The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-10

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countable behavior of Jos. f. Hines
Manager and junior partner of the Rob
erts- Hine Hardware Co., and his sud
den departure to some distant and un
known point has been tb- talk of Tia,
town for the past two days, but new in'
terest was aroused this morning by the
assignment of the Roberts Hines Hard
ware Co and the personal assignment
of Mr.. K. p Roberts senior member o
the above firm, and the conditional as
signment of the Roberts Machine Co.
OF which Mr.. E. 2. Roberts was practi
cally sole owner.
Mr.. Hines left home early Friday
morning, and on kissing his wife good
bye, stated that he would spend the day
in Mt. Pleasant. Instead he took the
train for Nashville, inquired about
Chattanooga connections, and trans
ferred to the Mountain City, on reach
ing Nashville.
From Chattanooga he wrote to his
halt-brother, Mr.. lack Albright, stating
that he was enroute TO Oregon, and
would probably write on reaching that
point.
Mr.. Bob Laid, Mr.. Hines father-in-
law, received two letters from Hines,
one written from Nashville and one
from Chattanooga, in which he stated
that his wife was unreasonably jealous
of him, andfor this reason he was un
abl> to remain with her.
Mr.. Ladd states, however, that it is
his belief and the opinion OF everyone
familiar with the financial affairs of the
Roberts Hiue Company, that Mr.. Hines
realized the ENHANCEMENT of affairs and
the necessity of an early assignment,
and was unable TO face the music and
skipped out.
That so far as he knew or Mrs, Hines
knew and according to the observation
of all friends of the family, the home
life of Mr.. Hines was happy one and
he and his wife were an atfectiOnate
and altogether harmonious couple
Mrs. Hines is, of course, almost heart
broken and the family are deeply
grleved
An examination of the books of the
Roberts Hines Go, shows they were
we'll kept and there was no comphca-
ton of this nature which would cause
Mr.. Hines to leave.
He had drawn out the salary coming
to him-s3O0- just day or two before
he left
MI. Hines had invested 49, 0so. 81,
secured from his father-in-law, IN the
Roberts Hines Co and MI. E. +.
Roberts had invested 81, s63.
1t il thought that every claim OF the
Roberts & Hines Co, The Roberts
Machine Co, ard Mr.. Z. P. Roberts
will be raid in full, and Mr.. Roberts
will havo $4,000 TO $4,000 of his for
tune left.
10 the assignment of the Roberts &
Hines Hardware Co, J. W. G. Church
is named trustee and is empowered to
take INN ediate charge and dispose OF
the assets vither in bulk or by retail
The assets of the firm are not estimated.
but in statement of the business made
ZACHARY 10th, the total assets were
placed at $40 SOL. The banks are the
heaviest local creditors of the ii m, but
their claims are all secured by farmers
notes, in addition to personal. security,
and will be paiu in full, irrespective OF
all other claims. In the assignment
made at the same time by Mr.. +. +.
Roberts the creditors of the Roberts
Hines Hardware Co. are further protec
ted. The total approximate liabilities
of the Roberto &. Hines Hardware Co.
amount to $16 $500, distributed as fol-
lows: Maury National Bank 81: 775.
Farmers & Merchants Bank $3.50, Phoe-