stanfield
Paterson
H. ©. Fulton
Central Committee
Public Comfort
W. B. Turner
Ernest Sheppard
W. D. Cameron
Ira B. Brown
W. C. Salmon
A. S. Page
W. D. Hastings
Andrew Dale
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Joseph Carthel
State Sunday School Association
City
Kentucky
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