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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
4
Legible fragments show a weekly Herald publication notice with subscription rates and posting details. The readable portion references a postal order, year subscription, and month terms, with limited clarity on the exact figures or dates.
A Tennessee political call urges Democrats to mark all twelve electors for Bryan and Kern next Tuesday. It warns of machine influence and urges voting for local Democrats Lipscomb and Galloway, Greer, and to oppose privileged interests, framing the upcoming election as a defense of popular government and reform.
The Herald urges all Maury County Democrats to vote next Tuesday and mark the legislative nominees Greer Lipscomb and Galloway. It emphasizes duty to exercise suffrage, endorses Greer for Senate as a true Democrat serving the people, and warns against abstaining even if not voting for every candidate.
The writer argues the Democratic State Committee, appointed and elected by party figures, should not decide local contest questions. The people of the Twentieth District, across three counties, must settle the Fussell Greer dispute, as they will elect the Senator and bear responsibility, not the Nashville committee.
The piece contrasts Patterson loyalists with reformers in Davidson county. Maj. Wright leads a Memphis bolt. Patterson appointees bolt in this Senatorial district. It praises John H. DeWitt as a high character Democrat opposing the view that the people have no say in their representatives and notes the other ticket members are similarly capable.
A Pattersonite is praised as the salt of the earth when loyal to the party but labeled a renegade when protesting against the partnership between the machine and the party apparatus.
The passage notes farmers refusing alarm, sending crops to cash, boosting bank deposits to record highs. Real estate records rise as deeds move through the Register, while mortgage activity lags. Debts are being prepared to endure winter regardless of weather or presidential outcome.
A call to end mob rule after the Reel foot Lake killings in West Tennessee criticizes vigilante violence against law and property as a threat to civilization. It praises Governor and peace officers for their role in punishing the guilty and restoring lawful order across the state.
A defense of kissing in the tuberculosis debate argues against bans on kissing as a disease spreader. The piece cites a world congress in Washington and mocks the idea that kisses can be prevented by fear. It asserts romance endures and urges scientists to abandon warnings that would banalize literature and love.
The weekly trade reviews celebrate broad prosperity in Maury County. Despite uneven weather cutting some yields, diverse farming sustains strong aggregate income. Labor profits rise and merchants benefit as robust incomes support commerce across Hines, Columbia, and nearby towns.
The county party will be run by true Democrats for the next two years with no scramble for committeeman posts. Only one ticket appears in twenty-two of twenty-five districts, signaling broad approval of the committee’s past two to four years and the leaders who guided it.
The remark frames bolting as patriotic when it serves the machine and its continuity, but labels it a grave offense if it harms the machine or targets liquor interests, exposing factional tensions within the Democratic party.
McKennon Andersee and Porn This Week highlight hundreds of new tailors made suits and cloaks offered at wide price ranges. Plain practical bread and witter suits priced from sixteen to forty dollars, with a salty mood pervading the market.
Twenty ladies' tailor made suits in navy black and brown formerly twenty dollars now fifteen dollars each. Fifteen suits in green grey navy and black trimmed with black satin folds priced at twenty dollars each.
Every woman awake to the turn of fashion knows the leading part these long coats will play this Winter. Beauty and economy are recommended as they promise elegance in dress and practical value for the season.
Fifty pair coats in black satin trim and grey lining go for 12.50 to 1.50. Fancy plaid dress goods 49c to 1.50 yard, including 86 inch black taffeta silk at a bargain. Extra heavy unbleached cotton flannel 10c yard and five pieces old fashioned linsey 26c. Underwear for men women and children with shirts and drawers 40c to 50c. Men’s W L Douglas shoes 3.00 to 3.50 a pair. Seventy two pairs ladies velvety kid patent tip extension sole shoes 2.00.
Bees cabinet photos at Young’s for a month. Paul Brownlow of Mt. Pleasant takes a new post with T. N. Piguers. Rev and Mrs W T Boag move to Herndon cottage. Otey Grubbs bonds out of jail. Mrs A Sands named guardian of George Beavers. Royal Arch Masons confer six degrees. T J Callahan administers estate of Margaret Callahan. Jim Kinnard sells 53 acres on Hear Creek to Jim Adkisson for 2800. Braly Bros announce optical department and eye fitting. City crews install sewer at Mayes place. John Haddox, colored, arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. Wooten and Dedman install two fire escapes at opera house. Harlan & Evans show window Halloween scene. Public sale at M S Dunn’s, Nov 14, 1903. Dr W K Shaddan rents Hodge house, moves back to Columbia early November. A T Blocker moves office to Frierson building. M M Dunn to sell live stock and farm implements, move to town.
The Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia filed a petition today in Chicago before Judge Monbeau to become a party in the receivership and foreclosure for the Wabash Railroad. The filing seeks the foreclosure of the railroad’s property due to default on interest payments due August 1 on a $740 note, with Southern Indiana Railway Company involved in the pending action.
Denver observers report the fifty fifth annual convention of the Women’s Christian Union in Denver. Delegates from many states proclaimed substantial gains in membership and progress during the year. The session featured calls for reelecting Speaker Cannon to the National House of Representatives. Subscribe for The Herald.
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