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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
2
Story of Rev J M Robison building a $10,000 Central Presbyterian Church near Cullooka Tennessee. He rallied support, preached in farms and crossings, hauled families to services, and aimed to unite hill country congregations amid long standing church quarrels. The piece highlights impact, effort, and faith driving local revival.
Dentists of Columbia met Friday night at Dr Frank Osborne's office to launch the Maury County Dental Society. Dr Cottell chaired as temporary head. The group aims to advance professional skills and connect members with modern methods, noting wartime experiences lifting dentistry. Attending dentists included Osborne Shepherd Gregory Nowlin Barnette Elam Matthews and Cottell. A constitution and by laws committee was named with Elam Barnette and Osborne to report next. The next meeting is planned for July 8.
John M. Burns a leading county farmer and election commissioner fell from a hay loft on his Hampshire Pike farm while unloading hay. He fractured a rib and sustained bruises, breaking his fall with hay at the wagon below. He will be laid up for some time. Burns is father of Trustee J Rost Burns.
Local Junior Order United American Mechanics members elect officers for the upcoming term at the Herald building lodge. New officers include F C Lowell councilor and W E Grima ward en. The meeting featured a Dutch lunch and social hour around the keg.
In a Tennessee hill country, a brick church with a large auditorium and cemented basement was funded by $2,000 from the Home Mission Board and $8,000 raised locally. Robison, a key organizer, notes Thanksgiving Day community dinners attracting 260 people and numerous speakers, with twenty four tithe payers giving a tenth of their earnings. The church’s social role is praised as a social hub replacing prior isolation.
City records reveal most bills overdue a year or more for paving and street work. Taxpayers may pay in full or in five annual installments at six percent interest, with the first payment due now. Judge Kannon notes the delays have cost the city interest and the city faulted for billing timing.
From the city he finally despaired and yielded to temptation, exhausting his reserve. He now has no mercy left to pay the Will.
Mayor Cherry issues warning to property owners to cut weeds at once or face fines. The ordinance, enforced for years, aims to improve appearance and prevent mosquito breeding by removing standing water in tin cans and other containers. The mayor calls for cooperation to keep Columbia neat and inviting.
The Pilot's Chief, a premier boar from James KR Williamson's Homestead herd, died this week from uremic poisoning. Despite efforts to save him, the famed boar known for triumphs at Southern fairs and admired across the Jersey breed, passed away, marking a significant loss to the farm.
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