• Maury
1918
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Jan 4 – Columbia enacts first “Closed Sunday law” prohibiting businesses from opening on Sunday, except hotels, restaurants and prescription drug stores. The resolution presented by the “Christian Men’s League” to city council.
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Jan 11 – 17 below zero temperature with blizzard 11 inches of snow and ice hit Maury County.
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Jan 18 – Maury County purchased the Spring Hill to Kedron pike for $3000, 5 miles long.
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Jan 18 – Mrs. J Polhill demonstrates “Dutch Oven cooking” at home of Mrs. Park Morgan, method conserves fuel.
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Jan 25 – Maury County and Columbia restaurants and boarding houses observe meatless and wheat less Mondays and Wednesdays in accordance with the Food Administrations call to support the war.
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Feb 1 – Columbia High school girls basketball team defeats Hume-Fogg high school 20-6 in two fifteen minute halves. Columbia’s line up was Annie Dugger, center; Eleanor Barker and Elsie Sims as forwards; Virginia Scott and Pattie Hillard as Guards.
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Feb 11 – 40 Internal Revenue men are in Columbia to collect the Income tax for the first time, due in 1917, 2 percent of income for unmarried who earn over $1000.
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March 1 – Columbia Water & Power take options on Ashton Mills site to construct a water power facility.
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March 1 – Dr. S.R. Hardison (dentist) and brother J.B. Hardison purchased the old Presbyterian church lot on Garden and sixth street to construct a $20,000 Garage and auto sales building.
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April 1 – Remaining section of Parham Pike (Kedron road) sold to Maury County.
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April 5 – South Park now is home to two fastest harness stallions in the world, Napoleon Direct, at 1:59 ¾ and Ess-HKay, at 2:00 ¼.
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April 6 – Coal now subject to rationing in Maury County.
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May 3 – One of Columbia’s largest “colored crowds” gathered at the Court house square to say farewell to “96 colored soldier’s” called to duty by Local draft board, including John W Brown, leader; Moses Kennedy, George Williams, Allen Hodge, Robert Williams, Walter Hughes, Creamhill Osborne, Jonas Allison, Richard Harris and Jim Willie Ewing.
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Jan 29 – DuPont and Federal govt. agreed to build a massive explosive manufacturing plant and town on Hadley’s Bend of Cumberland River to produce gun powder.
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