The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05
LOCAL NEWSPAPER
MEN TO LOCATE
At TWIN CITIES
w. r. SHELTON AND Il. D. HARk-
READER WILL PUBLISH
TELEGRAM"
TAKE CHARGE THIS MONTH
Two Deesturs Have Population Of
Twelve Thousand and Are Located
on Tennessee River and Two Rail-
roads.

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w. r. shelton, of the Maury Demo
crat, and H. d. Harkreader. of The
Columbia Herald, have returned from
the twin cities of Decatur and New
Decatur, Ala, where they closed a
trade for the Twin City Telegram, the
only daily newspaper published In the
two cities.
Messrs. Shelton and Harkreader
will leave for the twin cities GONE
time during the present month, and
upon arrival there will Immediately
assume control of the Telegram"
which they expect to make one OF the
best of small southern dailies.
Because Of the favorable location Of
the Decaturs, with both the South
ern and the L. & N. Railway and the
Tennessee river as commercial feed
ers, the towns have had a steady
growth since they we're laid out about
thirty years ago. Under the present
census the population Is about $4,000.
inclusive Of the suburbs. affording am
pie territory for the support Of live
daily paper.
The Daily Telegram will be publish
ed every afternoon in the week ex-
cept Sunday, and viii have special
wire service in addition to its local
news service. Mr.. Harkreader will
have charge of the editorial and news
features, and Mr.. Shelton will be bus
fness manager, giving much of his
time to the development of the adver-
tising field. The paper will maintain
two job Offices, one in both of the De-
caturs, and will make a speciality of
job printing.
The Decaturs.
The twin cities have many hackers
who predict for them steady growth.
That this optimism is reasonably we'll
founded is proven by a review
of present industrial conditions. AL
ready the two towns have a yearly
pay roll Of more than million dollars. |
Here are located the shops of the L.
& N. Railroad, turning out engines, |
passenger coaches, box cars and 9TH
er railroad equipment. The "oak ex-
.ract' factory, the largest manufac-
.urers of tan leather in the world, are |
ocated here and there are quite a
lumber of smaller manufacturing con-
,erns
Within the past six years the num-
,er of wholesale produce houses has
grown from one to six, and all of them
ire doing a thriving business. This
s due to river competition, giving the
)ecaturs a II cent better rate than
and other competing
'oints. With the completion of the
government work on Mussle Shoals
nd Colbert Shoals, Decatur will prob
bly, be made port of entry, and with
he completion Of the Panama Canal
be two cities will have water route
0 San Francisco and the far west.
Fine timbers are fioated down the
'ennessee river to the Decaturs and Il
here reloaded on freight cars and /
attributed to the mills. In
Fine Buildings. d
The twin cities are well equipped I
18th public buildings. The L. q N.
!. NJ. G. A. building is one Of the fin '
1t in the South. In every ward there {
two story brick public school 2
uilding, and three handsome high =
,hool buildings adorn the two cities. y
he opera house 10 creditable and the n
ass OF shows booked the very best. +
There are more than twenty II,
lurches In the two towns, and large s
imber of handsome buildings used ii
r mercantile purposes. 81
A splendid street car system, with
n minute schedules in the business q,
ctions, Joins the two towns into a n,
impact whole. The sewerage sys- ii
N Is partially completed, and when di
lished will be modern in every re- IL
ect. The city is now spending T
IL million dollars on streets, side.
,lks and. sewerage. Five miles OF ~
tulithic is being laid. Three pixies 70
We been completed recently. opening 80
the agricultural country adjacent n,
the twin cities. There are no toll n
ties on these pixies.