Provisions for Church Board Powers and Officers, 1854
The document outlines board governance for the church including President and Vice President presiding, the secretary keeping records, the treasurer managing funds, and provisions for vacancies, removal, and succession. It specifies reporting to the General Assembly, handling investments, appointing officers, and transferring powers if doctrinal shifts occur. It also authorizes collection of funds, legacies, bequests, and estates, approved March 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Self Board
Sail Board
Orc
Tom
Gald Board
Ml Apy Tay
Set
Board of Assembly
None Better None As Good Gilt Edge Tobacco Ad
An old advertisement proclaims Gilt Edge Smoking Tobacco as unmatched in flavor. It highlights Brazilian tobacco leaves, no artificial flavoring, and a smooth taste with no tongue bite, promoted as pure tobacco sold by Brittain Tobacco Works through grocers and cigar stands.
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Brittain Tobacco Works
Taft to Help Littlefield Out of Hole in Maine Visit
Secretary Taft expected to travel to Maine to assist Mr. Littlefield, the only member of the party not at risk of falling into the hole. Washington Post notes the unusual situation and Taft's planned role in the rescue effort.
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Taft
Maine
Mr. Littlefield
Washington Post
Electric Fire Alarm System Planned for Columbia
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a $2,000 electric fire alarm system to be provided by Tamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co of New York. Ten outdoor public boxes, a switch board and central alarm at the engine house will connect to the court house bell. city wires and poles are used at no cost. Boxes are numbered and when alarms are placed the engine house and court bell will ring in sequence. Some manufacturers may install private boxes. The system aims to cut fire losses and lower insurance rates, with bells possibly added to firehouses.
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AP. Crochet
Tamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co
New York
Columbia
City Hall
Court House
Court Honge
Social Notes from Local Visits and Guests
Mrs J Mooney visits her son Will while Mrs George Beam stays with her sister Mrs James Grimes in Nashville. George Head of Williamsport spends days with the family of Mrs John Hunter. Mrs Martha Hasty visits her son Will at Napier. Mr and Mrs Joe Dilehay celebrate the birth of a daughter. Mrs Charley Mooney and children visit relatives. Mrs Julia Leftwich and Mrs St Armon of Point Vincent La guests of Mrs Bruce Pickens. Mrs Gilbery visiting son Mahlon. More anon.
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J. 4. Mooney
Will
Nashville
George Beam
James Grimes
George Head
Williamsport
John Hunter
Martha Hasty
Napier
Joe Dilehay
Charley Mooney
Julia Leftwich
St. Armon
Point Vincent
Bruce Pickens
Gilbery
Mahlon
Craig
Thompson Station
Cumberland
Cullooka
Mooresville
Hernan Rubi
Mt Pleasant
William Hughes
Spring Hill
John Stubblefield
Primm Springs
Staley
Children
Susie Lipscomb
Cross Bridges
Susan Granberry
Daugster
Hugh Poster
Wille Dell Sowell
Santa [Fe
Mt. Pleasant
Catherine Howard
Lebanon
Messrs
James
Felix Howard
George Killebrew
Charles Gilman
Vermont
Allen
Roberts’ Bend
Glendale
Ida Thomas
Georgia Krause
Godwin
Hugh Porter
J. L. Cook
Franklin
Rachael Moore
Irene Choate
Columbia
Carrie Walker
Nelli Williamson
Fannie May Garner
Goiwin
Birmingham
Ala
Charlie Wright
Fayetteville
Wright
Baird
St. Louis
W. H. Baird
Bigbyville
Lawrence Pender
May Pender
Santa Fe
Frank Oakley
Katheryn Howard
Willie Dell Sowell
Bruce Hulme
Jackson
Tenn
Bettle Schaub
Theta
Annie Garrett
Carter's
Cree
North Waco
Texas
Evelyn Watking
Engines are Almost Human Wreck in Cleveland Milk Train
A switch engine in Cleveland wrecked a train of milk cars, a rare miscue by a locomotive. The incident is noted humorously that engines seldom ruin brewery wagons.
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Cleveland
Buffalo Express
Town and County News Personalities
Norma Martin 6 at Palmms and Mrs. Alice Bibb of Nashville spend vacation here this week. Numerous locals and visitors arrive, depart, and visit kin across Columbia and Maury County. Many friends travel from Nashville, Memphis, and Birmingham to Primm Springs, Williamsport, Glendale, and Mt. Pleasant for summer stays and Couch reunion planning.
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Norma Martin
Palmms
Alice Bibb
Nashville
Jesse Lane
Williameport
Grace Nowlin
J. P. Graham
Cullooka
Adama
Mt. Pleasant
Joe, Dodd and Children
Sunover
Miss
Mamie Akin
Cedar Hill
Tenn
Robert Church
Primay Springs
Plaining
Memphis
Jack Stith
Daugher
J. C. Hardy
Harry Thompson
Marietta
Mary Akin
Anna M. Wedge
Clinton
Anna Merrick
Rector Smith
Athenaeum
Sam Campbell
John Martin
Colunna
Fred Evans
New Orleans
H. G. Evans
William Moses
Loutaville
R. C. Gant
B. Moss
A M. Hughes
West End
Virginia Carl Wood
Kautrean
Texas
Luer Haley
B. B. Bond
J. M. Dedman
Newport
Ark
Bruce Freeman
Chattanooga
J. Gould Smith
Murfreesboro
W. T. Chaffin
W. J. Hill
Waco
Alice Hill
Mary Clapton
Thomas Gibson
Mary Mitchell
Minnie Lon Davis
Darks Mills
Carrick Parise
Chicago
Fayetteville
Tom Fry
Miss Ross
Lynnville
Joe Walsh
North Garden Street
Mrs. Jones
Hunteville
Ala
Will Hooten
Emma Stallings
Lanier
H. Goodloe
Key Springs
Wattle Dixon
Birmingham
Emily Dixon
Daimwood
Columbia
Pearl Roane
Kentucky
Godwin
Milwaukee
Helen
Ada Curtis
Fairbanks
Buffalo
Baltimore American
Water Valley social notes and upcoming Goshen meetings
Water Valley Aug 13 notes a September second Sunday meetings series at Goshen with Brother Seay of Williamsport set to oppose Brother Blackwood. Local visits include Miss Sallie Hutchinson from Santa Fe and Mrs. Whit Hight from Columbia visiting Turkey Creek relatives. Several residents travel or visit kin in Paducah Nashville Santa Fe Williamsport Centerville Hickman County.
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Water Valley
Goshen
Brother Seay
Williamsport
Brother Blackwood
Sallie Hutchinson
Santa Fe
Whit Hight
Columbia
Wes Cook
Turkey Creek
John Kinzer
R. D. Blackburn
Centerville
Hickman County
Meredith Cook
Little Lot
Claud Rogers
Paducah
James Kinzer
Jim Thompson
Robert Pigg
Daisy Harris
Harris
Harbison
Ella Reaves
Nashville
Carl Harris
Bob Pigg
Cora Booker
Orestra
Change of Seasons in a Whimsical Voice
The speaker yearns for reversal of life’s norms and weathered habits. He imagines mountains flowing uphill, sunsets in the east, bullfrogs singing like nightingales, and animals behaving oddly. He insists he seeks only a hint of reversal, not blame, echoing John Kendrick Bangs’s playful style.
Halls Cough Cure Ad Promises Relief and Rewards
An old ad proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for a case of catarrh cured by Hill's Cough Cure. It claims testimonials and free samples, urging readers to try the product and buy from local merchants. The notice ends by recommending Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Boltire
Eamnot
Hill
OT Cheney
Taledo
Ft. Cheme
Bakers
Innil
Makety
B'S
Dom. WaLpixe
Kixvas
Marvin
Curious Tomb of Lady Ann Grimston in TeWin Churchyard
A tomb near Mr. Bett’s grave in England holds the grave of Lady Ann Grimston, daughter of the Earl of Thanet, who died two centuries ago. She was an atheist who said she would not rise again, and a tree grew from her coffin, with an oak and a sycamore bursting through the brick vault to envelop the grave. The vault is brick and granite. trees grew inside before breaking free.
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Mr. Bett
England
Ann Grimston
Earl of Thanet
Tewin
Sved
St. James
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Latta
Public Square
Phoenix Bank
Endtt
South Columbia News
Town and County News
Annie Phillips
Conner J. Akin
Sam Caperton
Lewis County
Mary Davis
Mary Hine
Olive Rogers
Florence
Joe W. Love
Otey McKennon
Howell
Arch Sinclair
Little Grandson
J. B. Wilkins
Harvey Neeld
B. Yoeat
Ura McCollough
Margaret Cox
Jesse Eilington
E. A. Timmons
Little Daughter
Joe Lee
Columbia Institute
Columbia, Tennessee
Otey
South
Neshville
Walter Branham
Apers
Tennessee
Columbia Military Acad
United States
United States Academy
West Point
Munis
Manly Boxe
GC. Hardy
Edgerton
Mla
Tex
John Kendrick Bangs
Hendley, Frerson & Cochran
Rees & Watkins
Blocker & Co
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