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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
9
Local society notes list residents and guests traveling to and from Nashville, Birmingham, Primm Springs, Monteagle, Louisville, Detroit, and other places. People attend funerals, fairs, expositions, and family visits, with several heading to Toledo, Niagara Falls, and Chicago for extended stays.
A flurry of visits and travel as residents from Nashville, Florence, Spring Hill, and nearby towns join Mrs. J. T. Wright, Mrs. W. H. McClelland, and other hosts for weekends and extended stays. Families including the Dodsons, Barrows, Page, and Cheairs are mentioned with multiple trips to Chicago, Lyons, Stuart Springs, and Mont Eagle.
Alice Watson eight e en months old died Sunday night at home near Union Station. Interment planned at the former home of her father near Chattanooga. Mrs. R F Looney died Friday night in Memphis with funeral and interment held Sunday afternoon there. Former Maury County resident remembered fondly by friends and relatives.
Sam J. Taylor enters the Democratic primary for Maury County register. He previously ran for the post, losing by under 100 votes to Lipscomb. Born and raised near Theta, he remains a local resident.
The W T U will meet in the Methodist Sunday school room Friday at four o clock. Miss M L Figuers is the secretary. Every Baptist Sunday School in the Ebenezer Association is asked to send a representative to Cullooka on Saturday and Sunday of this week. Meeting starts at 8 30 a m Saturday.
The column reports David Gray returning from Nashville after a successful operation, Mrs. Chas Brown back from Nashville where she underwent an operation, Mrs. Re Lamb now able to go out after months at home with a broken hip, and Mr. Samt at eighty four years praised as a longtime active citizen resuming strolling the streets.
Judge Sam Holding and Attorney General Gene ral Garner announced they will not seek re election after eight to twelve years in office They plan to form a law partnership and retire from public service likely opening an office at Columbia Both cited greater income in private practice and will join forces at the end of their terms in September 1910 The Herald reports Garner left for Lawrenceburg after discussing plans in Columbia
Report notes Garner and a former colleague formed a law partnership and both rejected plans to seek reelection. Judge Holding referred questions, and Garner declined further comment.
Howard & Co sold ten mares to D. B. Joyce & Co while a steam road roller aids a South Main street project. Five more tumbling cars reach Columbia for Middle Tennessee Railroad tunnel work at Natchez Trace. W. E. Daimwood buys Mayes Place lot for 1000 dollars. Five necking repairs at J W Shelton office near West Seventh and Garden. Masonic Lodge to meet tonight. Sergeant Barker and force officers granted ten days vacation in rotation. money to loan on real estate mortgages.
Davidson county state attorney H. McCarn issued an opinion to County Court Clerk P. B. Shelton stating all sellers of beerette and other malt liquors should secure a liquor license. He argues that the tax on malt liquors does not specify they must be nonintoxicants.
An ice cream supper was held at Cuba near Scribner’s MIN on Friday August 87 to aid neighborhood children lacking books and clothes for school. Miss Haase Shaw, a schoolteacher, oversaw the event and a prize for the prettiest girl was planned.
Announcement lists James A Sanders as a candidate for County Judge of Maury County and J T McKnight as a candidate for County Judge in the Maury County primary. Parties and primary status noted.
The Democratic party will decide in the primary whether Sam J. Taylor is the Maury County Register candidate. The notice states Taylor as a candidate for theRegister title subject to primary action.
Miss Mary Meroney of Dark Station returns home after visiting Miss Alice Dugger at Zion. Glendale residents J O Cheek and W H Puryear depart for a Sugar Creek fishing trip in Alabama. Mrs H O Williams hosts W G Conner in Spring Hill. Jacks judge named for state fair. Miss Jimmie Akin visits Mt Pleasant. Annie Hightower returns to Nashville from Cullooga. Ice cream supper for Bear Creek Academy postponed to Sept 2. Miss Mary Dale Craige visits North Carolina and Charleston. Mrs Margaret Yeatman visits Williamsport. WANTED one hundred half grown Leghorn pullets. W N Butler, Carter's Crooks, Spring Hill 451%."
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