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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
10
Society notes recount a Monday tea at Mrs. W. B. Green's home honoring Vy Mises Louise Sehuneman and Mary Buchhau. The event featured six place settings, with social rounds and greetings as the guests prepared for their upcoming departure to Ateun.
Nashville August 14 Chairman J D G Morton state committee leader from Gallatin says no meeting should be called now to elect a national committeeman to replace R B Mountcastle. He warns a hurried vote could spark factional strife and federal patronage issues. If a majority urges action, a meeting will be convened.
Washington reports Henry I. Clayton’s senate credentials from Alabama will not be accepted. Gov. ONeal faces sharp criticism for an appointment deemed illegal. Democratic and Republican senators say he lacks authority to seat Clayton without a special election. Alabama congressmen criticize the move while fearing a looming prohibition re enactment. The ordinary January 1916 legislature delays action.
The speaker urges delaying action until after the next state convention. If a national committee meeting occurs, they could elect then. otherwise no action is advised now. Waiting would allow the federal contests to settle and prevent internal party turmoil.
Nashville August 1 Bob Blake a well known Southern football figure has been signed to coach the Montgomery Bell Academy gridiron squad for the fall. It will be his second year with the M B A boys and comes on the heels of a strong 1912 season in which MB A posted high scores and many wins. Twelve players return with new material expected to form a winning lineup. The school moved to Seventh avenue north opposite the State Capitol and will practice at the baseball park with all home games at the bell.
The report notes Gov ONeal may act to fill Johnston's Senate vacancy while Senator Culberson remains gravely ill, pulling Alabama and Texas influence into a thin Democratic majority and risking the tariff's fate as the senate session wanes.
Mrs Tige Roan and her husband First Lige Roan died at their home near Franklin. The remains arrive Friday at 9 46 and will go to the Methodist church for services. Interment at Rose Hill cemetery. Oakes and Nichols in charge.
John M Hickey, veteran showman, registers at the Bethel and plans Edison talking pictures at the New Grand for Friday and Saturday August 22 and 23. The arrival marks Columbia as the first Tennessee city to host the famous talking pictures ahead of Nashville and other towns.
Boanoke Va August 14 Joe Bean of Charlotte North Carolina chauffeur died after his car was struck by an excursion train near Martinsville Virginia. The locomotive hurled the car seventy five feet. Bean was trapped in the vehicle and burned to death as his clothing saturated with gasoline ignited. P L Borden of Jackson Mississippi sustained serious injuries in the crash.
Mrs. Henrietta Mayberry widow of Polk Mayberry dies at a Nashvi ll e sanitarium. Funeral at Mt. Nebo led by Rev T D Clendening with burial in the church yard. Mrs Mayberry praised for character and church membership. Also reported are death notices for Mrs Stokes widow of Congressman Stokes of South Carolina and Mrs Landia of Lincoln County. Funeral for John Jones held at Friendship Baptist with large crowd. Also two婚 marriage: Miss Floy Cheek and Frank Moore wed in front of Rev Ussery. Cheek at Shirt Garter plant. Moore a railroad man.
Rev. W. T. Ussery will preach next Sunday at 11 o'clock in the Holiness church near Mr. Amick's. The notice places the sermon in a local church setting and identifies the preacher and location for parishioners and residents.
Governor O Neal announced the appointment of Henry D Clayton to the Senate to fill Senator Joseph F Johnston s seat. Clayton of Eufaula born 1857 in Barbour County is a lawyer and former US district attorney. he has served in the Alabama legislature and was a Democratic presidential elector. He was elected to the fifty sixth Congress and is described as a capable younger member.
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