Tennessee Orphan Home Buys Farm in Maury County
W H Gant of Shelbyville funds farm purchase for Tennessee Orphan Home. Deeds transfer Friergan property of 275 acres on Williamsport Pike four miles from Columbia. Total price about 4 800 with gifts from Blocker Realty and Columbia Insurance Agency. Farm will educate boys in practical agriculture under home supervision.
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W. W. Gant
Shelbyville
Tennessee Orphan Home
Maury County
Boag
Friergan
Williamsport Pike
Gant
Blocker Real Estate Exchange
Columbia Insurance Agency
Lome
Citiens
Sheriff Godwin’s arrest over livery theft case in Kentucky trip
Sherif Godwin arrested Tuesday morning a negro woman and man in complaint of Gus Watson, the local livery man. They hired a horse and buggy, stating they to drive only as far as West End, but instead they went on to Mt on being brought before Bay. Alexand er they were fined $5 and costs. They were arrested under an act Passed in 1901, making it an offense to hire livery rigs to drive a certain stance and then taking much longer trips. The negro hailed from Lexing ton, Ky. They had imbibed too much ice water, and were hardly in a con dition to know how far or how much they had driven.
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Sherif Godwin
Gus Watson
West End
Alexander
Lexington
Reverend Ira Waterman Ends Efforts at Mission
Kev Ira Waterman, connected with the Lewis party, closed his system of meetings at the Police Mission in South Columbia. He showed signs of mental distress, with seventy or more professing religion and making prayers for a better life. He departed to Lewinburg to join Rev Lindgren for preparatory work for a Lewis party meeting.
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Kev Ira Waterman
I Lewis
Ted
Police
South Columbia
Sen
Lewinburg
Frank G Cook Sells Furniture Store to Cook Outfitting Co
Frank G Cook sells his South Main Street furniture business to Cook Outfitting Company consisting of Sam C Cook Miles Cook and Fred G Cook. The trio plans to carry a large selection while Frank retires to summers in Columbia and then Decatur Alabama.
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Miles, Fred’ 8
Sam Cook
Frank G. Cook
Columbia
South Main Street
Cook Out Atting Company
Sam C. Cook
Miles Cook
Fred
Cook
Decatur
Ala
Cook Bros. Furniture Company
David
Mt. Pleasant
Cook Furniture Company
Fred G. Cook
Fred Cook
Atrong One
Thay S
Former State Chairman McCall Visits Nashville on Private Business
Hon James C R McCall of Nashville a long time Tennessee politician and former state executive committee chairman arrived in the city on private legal business He is an assistant district attorney and a member of the Carroll county McCall family brother of U S district judge John E B McCall He said he would take no active part in politics during this visit.
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James C. R. McCall
Nashville
Tennessee
McCall
Carroll County
John EB. McCall
Jesse M. Littleton
Camden invites Padgett to speak at annual meeting
Representative Lemuel P. Padgett, for this district, has been invited by Camden New Jersey board of trade to attend the annual meeting and deliver one of the principal addresses. Padgett has accepted and will speak tonight at Camden.
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Lemuel P. Padgett
Board of Trade of
Camden
N. J
Mr. Padgett
Growth sermon at Maury County High School commencement
Rev. W. K. Bourne state high school inspector delivered the commencement sermon to the Maury County High School. The event drew all of the class of 1914 and numerous alumni. Music by the alumni and senior class featured, with Emma Claire Moore solo and Ruth Shields and Clarence Harmon duet. Bourne urged growth as moral and spiritual progress requiring effort in all life endeavors.
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W. Kt. Bourne
Maury County High School
Emma Claire- Moore
Ruth Shields
Clarence Harmon
Bourne
Maury County Assessor Nears Finalizing Biennial Assessments
Maury county prepares to finish its biennial real and personal property assessment within a few days. The board of equalization will convene on the first Monday in June to hear complaints and adjust assessments. Although general inequities are acknowledged, it is uncertain how thoroughly the county board will address all defects. The board is expected to sit for several weeks before the tax books pass to the county court clerk by October 1 for completion.
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Maury County
County Board of Equalization
Equalization Board
Couuty
County teachers to hold institute next week
Maury county prepares for the annual county institute at the Athenaeum. Superintendent John P. Graham has organized a six day program with sessions from 8:30 to 1 each day. Teachers must attend at least three fourths of the time to earn fall teaching certificates.
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Maury County
Athenaeum
John P. Graham
Stata
Williamson County Fair Set For Sept 17 18
Franklin Tenn May 20 At a May 16 executive meeting the Williamson County Fair dates were set for September 17 and 18. Rules regulations and department superintendents were appointed a partial premium list prepared premiums announced and all subscriptions due by June 1. District committee members will collect subscriptions. Premiums similar to other county fairs will be offered with several unique features planned.
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Franklin
Tenn
Maury Countian Named Head of Major Southern Bank
J. H. Barr, a former Maury Countian and longtime vice president, has been elected president of the First National Bank of Birmingham Alabama, one of the Souths largest banks. The Birmingham Ledger lauds his rapid rise and notes his deep ties to Maury Natives and colleagues.
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Maury
South
John H. Barr
First National OF
Columbia
Harding
Birmingham
J. H. Barr
First National Bank
First National Bank of
Ala
Bank
Bo Hymoted
W. P. G. Harding
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Barr
Eugene Anderson
R. P. Dodson
Charles A. Parker
Maury National Bank
First National Bank of Birmingham
Jersey sale draws wide attendance at Tennessee event
Middle Tennessee Jersey Breeder's sale at South Side Park Monday will feature seventy six high class Jer lways from noted herds. Auctioneers Cols D L Perry and R B Bailey will run the sale as buyers from Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Kentucky and Arkansas expected to attend. Inquiries from almost every state have reached organizers.
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Middle Tennessee
Jersey
South Side Park
Hugh Lee Webster
Jerlweys
Hopkins
J. B. Lovell
J. L. Hutton
Alf Thomas
T. H. Mangrum
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee Colonel the Fine Jack Sold to Verona Buyer
Allen B. Harlan of Oakwood Farm sold to John M. Atwood of Verona a top bred three year old jack named Tennessee Colonel. Bred by Harlan, the jack is fifteen hands high, a grandson of Imported Taxpayer and great grandson of Imp. Great Eastern. The price was just under four figures. Harlan also foaled a fine jacq colt from Queen of Oakwood by Imp. Moro, which he thinks will make a brackerjack.
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Allen B. Harlan
Oakwood Farm
John M. Atwood
Verona
Maury County
Tennessee
Mr. Harlan
Imp. Great Eastern
Harlan
Queen of Oakwood
Imp. Moro
Hereford cattle sale set for June sixth in Fayetteville
The American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association, via the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway, will stage registered animal auctions at Fayetteville and McMinnville on June sixth and seventh. Fifty head of cows, bulls, and heifers offered at each sale, with future events planned. The railway aids local livestock associations across Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia to boost farm herds and broader cattle commerce. Nominal and passenger fares will be offered within a reasonable radius to attend.
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South
Nashville Chattanooga
Fayetteville
McMinnville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railway
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Tve
Campaign for Free Turnpikes Prompts Board of Trade Support
President Anderson of the Columbia Board of Trade expresses strong encouragement for the free turnpikes campaign led by Columbia's live commercial group. He advocates persistent education and urges all board members to actively promote the initiative.
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Anderson
Columbia Board of Trade
Columbia
Board of Trade
No Bids for State Bonds Yet Short Term Notes Planned
Special to The Herald Nashville Tenn May 29 No bids were received on state bonds today. Several representatives of New York financial institutions are here willing to negotiate short term notes.
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The
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
New York
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