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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
1
City files bill to forfeit the charter of Water and Light Co alleging worn out, insufficient, and dilapidated machinery and equipment and excessive rates for service cited as grounds for action.
Maury County farmers are urged to attend a Thursday Institute in Columbia on October 17 with State Agriculture Commissioner John W. Thompson. The meeting aims to boost scientific farming methods and practical gains, while Maury County Farmers Society also schedules its monthly courthouse session to discuss corn crop care and seed selection for spring planting.
Neil Hughes pleaded guilty to misappropriating government funds while working as a Columbia post office clerk. He was sentenced to one year in Atlanta penitentiary, with the sentence suspended due to his mental condition, as Judge McCall ruled yesterday.
The charter of the Cullocks Cantaloupe Growers Association has been filed for registration. Named incorporators include Menars RA Wilkes M B Pomlingon Ballanfant and WM Netroada, with reference to Redding.
Gen Harvey H Hannah a Tennessee Railroad Commission member backs Senator Edward Carmack for Governor in Knoxville interview. His stance is seen as uniting Taylor forces for Carmack across the state. Capt P B Keith reports cattle infection outlook in Mt Pleasant Bandy Hook Enterprise Scott s Mill improved. county court praised moves against quarantine risk. He plans to file a favorable report to state livestock inspector W H Dunn in Nashville.
Winchester Tenn October meeting of the Franklin County Democratic Executive Committee debated holding a county primary for officers. Despite opposition in country districts, the committee voted ten to five to call a primary for next June with the August election. A resolution urged the Democratic State Committee to call a general State primary for Governor Railroad Commissioner and two new judgeships.
Former Gov. John J. Cox will seek a delegate seat from the state at large to the next Democratic National Convention. The announcement is authorized by H. E. Goudhsour of Greene County, once an opponent, now backing Cox who has friends across the state and is likely to be among the big four delegates. East Tennessee is expected to give solid support.
Crossville Tenn Oct 4 Ex Senator Carmack’s gubernatorial bid draws strong support in Cumberland County where past Taylor backers shift to Carmack. County expects to instruct its four votes for Carmack at the State Convention amid mountain county enthusiasm.
The Alabama Anti-Saloon League announced after a morning meeting in Birmingham that it will push for constitutional prohibition in Alabama. The move exceeds former demands by the Birmingham Ledger and many legislators who urged Gov. Comer to include prohibition in the extra session call for a statewide law.
Officers Pack Ewing and Harris arrested Jim Johnson and Jim Rhodes at Mt Pleasant on bootlegging charges. A hearing before Esq Ricketts bound them over to Circuit Court after seeing money and whiskey exchanges. Fourteen bottles of whiskey found at the house.
A man described as a 25 to 30 year old Black man named Lewis Brown was killed by a train at Dodson's Gap in Oiley county. The De catur Accommodation crew found him Sunday night and his body was taken to Columbia for preparation before burial in Pulaski with his family.
Gen. Joe H. Fussell, Maj. John T. Williamson and Dr. Wm. A. Smith among veterans bound for Covington for the State Reunion of Confederate soldiers. The event includes a ceremony by Dr. Thomas' Electric OM to aid patients in need.
Tennessee whiskey interests vow solid support for Governor Patterson against Senator Carmack. A leading Chattanooga producer says the liquor men will back Patterson to the end, with large funds expected to flood the campaign and possibly draw help from other states to defeat Carmack, whose temperance leadership looms as a major political fault line. Temperance supporters are expected to rally to Carmack if the anti temperance bloc fails, but current signs point to strong temperance backing for Carmack’s statewide bid.
The enterprising firm of Chaffin Bros places several hundred dozen of fine green tomatoes in cold storage at the Columbia Ice Cos. plant as an experiment. If successful, Columbia residents will have fresh tomatoes all year.
W J Guest was thrown from his wagon along the Mooresville pike on Wednesday. He sustained painful but non serious injuries as his neck and shoulders became entangled in the wheels, leaving him badly shaken though with no broken bones.
The Maury County Historical Society met in the County Courtroom with President W. B. Fleming. Donations included a photograph of Fire Company No. 2, books by Mrs. Octavio Zollicoffer Bond, and historical volumes. An address by M. S. Howe of Tampa, on Non-Historical Evolution, drew praise, and discussion covered archiving records for the Bivouac group and Perryville battle incidents involving Maury County residents.
W H Puryear a Buff Orpington farmer sold a fancy pullet to RJ Morris Bros of Me Ewen for 80 dollars in a local market report. The fragment indicates rising costs for poultry and local trading activity.
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