Christmas Tree Gift Delights City Children at Elks Club
Columbia lodge of Elks held a crowded Christmas program for over 300 underprivileged children. Names were checked at the door, Santa handed out candy and oranges, and toys were distributed by the order. Tony Sudekum, via Capt White, sponsored a matinee at the Dixie Theatre for the same group this morning.
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Columbia Lodge of Elks
Pray‘er
W. T. Haggard
Tony Sudekum
Capt. White
Dixie Theatre
Bike Club
Elke
Christmas at Orphan Home Yuletide Cheer for Children
One of the season’s noblest charities lit the Tennessee Orphan Home with a grand Christmas event. Every child received useful gifts and a full supply of holiday goodies including apples oranges candy and nuts. Generous friends and area pastors attended as Santa Claus was seen by all. the event highlighted Robert Stokes as the child’s saint.
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Tennessee Orban
Santa Claus
Bis
Anta
Robert Stokes
Farmers Week Opens Short Course At University Of Tennessee
The annual short course in agriculture and livestock runs January 6 to March 1 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. The first four weeks cover general agriculture and livestock, then dairying and horticulture. Courses are free. ages 16 and up welcome. Last year 120 students attended. farmers week January 6–11 offers lectures, breed exhibits, and broad discussions. Railroads offer reduced rates. tickets on sale January 4–6 with return validity to course end.
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University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Concord Items Christmas Tree Event at Schoolhouse
A December afternoon gathering at the Concord schoolhouse featured songs dialogues recitations and a pantomime by students under teacher Miss Mattie Walters. Santa Claus and Mrs Santa arrived with fire danger from a candle on the tree but were unharmed as Mrs Santa Claus and children assisted.
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Concord
Misa Mattie Walters
Santa Claus
Santa ' Claus
Santa
A. L. Luster
Joe Quil- UN
Marriage at Guest House officiated by Elder Morton
At 1 o clock today Miss Carrie Hammonds and Dallas Richardson of the Cullooka community were joined in marriage at the Guest House with Elder W P Morton officiating.
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Carrie Hammonds
Dallas Richardson
Cullooka
W. P. Morton
Merchants Pleased With Holiday Trade In Columbia
Local merchants report strong holiday sales over the past two weeks, aided by favorable weather and steady customer flow. They credit The Herald’s at home trade push and early shopping campaigns for boosting purchases and keeping money local, noting significant Christmas buying with more useful gifts.
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Columbia
The
Herald
Safety Lies in Stocking Bank at Christmas Time
Chicago readers learn of a young woman who chickened the purse snatcher by concealing funds in her stocking. Her left stocking contained $98 and two pennies in the purse. The incident inspires a “Safety first” motto as she retrives the money from clerks at the counter.
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Chicago
Rail timetable for Loulaville and Nashville rails
Arrival and departure times for trains on Main Line North and South spur divisions. No 4 limited arrives 1 30 am departs 1 37 am. No 8 Eastern express arrives 11 11 am departs 6 20 am. Decatur accommodation arrives 2 20 am departs 2 25 am. No 90 Columbia accommodation departs 11 00 am. No 18 Columbia departs 3 10 pm. No 92 Columbia departs 6 00 pm. No 3 test line arrives 6 06 pm departs 6 10 pm. No 1 limited arrives 3 42 pm departs 3 45 pm. No 9 Columbia arrives 9 25 am. No 3 fast line arrives 9 46 am departs 9 60 am. No 91 Columbia arrives 4 20 pm. No 6 Decatur accommodation arrives 5 25 pm departs 5 30 pm. No 93 Columbia accommodation arrives 8 25 pm. No 7 Eastern express arrives 10 27 pm departs 10 82 pm. North Bound No 667 arrives 6 15 am. No 143 departs 6 18 pm.
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Loulaville & Nashville
Traine Trenslambia
Eastern Express
Decatur
Ives
Columbia
Hue
N. F
Quiet Market Rules Hold Steady Across Grocers
Daily trading centered in grocery stores with steady prices from week start. Quoted produce ranges include candied goods at 24 cents, hens 4 cents, turkeys 13 cents, butter 17 cents, and meat prices such as country bacon at 12 1/2 cents with various hides, ginseng, and wool values listed. wholesale ranges show bananas at 1.08 to 1.50 per bunch and oranges around 3.00 per box.
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Columbia Produce Co
Maury County Poor House Celebrates Christmas Feasts
Inmates of the Maury county poor house received a festive Christmas dinner prepared by Superintendent Erwin and his wife. The spread included turkey chicken ham cranberries vegetables fruit and candies, described as fit for a king and meant to share cheer with all residents.
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Erwin
Maury County
3000 Mile Hike by Militiamen to Wilson Inauguration
Battery C of the Washington artillery in New Orleans will begin a 3000 mile march to Washington on January 6 to attend Woodrow Wilsons inauguration. The march will take fifty seven days and marks one of the oldest southern military organizations.
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New Orleans
Washington Artillery
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
South
Eleven Thousand In Land Transfers Without An Agent
In Maury County on the Cullooka turnpike near the city, several farm deals totaling 200 acres and 11000 dollars occurred without real estate agents. R F Murphy sold 100 acres to J T Jennett for 5000 dollars, bought 60 acres from Jennett for 3000, and Jennett sold 50 acres to Thomas Troop for 3000. The Murphys will move to their new farm later this week. no other moves are planned.
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Maury County
J. T. Jennett
J. F. Murphy
Murphy
Two Marriages at Court House on Christmas Day
Two marriages occurred at the county courthouse on Christmas Day. One pair, Allie Massey and Miss Annie Curry, wed with W. B. Alexander officiating in the squire’s office, witnessed by T. E. Lipscomb. The other, James T. Andrews and Miss Georgia Hargrove of Kedron, married by Robt. H. Guest in the squire’s office around four o'clock.
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Court House
Allie Massey
Annie Curry
W. B. Alexander
Squire
T. EB. Lipscomb
James T. Andrews
Georgia Hargrove
Kedron
Esq
Robt
H. Guest
Fall on Ice Seriously Injures Cullooka Man
John Wilkes of Cullooka suffered serious injuries Christmas morning after slipping on ice. The seventy-year-old Civil War veteran, in frail health, broke two leg bones below the knee. Doctors fear complications could prove fatal. He had been on his way to the barn when the accident occurred.
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John Wilkes
Cullooka
Mr. Wilkes
Wilken
Two Injured in Race Clash in Atlanta
In Atlanta on December 26 a race clash left two white men seriously injured and several Black men hurt as about a score joined in a fight near a liquor exchange. Ed Tumlin, a boiler maker, was cut in the legs and back and is unconscious. Emmett Howe, a tinsmith, suffered chest and back wounds, with doctors fearing Tumlin’s death by morning. Police reserves arrived after the mob dispersed. witnesses blamed a white man’s attempt to buy whisky from a Black operator running a blind tiger.
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Atlanta
Ed Tumlin
Emmett Howe
Tumlin
Howe
Pipe Organ Gift Promised for Jackson Church
Jackson Tenn Dec 20 Andrew Carnegie pledges two thousand two hundred dollars to the First Methodist church for a large pipe organ to accompany a seventy five thousand dollar church project. The church must raise a matching sum by January first, 1914. Negotiations began under Dr J L Weber former church pastor now in Memphis.
Stivers siblings injured in Kentucky auto crash
Paris Kentucky December 20. Joseph Stivers son of J H Stivers general manager of Stivers Lumber and Manufacturing Company was painfully hurt while his sister Edith Stivers was dangerously injured in a car accident near the city last night at about 4 am. The vehicle skidded on Lexington pike crossing a bridge struck a tree rolled down an embankment and overturned four times pinning the passengers beneath wreckage.
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Paris
Joseph Stivers
J. H. Stivers
Stivers Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Edith Stivers
Lexington Pike
Local option law arrest at Hickman and river whisky boat
Charles Haff was arrested Saturday in Hickman charged with violating the local option law. Police Judge McMurray fined him 265 and costs. Haff protested innocence. A whisky boat had operated for a month on the Missouri bank opposite Hickman, selling to levee camp people, and a boatload of beer and whisky was confiscated. Wright, Goulder Johnson and La. were noted in connection with the incident.
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Hickman
Charles Haff
McMurray
Hutt
Missouri
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Columbia Bank @ Trust Co
Elks Club Rooms
Orphan Home
Elder Morton
Dation
Columbia Min & Elevator Co
Ashton Mill
City Mill & Grain Co
Callender & Co
Louis Barker
Lée
S. E. Cab Lender & Co
Murphy, Jennett and
TROOP
Guest
Alexander
Culleoka
C.D. Nowlin
West 7Th Street
Jackson Church
Carnegie
Kentucky
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