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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
K|RKMAN PROPOSES
TO REBUILD STORE
WITHOUT ANY DELAY
MAKES PLANS FOR A BETTER
STRUCTURE THAN THE ONE
BURNED AWAY.
VISITS SCENE OF The BLAZE
Hutton, Mckinney and Ridley viii
Alos Lose No Time in Repairing
the Damages Done by the Fire.
Others Make Plans, Too.

Norman Kirkman, Of Nashville,
owner of the building next to the Maui
ry National Bank, and occupied by
the Maury Dry Goods Company be-
fore the great blaze of last Saturday
morning, was here Monday and made
his plans for tho speedy rebuilding of
his house. Mr.. Kirkman stated that
there would be no delay about begin
ming the work on the new structure
as he was just as anxious as the ten
ants to get the building in shape for
occupancy. While all of the plans
for tho buildings have not been an
nounced, it is known that the struc-
ture will be handsomer one than the
old. Great care will be given tc the
work of fire prevention in the future.
The new building, it is understood,
will cost above $4,000 when it is fin
ished It will have a more ornate
front and the interior will be built for
greater convenience. The building
will also probably be larger than the
one burned down.
The owners Of the two lots adjoin-
ing Mr.. Kirkman's building, Messrs.
Mckinney, Ridley and Hutton, are
also busy making their plans to re-
build. They will doubtless erect
handsomer and better buildings than
those burned down. There will be no
unnecessary delay on their part.
Just what will be done By the Frier-
son heirs is not known definitely but
there is no doubt about their rebuild
ing just az early as they can. These
four buildings, involving as they will,
in the aggregate, the expenditure Of
$4,000 will make things lively in a
building line for the next six months.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
TO RESUME BUSINESS.
Bogatzky a Hauman VIII Begin on
the North Side Of the Square
/. on Or About Sept. 5.

Bogatzky & Bauman will not delay
opening their business again. They
announced early this morning that
they had rented the west building oc-
cupied by the Mitchell-Ashley Hard
ware Company on the north side of
court square and would resume busi-
ness there not later than Sept 5. and
would replenish their stock just as
soon as the goods could be ordered
and shipped in. They are in no way
daunted by the fire and their faith is
strong.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
HURT
WHENCABLE BREAKS
SENDING CAR DOWN TRACK INTO
ASCENDING CAR IN CALL
FORNlA.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3.-The ca
BILE on the incline railway on Angels
Flight at Third and Hill streets.
broke tonight, injuring score Of pas
sengers, some perhaps fatally. The
cable snappd 20 tn car at tn top Of
the incline was leaving and the car
shot down the track into the ascend
ing car, both falling nifty feet to Hill
street. The cars were crowded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
BIGBYVlLLE
WINS A GAME
MEETS A PICKED UP TEAM OF
CoLUMBlANS AND vANt
QUISHEs THEM.

There was a ball game at River
side park Monday afternoon between
a picked up team Of Columbia boys
around town and the Bigbyville team, :.
in which the Bigbyville boys wor out
Bigbyville and Enterprise was to-
play but the Enterprise team failed
to show up and an accommodation
bunch of ColurHbians took the lick
ing that was intended for Enterprise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
DRESSMAKINGsAT
tMAURY DRY GOODS.
THAT AND THE MILLINERY DE-
pARTMENTs ARE RECEIVING
FULL ATTENTION.

In spite of the fire and the tempora-
rily cramped quarters in the new
Hutton building the Maury Dry Goods
Company will have a dressmal1ing
and millinery department that will be
equal to il 1t does not surpass any
that the store has had in the past.
Every attention is being paid to the
details Of these departments that
mean 90 much to milady's appear.
ance.
Madame Custer IL just back from
the markets Of the East where she
studied the styles and patterns for
the coming season. She Is busy now
preparing her department at the new
location. aa
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05

their loss on stock at about $4,000
with probably insurance of $4,000.
Nothing was saved from their stock.
Bogatzky & Bauman estimated
their loss on stock at about $4,000
with Insurance of probably $4,000
They also had $4,000 worth Of fixtures
upon which there was no insurance
at all.
The loss Of Dobbins & Ewing in
their 100 by 25 feet warehouse is es-
timated at not less than $4,000 with
insurance Of $1,000.
The loss of the Columbia Motor &
Implement Company is estimated at
$4,000 with no insurance, a complete
loss. There were twenty.one automo-
biles burned in the garage, the follow
ing being partial list of the machies
kept for others that we're burned, sew
eral of them being without insurance,
Frank Wheeler, Mt. Pleasant; w C.
Salmon, insurance $3.50; Robert l.
Taylor, two with insurance on them
and two without; Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. one;
Dr. Nowlin one, with $500 insurance;
Mrs. Hay Wood, one; Columbia Mo-
tor & Implement Company. six; Fry
Bros, three; DIR. James G.. William.
son, one; DR.. wilkes, one, and W. 8.
Titcomb, one.
Gabe Houser lost about $25 on
stock, with no insurance. He got
most Of his stock out of the store, but
the building suffered little ramage.
B. A. Satterfield & Co. probably lost
5000 on their stables.
! There was slight damage to the
Masonic building by water and the
breaking of glass in the rear win
dows. Efficient work of the fire de-
partment saved this building from
complete loss. The Racket Store,
owned by Frank Swansburg, suffered
severe loss by water.
c. H. Sharp's lunch and confection
store was also badly damaged by wa
teer. Immense streams we're poured
Into this store and the Racket. How
ever, both were covered fully by in
surance But for the precaution TAX
en- to cover the stock with oil cloth
the loss would have been much great
err
The building occupied by the Co
lumbia Motor & Implement Company
was owned by W. s. Titcomb and was
not insured. He also owned the gro
cefy store house of Houser and it had
no insurance
The store occupied by Evans, Par
ker & Moore was owned by the heirs
of White Frierson, Knoxville, and was
a handsome two story building more
than 100 feet long. The loss was
probably $4,000.
The building occupied by Bogatzky
& Bauman was owned by Robert L.
Mckinney and w. P. Ridley. 1t was
also splendid two story building
and had insurance of $500. The loss
was probably $4,000
The west store room Of the Maury
Dry Goods Company was owned by
Ridley and Mckinney and was also
insured for $500 and was worth
about the same as their other btild-
ing.
The store on the east side=of the
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ASSS
than a quarter of a million dollars,
only partially covered by Insurance,
and wiping out Of existence three Of
the largest mercantile establishments
Of this section OF the state, Columbia
this morning sufferedAone OF the most
disastrous blazes in its history.
The fire held sway for little less
than two hours, but in that time it
doomed TO utter destruction the big
stores of Maury Dry Goods Company,
Bogatzky G Bauman and Evans, Par
ker & Moore, the garage Of the Co.
lumbia Motor & Implement Company,
one of the big warehouses of Dotbins
& Ewing, and three Of the handsom-
est buildings Of the city.
The fire started at about $3.50
O'Clock and it is not definitely settled
where it originated and the cause will
probably never be known. The fire
probably commenced in the ware
house of Dobbins & Ewing. 1t spread
with lightning like rapidity, the gar
concerns to 60 up in flames. This
ment Company being one of the first
age Of the Columbia Motor & Imple-
building contained more than two doz-
en- automobiles and of these twenty
one were destroyed, involving loss
of probably $4,000. There were sew
eral loud explosions and when the
gasoline supply tank blew up 1t sent
debris more than one hundred feet In
the air. From the garage the flames
rushed into the shoe and gents fur
nishing store of Evans Parker &
Moore and within less than thirty
minutes that building was gutted. ev-
erything in the stock and fixtures
being total loss. - "a.
The general gents furnishing and
clothing and shoe store Of Bogatzky
& Bauman proved the next victim Of
the flames and like the stock of Ey-
ans, Parker & Moore, was total loss.
The perishable stun Of the two stores
fed the flames and It was early seen
that the two big stores of the Maury
Dry Goods Company would be utterly
destroyed. At once the spread of the
flames appeared inevitable the pro-
prietors of this store, aided by he
roic band of volunteer workers COM
menced to carry out the stock. This
was taken to safe place on the
square. 1t is estimated that proDa-
bly, $4,000 or $4,000 of the stock
was saved before the increasing heat
of the rapidly approaching flames
made further work Of rescue impossi-
BILE.
without the loss of a moment OF
time the Messrs. Wooten and =. r.
Turner, the proprietors of the store,
set about to make plans for the re-
sumption of business. Remembering
that one of the store rooms in the big
new building of Hutton & Fulton, on
the corner of South Main and Eighth
streets was vacant, John T. Wooten
went at once to the home OF Jos l..
Hutton. and waking him up leased
the building. Just as soon as day
light came, the moving Of the stock
to the new building commenced. For
the present the store will be located
at the new quarters. Business can
not he resumed in full Of course, pend
ing the adjustment Of the insurance
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
ARRIVAL OF TRAIN
/, FR|GHTENS ROBBERS
At CAR1tRS CREEK
SAFE OF r. 8. CHURCH IS DYNA-
MITED BUT NOT SUc-
cESSFULLY.
INSIDE DOOR is JAMMED
Robbers Made Entrance Through
Panel Of the Front Door and Got
But Little Booty for Their Hazard
GUS Undertaking.

Robbers were frightened away from
the store of R. s. Church at Carriers
Creek Tuesday night after they had
broken through the door and blown
the safe open, and they went away
empty handed.
Dynamite was used and the inner
door of the safe was jammed III In
stead of blown out. while the outer
door was torn rom its fastenings. The
robbers had piled -four and sacks Of
various other things against the door
to muffie the report
Members Of a train crew that was
just pulling in on siding at the north
of the store heard the explosion and
raised the alarm, but when parties
got to the store the robbers had made
their escape through a rear door to a
side room.
The entrance to the store was made
by breaking out a panel to the front
door Nothing was taken except So
|or $4 that was in the each drawe: on
the counter. The safe door jammed
and the stir OF the people about the
station caused them to make their
get away.
1t appears that an attempt was also
made to enter the store Of Butler &
Beal, which 10 only situated short
distance away, but the panel was
rather small and 1t il supposed the
hole made was too small for entrance.
There Is no clue to the criminals.
The explosion occurred about 3
o'clock in the morning.
Sheriff Goodwin was notified and
went there at once.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
MOORE JOHNSON
SLIGHTLY HURT
MAS IN AN AUTO SUNDAY NIGHT
WHEN COMPANION WAS
KILLED.

Moore Johnson, who was injured in
an automobile accident between
frankfort and Louisville Sunday
night is known here, and has charge
OF horses belonging to r. P. Dod-
son. lie is at Louisville this week
al the state fair. Fortunately he was
not seriously hurt, although his COM
panion was killed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
GORDON MORTON
HAS ARM CUT
FALLS AGAINST A GLASS DOOR
At II. G. HILL GRO.
Gerry CO.

Gordon Morton had his arm pain
fully and right seriously cut in fall
at the H. G. Hill Grocery Co. this
morning while doing some cleaning
up. He fell against glass door and
his left arm below the elbow had a
cash cut in it that required several
stitches.
The cash was an ugly one and bled
rather freely.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
AS TO REBUILDING.

Probable That Ridley and Mckinney
Will Begin Soon Although No
Announcement 10 Made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05

losses. However, the Headquarters
for the store will be kept open and all
the friends and customers Of the firm
are invited to call at the temporary
location. Just as soon rs the insur-
ance matters can be adjusted, the.
firm proposes TO do business as hest
it can with limited quarters and un-
der adverse conditions, however. no
time will be lost in repairing all the
damage done by the fire.
The alarm of fire was turned in at
$3.50 o'clock by Patrolman Lancaster,
who discovered the blaze. The fire
department responded at once and did
heroic work until the flames were un-
der control two hours later. The wa
ter pressure, considering the long
drouth of this year, was good
and no complaint was made from this
source. In fact it appeared that the
fire department did everything that
could possibly be done and to their
effective work coupled with the
strong walls on either side of the fire
is due the saving of the remainder of
the block. Had there been good walls
between the other stores the loss
wouiG have been much less.
The fire was an especially hard one
to fight. The gasoline and automo-
biles in the garage fed it and with
astounding rapidity it spread to the
inflamablc materials of the stores ad-
jacent. The gasoline in the garage
made the fire a difficult one and
rather dangerous one to fight. Re-
peated explosions suggested the dan
ger that lurked in that section and
impeded the work of the department.
The fire department rushed at once
to the scene, but by the time the hose
could be connected and the streams
of water began to play the garage
was doomed and debris in the rear
of the stores burned was on fire.
However, this blaze was extinguish-
ed and for little while the hope was
high that there would be chance to
save the stores. However, the in
tense heat from the rear broke the
exposed glass windows and soon the
store of Evans, Parker & Moore was
a roaring volcano of fire.. No fire has
ever spread more rapidly; flames nev-
er found reader fuel to devour than
the stocks of merchandise that were
soon reduced to ashes and shoulder
ing ruins. When the last Of the en-
bers were finally put out all that re-
manned of four Of the handsomest
business houses in the city was the
charred, gutted and blackened ruins
Of the front walls.
1t is believed that a quarter of a
million dollars is conservative esti-
mate of the loss by the flames. the
insurance cannot be accurately ascer-
tanned but it will probably not be over
two-thirGs of the loss.
The following is . partial estimate
of the losses:
Maury Dry Goods Company loss on
stock of goods estimated at from $780,
600 to 100000, with in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 to $4,000 insurance
and salvage from the fire estimated
at about $4,000 although this latter
is pure guess work.
Evans. Parker & Moore estimate
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05

While no announcement was made
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05

tcontinuea On Third Pass,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05

Maury Dry Goods Company was own.
ed by Norman Kirkman, Nashville,
The loss was probably in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000 on the building,
and the insurance Ii not known. al.
though 1t was insured.
John l. Jones, who occupied an Of
fee in the upper floor of the store of
Evans, Parker & Moore lost all of
his office furniture, the records of the
American Jack Breeders Associs tion,
Of which he was the secretary, ard a
mass Of manuscript on jack breeding
and the last volue of the American
jack register which he was compil.
ing and which was almost ready for
the press. This is the second time
that Mr.. Jones has suffered loss of
this kind. He had insurance Of ST.
500 on records and furniture.
Aside fro mthe breaking Of sky.
light the Maury National Bank suf.
fered little loss.
John Carpenter, the carpet and ia.
pestry man at the Maury Dry Goods
Company had lot of tools and ia.
pestry to the value of about $1,000,
in the third story and these were all
lost. No insurance.
The Citizens Telephone Company
also sustained a severe injury to it's
cable lines, the cable box being burn.
ed out across the street in front OF
the exchange on Garden street, and
the cables were also badly injured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
NO PLANS YET.
Absence Of William Evans DELAYS
Any Announcement From Ev
ans, Parker q MOORE

Owing to the fact that William Ev-
ans, Of the firm of Evans, Parker &
Moore, is absent on his vacation in
Chicago, no announcement as TO the
future plans Of that company was
made this morning. It is practically
certain, however, that this enterpris-
ing concern will again be in business
at an early date.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-05
FLAMES DESTROY BUSINESS PROPERTY IN
HEART OF COLUMBIA INVOLVING LOSS 0F NIT
LESS Than QUARTER OF MILLION OF DOLLARS
ONE OF The MOST DISASTROUS BLAzS IN THE HISTORY OF the CITY
WIPES OUT THE SPLENDID MERCANTILE ESTABL LSHNTS OF EVANS
PARKER MOORE, MAURY DRY GOODS COMPANY AND
b0CATKy & BAUMAN

FIRE ALSO DESTROYS THE GARAGE OF The MOTOR AND
COMPANY AND WENTY0 AUTOMOBILES AND SHARP FRANK SWANS
JOHN JONES' A. SA17ERD co.. AND DoBBNS EWIN ARE
AMONG THOSE WHO SUFFER LOSS INSURANCE NOT LESS THAN
25OOO; SEVERAL FIRMS REENTER BUSINESS WITHOUT DEI Ay
MAURY DRY GOODS COMPANY LOCATED ON SOUTH EIGHTH
BATY BAUMAN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SQUARE, OTHER PLANS
NOT YET READY FOR ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1918
Come Down and See

Editor Hethrington Of the Lake.
land Telegram, is puzzled at the
number of what he terms "fsh and
snake stories" that come from
Punta Gorda. If he would leave
the Office boy in charge of his exr
cellent paper, and come down and
spend a week or two with the To-
cal anglers, he would have no fur
:thex reason to wonder about the
iincidents attendant upon the catch
ing of fish here; and he would get
some facts and data, which he
could use in the Telegram to fur
Their entertain his readers. But
as for s'snake storics," it must
have been some other place he
had reference to, for we have no
snakes here worth writing about.
However, his comment IS interest
ing and is as follows:
4sItis question if any place on
earth wet or dry can produce
as many fish and snake stories as
come from Punta Gorda, and yet
that little city on the bay is in one
Of the driest of the dry counties
I'd the State. DeSoto and Polk
led all the State in the last contest
ia their majority for prohibition.
why they should continue to see
those things is a mystery"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

Mosquitoes always with us like
the poor, and it is beyond the
reach Of hope to expect that will
ever be exterminated. 1t is posi-
Bile, however, to reduce their num-
bers and to keep ourselves from
them. Careful screening is the
price of liberty. Their most seri,
Gus attacks are made in the late
afternoon and at night. There
fore, the bed should be screened
Let the net be of fine mesh anc
made long enough to tuck in
easily and firmly all around thu
bed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

A complete absence of filth will
mean the complete destruction of
the fly, as they are only an indica-
tor of the presence of filth.
Typhoid fever and other dread
ed diseases are the price we pay
for our filth. Let us get busy
and make our town secure against
such a tale. A. b. TUCKER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12
For The Public Good

Putting the cows out of our
streets is step in the right di-
rection. Building a seawall anoth-
err. Paving our sidewalks and
building good roads will make life
more livable, but there is one
thing that is overlooked to a great
extent.
In towns and cities we are ex-
posed to many diseases through
the carelessness of our neighbors.
This is a condition existing here
Punta Gorda. The housefy is
being bred almost everywhere in
town in back yards, in closets, in
stables and around stores.
Now the various writer's anl
workers have adopted the slogan
Of Swat the Fly,'' but this will
never exterminate that pest mol
does it check his breeding very
much. The true and only effect.
i've way to do this work is to de.
stroy all breeding places and
starve out the larvae.
Filth is necessary for the breed
ing and permanent food supply
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

The legislature that adjourned
Friday was the most famous in
Florida's history. 1t has been
discussed by newspapers in every
state in the union and the papers
outside of the state discussed it
just like the papers in the state.
There seems to have been no diff
ference of opinion anywhere, I"
says the Jacksonville Times Union.
"Tbis of itself constitutes a re-
markable record. 1t isn't often
that any man is seen by all men
Just alike. Men generally consid-
cred good are classed as bad by
many. Men generally considered
wise are classed by some as dull or
foolish. Toa greater extent this
is true of bodies of men-there is
generally great difference Of opin-
ion as to their merits.
'sAnd so when the house of rep
resentatives of the legislature,
lately a living body and now a
thing that was, succeeded in es-
tablishing record that all men
regarded alike it did a wonderful
things thing the like of which
we do not remember to have ever
seen before.
''It is universally conceded that
Solomon's reputation for wisdom
has not suffered by comparison
with the words and acts of mem
bers Of the house. Legislators
are often called Solons. Well,
Scion is dead and couldn't help
.himselhif these were SO termed,
but 1t would be a mighty poor
way to treat dead man.
From the Atlantic to the Pa
ci6c, from the gulf to the lakes
the house that has just adjourned
has been awarded the BOBBY prize,
and its success has created no
jealousy or envy for all concede
that it was fairly earned.
"And yet the legislature didn't
do much damage. 1t started a
great many things and then for
got all about them. 1t discussed
the propriety of splitting up the
state and abolishing itself, but the
state remains as it was and the
drew all the pay that the |
time limit to the session permitted.
1t started out to play with the
Times Union, but for some reason
it quit-possibly it thought the
Union played too roughly,
but at any rate it passed away at
peace with the world.
''The general impression is that
Florida does not need another leg
islature like the one that has just
adjourned, and so we think it will
stand as the climax in its line"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

Geo. w. Adams, Formerly Of
Fort Lauderdale Herald, is soon
to begin the publication of news
paper at Zolfo. A newspaper
will prove invaluable to that COM
munity, and should received sub
stantial support.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

Ii you wish to get plenty Of
fresh. not cold storage, chicken to
AT. % over into West Florida
and put up at village hotel. That
4 . land Of chicken and butter
milk. hog and hominy, bewitching
urls, elegant ladies and fine gem
tlemen.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

In Apalachicola they serve oys-
tiers in all styles three times q
day every day in the year. Maybe,
that's one reason why the Apalach-
icola Tines is such a bright paper.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12

Editors who print papers in
Florida ought to know tina. the
final letter in DeSoto is not a.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-12
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