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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
1
A local grand jury declines to indict in a shock case where JeffNpcarn hurls a bomb into liquor camps. The incident spurs calls for new safety measures and raises tensions in the community.
Nashville attorney general McCarn seeks to use information against Jim Williams for liquor law violation after grand jury declines indictment. He accuses insurgent jurors of obstruction and asks Judge Hart to purge the panel. The court contemplates whether to accept the information as a valid proceeding.
The State Board of Education visited Columbus October 6 to consider sites for the State Normal School. The board plans a second trip in October to several Middle Tennessee towns to locate the normal, with committees called to meet soon to plan the delegation’s itinerary.
Hardin W Thomas announces candidacy for reelection as Maury county court clerk. He has served one term after years as deputy under Luther Thomas and would continue to run the office in same manner. Thomas, a Glendale resident and son of the late Benjamin Thomas, asks for Democratic party guidance on upcoming primary nominating process.
The Robinson McGill Buggy Co displays an extensive fair tent 40 by 60 feet with Nashville built buggies surreys platoons runabouts and other turnouts. President T M Robinson explains the products while Shelbyville harness showcases a wide range for pony carriage coach and draught horses.
At a meeting of the charter members of the Tennessee Orphan's Home permanent organization was perfected with Rev. W. T. Boaz as president W. Salmon as secretary and J W Fry as treasurer The new body succeeds the temporary group and immediate work includes fundraising and planning.
Methuen Mass September 18 Mrs George Bramer learned from Bermuda attorneys that R J Ribstock, a man she and her mother befriended in Bermuda, willed her about 1 000 000 in railroad stocks and bonds. Ribstock was 60 when observed in Bermuda and the Bramer couple had shown him late kindnesses in his old age.
Tennessee Democrats meet at the Ryman Auditorium with 2000 delegates. They adopt a resolution supporting abolition of the liquor traffic and upholding temperance and election laws. The manifesto portrays liquor as a public evil and links party policy to white supremacist sentiment, framing the issue as central to state governance and reform.
C M A begins football with tryouts and a projected 11 man lineup led by Shamotulsi as captain. Coach Lex Stone guides a squad rich in star material aiming to outpace 5 L A A rivals. Opening games include Jonan Hight on Oct 2 and Morgan School on Oct 7 with more opponents to follow.
Chattanooga and Atlanta clash in a five game interleague series for the Dixie championship. Games shift between Atlanta and Chattanooga with a 1400 plus average attendance in Chattanooga and hopes of crowning the region’s best team under National Commission oversight. Manager Johnnie Dobbe took the squad to Atlanta. others rest at home.
Preparations for the four hundredth anniversary of John Calvin's birth at Belfast on Sept. 30 are nearly complete with prominent speakers secured for the occasion. A ground dinner will be served and the program includes devotional exercises by Rev. G. H. Mack and several Calvin themed addresses by Rev. J. A. McKamy Rev. J. W. Rosebro Rev. Marion S. Kennedy and Rev. J. W. Stagg all from various Tennessee and Alabama locations.
A serious runaway on South Garden street Tuesday afternoon left Brooks Hight with severe cuts and Herbert Elam shaken. A cross bar broke on the buggy shafts, spooking the horse and tossing riders. The buggy overturned and both men were hurt while the horse bolted a distance before control was regained.
A late September hurricane battered New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast with 60 mph winds. Four deaths are confirmed in New Orleans among others feared along the coast. Property losses in New Orleans exceed 1 million dollars. rail and wire service are severely disrupted and sections of the Gulf Coast Traction line washed away near Biloxi. Mobile reports inland impact and railroad washouts. coast-wide communication crippled with no clear life-loss totals.
Nashville dispatch reports Bishop Seth Ward died Sunday afternoon in Kobe Japan at 5 PM Japan time, about 3 AM Nashville time. The Christian leader’s death occurred during a period of church activities abroad.
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