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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
4
Notice to subscribers about updating delivery addresses to Rural Free Postal Routes. It warns that papers may be marked unfound and discontinued if routes are not updated and urges obtaining a portal card for one cent to submit the change to the new address.
A call for steadfast men with strong minds and true faith to join, to stand against demagogues and treacherous flattery. The author laments the rabble and praises public duty, liberty, and waiting justice, urging honorable, fearless service.
The Nashville News quotes Judge Robert Vowel of Mississippi denouncing whitecapping of Black workers. It urges firmness of law, condemns oppression, and calls Lincoln County to uphold life, liberty, and property for all. The piece also notes cotton market pressures and opposition to intramural railroad at the Fair Grounds.
A Memphis newspaper figure faces a Memphis County grand jury inquiry amid claims of legislative corruption in the last legislature. The Nashville American and local papers debate motives, press accountability, and the duty to prosecute guilty parties while praising Mr Fry for his public testimony.
The Memphis Scimitar rails at political corruption from Shelby to state leagues, condemns gambling in public sports and calls for clean sport while railing at officials. It notes Governor Frazier in Washington, Nashville papers backing Williams for mayor, and critiques postal transfers and party reorganizers.
A scattered update covers hotel controversy, employment promises for a young woman, railway projects and political remarks. It notes the Nashville and Columbia interurban delay, Governor Frazier praised over timber-cutting actions, and an upcoming Riverside Park baseball game between Columbia and Nashville teams with a 3:30 PM start and a 5:45 train return. Additional games with the Nashville Maroons are announced for next week.
Chancery Court activity resumes after a Shelbyville return as Chancellor Bearden reopened the court. The Herald reports an invitation to attend Theta school closing exercises set for Thursday and Friday May 21 and 22.
The act reorganizes the Eleventh Judicial Circuit by fixing circuit court terms across Lawrence Giles Lewis Maury Hickman Wayne counties and shifting administration of bonds recognizances and court processes. It directs terms to begin February 9 1903 and nullifies conflicting laws while delaying effective date to public welfare needs.
A dispute arose Monday as Judge Gordon and Esquire John T. Akin clashed in County Court. Akin interrupted repeatedly, made cutting remarks about a court member, and was ordered by the judge and Sheriff Forgey to leave the courthouse. He subsided and refused to vote on the next proposition. The item closes with an ad for Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
Seth Harris sues The Pullman Company for 1000.09 dollars alleging a sleeper from Nashville to Memphis carried members of the Tennessee Legislature who conducted themselves with vulgar language and boisterous behavior. The railroad denies involvement or awareness of the misconduct. May 6. May 1 Railway Age clipping referenced.
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