Memorial Day Observances At Rose Hill Cemetery
Memorial exercises for Confederate dead held at Rose Hill Cemetery on Thursday afternoon June 3. Maury and Winnie Davis Chapters coordinate ceremonies across decoration, monument, vehicles, flowers and children's committees with close of city stores from 3 to 4 pm to honor four years of conflict.
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Rose Hill Cemetery
Hose Hill
Maury
Winnie Davis
Fougiters of the Confederacy
Tecniclas Polk
William Henry Trousdale
Rose Hill
E. H. Hatcher
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
A. D. Frierson
J. C. Wooten
H. Evans
Isora Cecil Andrews
Austin Harlan
H. P Figuers
R. le McKinney
Rota Barnett
E. W. Carmack
FB. Smith
Robert Pillow
J. J. Wilson
W. H. Wilson
R. E. Nichols
Horace Rainey
J. Mort Hodge
Fleming
Alex Pitcomb
J. D. March
Mary B. Hine
Sam Hayes
Eva Jones
C. W. Mitchell
Mary Watkins
Ada Shields Murray
M. Jones
Daffy Towler
Mary Rainey
Annie Evans
Rebecca Carpenter
Musle
Academy Boys Leave Columbia for Home
Columbia Military Academy boys depart for home this afternoon and tonight Agent J Ozro Pry of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad works to issue tickets. Many will return in the fall, some go to college, others may quit school.
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Columbia Military Academy
J. Ozro Pry
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Rick the City’s Earliest Gardener Profiles a Busy Pastor
The piece profiles Tr WB Ricks, noted as the city’s earliest gardener and a first Cass preacher. It claims he manages dual roles, combining religious duties with garden work. The report mentions a noon milestone linked to his bean harvest.
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Ricks
Tr Ricks
Thomas H Cantrell Elected Mayor By Fifteen Vote Margin
Mt Pleasant voters elected T H Cantrell mayor by a fifteen vote edge over incumbent B L Parker in a low conflict election that drew over 306 ballots. Aldermen from three wards were reelected without opposition, with Cantrell expected to bring no major administration changes. Cantrell topped Parker in a contest noted for strong personal followings and limited issues. Cantrell 151 Parker 136. Alderman Second Ward W A Green 28? Alderman Third Ward Jas A Ward 199. Alderman Fourth Ward W D Cooper 209.
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Mt. Pleasant
T. H. Cantrell
B. L. Parker
James A. English
Parker
Board of Aldermen
E. L. Parker
Cantrell
W. A. Green
E. Reeee
Ieee
Jas
W. D. Cooper
Eveec Ceenee
Paid tribute to Senator Carmack in Columbia
Senator R M LaFollette paid a tribute to the late Senator B W Carmack in Columbia, praising his memory and noting that Carmack was regarded as a great national figure. He said his acquaintance was brief as Carmack was retiring when he took office, but Carmack’s reputation endured in Washington after his departure.
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Columbia
B. W. Carmack
R. M. LaFollette
Washington
Senator Carmack
Washingen
Falling Branch Critically Injures Walter Cooper
Walter Cooper a 30 year old Black man lies at King's Daughters hospital in critical condition after a falling tree limb crushed him and pinned him to the ground on Kinzer farm near Water Valley. He and his brother had just felled the tree and were running to escape when the accident occurred.
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Walter Cooper
King's Daughters Hospital
Columbia Considers Military Band For Year
Capt Majors proposed a 28 piece band for twelve months with free public performances if locals raise 30 dollars a month for a year. State funds 30 monthly and Woodmen lodge provides lodging and practice space. Adjutant General Rogan backs stationing in Columbia. a committee will canvass the city to secure the required funds.
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Columbia
F. J. Majors
Columbia Military Academy
Board of Trade
Tennessee
The
Woodmen of the World
Majors
Charles B. Rogan
State Guard
Capt. Majors
Sloan
Dedman
Eugene Anderson
Col. J. F. Brownlow
Maury County Good Roads Sentiment Grows
Opinion in Maury County favors a good roads measure with rising discussion and expected state act copy. Advocates plan an aggressive campaign once the act arrives, believing broad support will secure success across all sections.
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Maury County
Secretary of State
Instructed in Art Trench Warfare at Camp Sevier
Knoxville Tenn May 26 Regular army instructors at the Tennessee officers school at Camp John Sevier taught trench warfare to officers. Capt Hughes conducted the class and afterward issued a problem. A storm last night blew down several tents after heavy rain and wind.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Officers’ School
Camp John Sevier
Hoxhes
La Follette on Standpatters and 1916 GOP split
Senator La Follette, en route with a Herald reporter, argues standpatters must nominate a liberal, progressive-leaning candidate to unite the GOP in 1916. He cautions a clash if the old guards insist on entrenched monopoly. he recalls Wisconsin farming and wheat as context. Continued on Twelfth Page.
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Herald
LaFollette
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Wisconsin Statesman
Democrata
Cannon-Penrose Aldrich
Roosevelt
Taft
Barker Harbin Co Dissolved Reinvests in Independent Leadership
William Barker, secretary of the state Bull Moose executive committee, has acquired his partner s interest in the Barker Harbin Co and will run the business solo for now. He is undecided about permanence or adding another partner.
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William Barker
State Bull Moose Executive Committee
Barker-Harbin Co
Barker
Grand jury to probe East End vagrancy issue
Rumors say the circuit court grand jury will focus on the East End vagrant problem. Reports indicate plans to address women and men frequenting the local houses and to take vigorous action, though prior talks yielded no results.
Poll Tax Timing in Mt Pleasant Election Questioned
The article examines whether a new poll tax law requiring payment thirty days before elections applied to Mt Pleasant's mayoral contest. It notes many voters paid on election day and discusses if those votes were legal. The piece frames the issue as potentially academic but likely headed to court for final resolution.
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Mt. Pleasant
Memphis Druggist Guilty Of Opium Sale
Thos B Duncan a Memphis druggist was found guilty in federal court of selling opium without a prescription under the Harrison antinarcotic law. He moved for a new trial as argument set for Saturday. Madge Wilson also convicted and seeking a new trial. A quantity of opium and paraphernalia was found at her room. Nine others were indicted by the federal grand jury for Harrison act violations.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thos. B. Duncan
United States District Court
Duncan
Madge Wilson
Wilson
Federal
Wednesday Docket in Circuit Court
Secretary Bryan commented on plans of Argentina Brazil and Chile for a tri partite peace treaty with reference to an investigating commission for unresolved disputes as evidence of friendliness toward the United States rather than weakness from the three South American nations.
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Washington
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bryan
United States
City To Rebid Main Street Pavement After Bid Rejections
At 2 pm the board of mayor and aldermen rejected all bids for paving the business district streets due to minor technicalities in the ordinance and potential bond sale issues. Most bids were conditional yet the bid pool showed strong competition and a likely price drop on a new round of bids.
Suits Discussed by Presbyterians in Memphis
In Memphis on May 26 the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly debated legal contests with the Presbyterian Church U S A over Missouri property valued near one million dollars. The assembly did not decide action. some commissioners endorsed Missouri committee moves and pledged aid. The federal appeals court favored the Presbyterian church, U S A, but a Supreme Court appeal is planned.
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Memphis
Tenn
Missouri Synod of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
General Assembly of the
Cumberland Church
Missouri
Missouri Committee
Federal Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
PREPARE AGAINST NOT FOR WAR DECLARED AT CULVER
Major General Wood addressed 200 Culver high school students about a national defense plan. He urged a universal but brief military training system, modeled on Australian or Swiss practice, to ensure preparedness against war rather than for it.
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Culver
Ind
Wood
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Academy Boys
City
Methodist
Thomas H. Cantrell
John Sevier
LA Follette
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
East End
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