Maury County Sunday Schools Plan Holiday Christmas Trees
Sunday schools across Maury County will hold Christmas tree events Saturday and Sunday with Santa Claus visits. First Christian Church donated its tree funds to the Tennessee Orphan Home, while other churches from Columbia to Santa Fe plan trees with musical programs and stereopticon views. Santa will appear at the Orphans Home Saturday night at 8:30.
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First Christian Sunday School
Tennessee Orphana Home—Union of Churches At
Santa Fe
Maury County
Santa Claus
Columbia
First Christian Church
First
Methodist
First Presbyterian
First Cumberland
First Baptist
South Columbia Methodist
Pleasant Mount
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Glendale
McCains
Bigbyville
Tennessee Orphan's Home
Tose
C M A Student of 1906 Honored
Frank White of Louisiana, a 1906 Columbia Military Academy graduate, won appointment as private secretary to Senator Thornton who left Louisiana to fill Senator McEnery’s former term. White will arrive after the holidays with his younger brother to attend the academy, a noted educational institution.
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Frank White
Louisiana
Thornton
Columbia Military Academy
United States
Ben
Senator McEnery
White
Columbia
Christmas Turkey Shipment Yields High Average Price
Mrs. Mattie Hardison of Leftwich Tiddge paid seventy six turkeys to Coriunos trade. The sale price totaled over 900 dollars at an average of 2.60 dollars per turkey, amounting to 154 percent per pound.
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Mattie Hardison
Leftwich Tiddge
Holiday on Monday Idea Fails to Unify Merchants
The Herald notes a proposed Monday Christmas holiday in Columbia failed to gain merchant support as banks and several stores planned to close only part of the day. Merchants doubt profits from remaining open, while some signees fear competitors won t close, leaving observers pessimistic about a citywide Christmas holiday this year.
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Columbia
Herald
Jone
Herala
Oldest Black resident of state dies in Maury County
Violet Hardison, an elderly Black woman born in North Carolina and moved to this state with Ira Hardison nearly 70 years ago, died at Rock Springs. Claimed to be about 125, remembered Washington era events, and lived on Hardison farm. Buried in local negro graveyard. Reports say she and her husband, once enslaved, remained under Hardison’s ownership even after emancipation.
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Ira Hardison
North Carolina
Rock Springs
Violet Hardison
George Washington
United States
Africa
Negreee
Hardison
Columbia
Negreas
Columbia Military Academy closes fall session 1910 11
The Columbia Military Academy ended its fall term today with students heading home for Christmas. The football team earned several laurels, defeating all but Battle Ground Academy of Franklin and breaking a five year drought by beating Spring Hill. The academy plans spring baseball as soon as weather allows, and most students will return January 4.
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Columbia Mlilitary Academy
Battle Ground Academy
Franklin
Spring Hill
Academy
Columbia Institute closes fall session opens January
The fall term at Columbia Institute ends with high demand for slots as Rev W B Capers secures three returning students. Most pupils plan to return for spring term starting January 3, while county schools adjourn Friday and city schools reopen January 4 next year.
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Columbia Institute
Institute
W. B. Capers
Columbia
High Places Hit by the Jury in Horse Trade Suit
In Sharon Pennsylvania a six hour docket case ended with a verdict that the bargain should stand with costs divided. The judge found the jurors missing, windows up, fleeing down a snow covered hill after delivering the verdict in Justice Allen’s court.
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Sharon
Justice of the Peace
Allen
Allen Learipy
Daughters Gift Oranges to Orphan Home and $15 to Soldiers Home
At a Winnie Davis Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy meeting the group unanimously approved sending a box of oranges to the Tennessee Orphan Home and contributing 15 to the Old Soldiers Home in Nashville as the Chapter’s Christmas gift.
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Winnie Davis Chapter
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Tennessee Orphan Home
Old Soldiers Home
Nashville
Honduran Minister Protests Over Hornet Watch
Washington Dec 21 Honduran minister protests to the State department against permitting the departure of the steamer Hornet from New Orleans. claims the vessel may lead a revolutionary expedition against President Davila. The Tacoma is in Honduran waters with orders to prevent any violation of neutrality laws.
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Washington
State Department
Hornet
New Orleans
Davila
Harper
Upit
United States
Tacoma
Honduran
Davilla
Honduras
Department of Justice
the Treasury
Runaway of the Isom Hack
A team hack ran away in a panic early today near the intersection of Garon and Eighth streets. The rig broke loose from the harness after a short distance, with one horse injured. Fire and police reported the incident and a harness was damaged.
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Garon Mtredt
Bert
Garon and
Eighth Streets
Christmas Season Rushes on in Columbia Offices Move Planned
Globe Phosphate Co and Mt Pleasant Railroad Co will relocate offices from Mt Pleasant to Columbia before year end. Faster mail from Columbia favors business, with an urgent need for more offices and a proposed four story building. Post office and express offices bustle as holiday rush peaks Thursday through Saturday. Jewelry and gift items dominate registered mail, while clerks endure the Christmas workload.
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Globe Phosphate CO
Mit.pleasant R.r.co
Columbia
T. EB. New
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant Railroad Co
Masonic
Wallace Wilkes
New
Herald
Mt Pleasant
Express Company
Post Office Department
Washington
Registry Department
Col Edgerton to Play in Harvard Vanderbilt All Star Game
Col J E Edgerton of Columbia Military Academy, a former Vanderbilt star, will take part in the Harvard Vanderbilt all star game at Nashville on December 29. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin urged his participation, noting Edgerton’s crowd drawing potential and possible charity dollars. Col Edgerton, famed fullback of the early 1890s, is regarded as a game authority.
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Col
J. E. Edgerton
Columbia Military Academy
Vanderbilt University
Harvard
Col. Edgerton
Columbia
Sheriff Attends Tennessee Sheriff Meeting in Nashville
Sherif f Sheri Claud Godwin attends a state sheriff meeting in Nashville at the Capitol City. The scene includes deputy oversight and officials as the gathering convenes this morning amid arrangements surrounding the jail.
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Sheri Claud Godwin
Nashville
Pattersonites conference in Nashville discussed next Legislature
Rumors say followers of Governor Patterson gather in Nashville today to discuss organizing the next Legislature. Several Patterson men have traveled from the county to attend and share plans aimed at placing Patterson supporters in control.
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Nashville
Tia
Patterson
Themegives
Small Blaze on Thirteenth Street Damages Minor
A small fire broke out in a house on Thirteenth Street occupied by H B K Wentland, an engineer at the power plant. Prompt bystander action prevented greater damage. Total loss likely under 16 dollars.
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Thirteenth Street
H BK. Wentland
Power Hone
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