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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
4
A local store announces a sale due to water and smoke damage across the stock. The clothing department will see discounts though items were undamaged. Shoppers are urged to hurry for unusually generous bargains available at this time.
Captain Bruce McGehee will remain with Columbia Military Academy for at least another year. A letter from a cadet mother in Central America prompted the decision announced at First Methodist Church. Potential additions include Rabbit Potts and other key players, with strong prospects for a successful fall football season.
In Chicago on May 17 attorneys for the beef packers filed for permission to appear tomorrow to re argue demurrers, citing the Supreme Court Standard Oil decision re reading unreasonable restraint of trade into the Sherman act. The judge previously overruled the demurrers. In Tennessee, Waverly defeated Branham & Hughes 77 to 65 as Johnson led with five firsts and Waverly claimed the city track title for the second year with Cullom Johnson and Slaughter starring.
William Fitzgerald who fell from a house he was painting in Theta broke his ankle. He was brought to Columbia Monday afternoon where Dr. Robert Pillow dressed the injury. Fitzgerald is not improving with the fracture.
In Memphis on May 17 Judge Edgington reversed a prior position and instructed the grand jury to indict liquor dealers. The charge focused on persons operating without state and county licenses and noted that dealers may be indicted for violations. It also asserted only two quarters of tax were paid rather than four, forecasting a criminal court clerk’s fees reaching about $10,000 if indictments proceed.
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