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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
7
The Columbia Herald weekly publication details annual rate of 288 per year. The notice lists Hastings as general manager and Harkreader as editor and notes the paper is entered at the Columbia Tennessee post office as second class mail matter. It appears as a printer’s imprint with candidate-related heading.
The nation watches Alabama as it debates a constitutional amendment banning liquor sales. Figures include Judge Samuel D. Weakley, Emmett O Neal, Gov. B. B. Comer, J. C. Thompson, and local press stances in Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile. The piece also notes Tennessee parallels and the broader legal and political climate shaping the issue. It also covers good roads push in Tennessee, highlighting the Nashville Good Roads convention, farm impacts, and potential state, county, and national roles. Gen. Fred Grant visits Nashville, easing Civil War era tensions by greeting Confederate leaders and symbolizing North South reconciliation.
The passage discusses labor leaders like Ed Flynn and Tom Pounds opposing mining and railway company interests. It predicts a strong labor vote in favor of an amendment, claiming Alabama will lead a national temperance movement with bread and homes prioritized over liquor.
The statewide Prohibition Democrats gather in Nashville with about two thousand members to condemn governor, root out alleged lawlessness, and restore traditional church and state leadership. F. D. Lander notes they are Tennessee’s old guard, reformers who back taxes, institutions, and resources while opposing the Patterson faction.
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