Divorce Surge as Weds Slow in Maury County
Ten couples sought chancery court separations in the past month in Maury County, while only thirty three marriage licenses were issued, down from forty one a year earlier. Officials note divorces rose while marriages declined amid hard times and prosperity talk. A parallel report from Dublin notes workers in Buree County Limerick seized mills and a bakery, declaring them Soviet property with placards proclaiming we make bread not profits.
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Maury County
Chancery Court
Lipscomb
Mora B. Farias
Cupid
United Press
Dublin
Ireland
Buree
County Limerick
Threats of death during railroad prosecution noted
Special to The Herald from Nashville Tennessee September 1. P. Anderson president of the Oneida and Western Railroad in Scott county received a letter threatening him if he did not discontinue prosecuting George Cecil for destruction of railroad property. He sent the letter to Ole Banner with cave details and said the prosecution would not be withdrawn. The letter signed by The Mountaineers. Cecil is said to be in the Huntsville jail. Anderson stated if he is shot for pursuing Cecil he hopes the Quaida and Walter Railroad will see that Cecil is prosecuted.
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Herald
Nashville
Tonn
P. Anderson
Oneida and Western Railroad
Scott County
George Cecil
Ole Banner
Mountaineers
Cecil
Huntaville
Tenn
Anderson Vaya
Asansain
Quaida
Walter Rallrond
George Cecils
Former Columbian Summoned by Death
Robert Lee Brooks a former well known citizen and businessman of Columbia died recently in Denver Colorado. His remains will be brought back to Pulaski for interment tomorrow or next day. Brooks came here from Pulaski and worked long in the drug trade then the bakery business. He later moved to Nashville for several months and later went west seeking health. He was a well known Mason and John Pigg a leader of that organization received notice of his death.
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Robert Lee Brooks
Columbia
Denver
Colo
Pulaski
Brooks
Nashville
John Pigg
Governor approves $500 for witnesses at Cookeville murder case
On Attorney General Mitchell's request Gov Taylor authorized $500 to cover the expenses of five soldiers stationed at Camp Dix serving as material witnesses in the murder case of Corporal Rafael Purlmutter in Cookeville. The matter will be taken up soon in court.
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United Presa
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Mitchell
Taylor
Camp Dix
Raphael Purlmutter
Cookeville
Boy Scouts Camp On Banks Of Duck River
About twelve members of the local troop left Columbia this morning led by Prof. R. Lee Thomas and James Porter for a week of camping. They pitched tents near Duck River on Tanksley Place four miles from the Lowell Mill pike. More boys will join daily as pioneers, plan to break camp one by one each morning and return to the city.
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Boy Scouts
Columbia
R. Lee Thomas
James Porter
Duck River
Tanksley Place
Lowell Mill Pike
Hy City
Futile To Hope Abolish War Says Harding at War College
President Harding told officers at the War College that abolishing war entirely is futile. He spoke of the difficulty of achieving world peace and the need to consider probabilities and sympathy in examining future conflict prospects.
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Harding
United
Washington
War College
Maremoute
Primary election notices and Shrine events loom in county
The Democratic county committee announces the coming primary, with extended polling hours in Columbia and Mt. Pleasant and two additional hours in larger districts. Poll tax and registration rules limit voters, with women’s turnout uncertain. Also, Al Menah Temple Shrine day in Columbia on Sept 10 invites Masons and locals, featuring Shrine processions and娱乐.
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Democratic Couinty Committee
Columbia
Mt. Pleasant
Silath
Caius Bia
West Virginia coal mine war escalates with federal plans
United Press reports indicate imminent federal intervention as Secretary Weeks weighs sending troops to West Virginia. Miners clash with deputies in Ethel and Blair Mountain areas, with air support from Langley Field and mounting casualties feared as fighting continues along Boone county lines.
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Washington
West Virginia
Weeks
Harding
Ethel
Bhel
W. Va
Blair Mountain
Vai
Sept
Pon Chaffin
Mountain Passes
Norfolk
Army
Langley Field
Logan
Crooked Creek
Big Reduction Cotton Acreage of the South
United States agriculture figures show cotton acreage cut by about fifty percent due to low prices and weak market demand. Estimates indicate the 1921 crop at 7,087,000 bales and the 1920 crop at 12,000,000 bales.
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United Prensa
Washington
United Oe Department of Agriculture
Mrs Lowry Dies After Hemorrhage at Home
Special to Herald from Nabhyville Sept L Murtis Hawkins Lowry wife of Dr Wo BL Lowry a Methodist pastor at Thompson Station died early today after a hemorrhage She was native of Cannan county and the funeral will be held this afternoon Dr Lowry has long been a leading member of the Twelvepescoe conference and was once presiding elder of the Columbia district
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Herald
Nabhyvile
Teun
Murtis Hawkins Lowry
Lowry
Thompson
Station
Cannan County
Columbia District
Ship Adrift in Pacific With 34 Aboard Found Missing
Wireless messages report the Canadian freighter Canadian Importer found adrift on the Pacific with thirty four men aboard. The vessel had been listed missing, and the discovery confirms the crew status in the late summer report from Seattle.
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Pacific
United Press
Seattle
Irish note delivery and British response in Dublin
Dublin Sept 1 reports that Dial Firedon's reply to the British note was forwarded to Lloyd George last night and officially announced. The text will not be published until a response from Lloyd George is received, but sources say the negotiations may continue.
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United Press
Dublin
Dial Firedon
Lloyd George
Gay
Lioyd George
Montgomery County Veterans Set Barbecue Date
Clarksville Tennessee September 22 invites all Confederate veterans in the county to an annual barbecue and picnic under Forbes bivouac. No location chosen yet. This is the first gathering since before the World War and all veterans are invited regardless of bivouac affiliation.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Forbes
Hunters Hail Dove Shooting Season Opens Across County
Sportsmen welcomed the dawn of dove season with many afield as fields fill with hunters. Doves reported in several county sections, prompting efforts to corral a few. The season runs three and a half months to December 15, followed by quail season beginning 16 days later, then five months of hunting overall.
Porter Dunlap Seeks Railroad Commissioner Post
Nashville Tenn Sept. Friends of Porter Dunlap former state treasurer during the Rye era say Dunlap will likely run for railroad commissioner to succeed Col Enloe, current chairman of the commission.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Porter Dunlap
Dunlap
BA. Enloe
State Board Meets to Consider Borrowing Funds
Nashville Tenn Sept 16 The future funding board met at noon to day to consider the advisability of borrowing million dollars to meet the state's expenses. The meeting discussed joint actions and projected need for funds in the near term.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Futute Funding Board
Republicans Discuss Brewer Collector's Office Pie Conference
Special to The Herd from Nashville Tennessee reports Republicans meeting in a pie conference debating changes in the Collector Brewer's staff. No definite announcement yet, but Eugene Priest, chief deputy under Collector Craig, is retained as chief aide to the office.
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Nashville
Tenn
Brewer
Eugene Priest
Chitef
Graig
Chiot Awier
Melons Near Hundred Dollars An Acre In Culpeoca Region
Growers in Culpeoca area report net returns around 100 dollars per acre from cantaloupes with some earning up to 200 dollars. The 85 acre section averages about 100 dollars an acre as shipments and local sales total over ten thousand dollars in cash. A market glut in August flooded New York with melons from eighteen states, depressing receipts and cutting profits.
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New York
Mt.las
Culleoka
Jon
Athen
J. Park
Culleoka Produce Company
Aaa
Irregular Lead Notes Large Tobaggo Totals in Clarksville
Figures presented by the Kiwanis Club show a large historical tally for Tobaggo goods in Clarksville dating back to the 1920s. Reported totals include millions of pounds with substantial monetary valuations, including Springfield market and related districts.
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Clarksville
Temi
Ne Kiwanis Club
Unie
Belfast fighting totals
Reported totals indicate a hundred dead and injured in Belfast fighting as troops arrive in the area described as No Man's Land. The scene is marked by military buildup and makeshift barricades as authorities attempt to restore order amid communal tensions.
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Belfast
United Press
Aelfast
No Man's Lamb
Catholic
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