The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-15
STATE HAPPENINGS.

The noted Lookout Inn is now offered
for SALE
Nov. 10, Arbor Day will be observed
by number of schools over the state.
There will be meeting of the Ten
nessee Forestry Association at Nash
vile Nov. %.
Gov. McMillin has appointed n. Q.
Allen OF Athens, to be Circuit Judge,
vice j. L. Parks, resigned.
The University of the South lSewa-
nee football team defeated the Mooney
team Friday by score of % to 0.
James Lupton, a Chattanooga golfer,
captured the Queen City gold up at
Cincinnati, Saturday in the game there
Two cases of smallpox are reported
at Nolensville, a village in Williamson
county A general vaccination has
been ordered.
Henry Dillian, a nine year-old boy
of Obion county, disappeared from his
home last week, and no clue of his
whereabouts can be found.
Gov McMillin will spend next week
in Southwestern Arkansas hunting
men, of which he is president.
East Tennessee is enthusiastic over
the good road movement. Greene
county has just voted $3.50, 900 to be
used for graveling, and other counties
are preparing to do likewise.
Great showers of shooting stars are
due. Prof. Pickering, of Harvard
University, and other leading astrono-
mers expect the fall this week. The
last great shower fell some thirty four
years ago
Revenue Agent Chapman and Deputy
Bell seized a distillery in Lincoln
county, Thursday. with 800 gallons
of liquor. This seizure grows out of
the Pulaski capture of few days ago,
it is understood.
The Waverly Bank & Trust Company
has recently been consolidated with
the First National Bank of Waverly,
the latter purchasing the building for
merly occupied by the Waverly Bank
q Trust Company.
John Russell, white man, while
resisting arrest at Dickson, for
drunkenness, bit off the forefinger of
deputy policeman Bowers Hooper
The wound is bad one, the entire
finger being gone.
The Middle Tennessee Oil Company
capitalized at 800, 00O have begun
their Operations. They have options
on 2, 600 acres of land in Bedford and
Rutherford counties on which oil has
been discovered at a depth of 337 feet.
Mrs John Warren, of Bunker HILL
Giles Co.. has pettioned Judge Sam
Holding to pardon her husband who is
serving three-year term in the peni-
Tertiary for stealing a mule. The
Judge declines to take any action in
the matter.
A negro struck match on hoop of
a cotton bale at the Pulaski depot,
Wednesday, and, in Jiffy, this bale
and six others were in flames. The
negro was arrested but was turned
loose as his act was due to carelessness
rather than viciousness.
j. W. Busby, manager of shingle
machine at Big Sandey, tells an in
teresting story about Jumbo popu-
lar tree which be bought in Benton
county few days ago. The tree cost
him $40, and when cut and sawed
made 65, 600 shingles. 1t was hollow
at the top and had 100 pounds of
honey, six raccoons and twelve squir-
rels inside Of it.
The State Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union convention closed its
three days session at Winchester Fri
day night by electing the following
officers: Mrs. Seine Holman, Fay
etteville, president; Mrs Tolford, Nc
Minnville vice president at large
Mrs. Dosser, State corresponding sec
Rotary Mrs. Pentecost, Chattanooga,
treasurer.
Mr.. Angelo Logan, of GAINESVILLE,
after making prospective tour, re-
ports find of abundant supplies Of
phosphate III Montgomery and Stewart
counties Near Cumberland City he
says there are rich deposits of phos
phate of the same quality as that il
Maury county. Black phosphate is
found on numerous farms in Mont
gomery county. If the find proves to
be what it is thought, it will be speed
lily developed.
Enurtnpnth Wife