Council Defense of Maury County Meets Saturday
A Maury County social defense council meeting is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at the courthouse to bolster food conservation and war resource coordination. Chairman Henry H. Hill urges full representation from every community and lists participating districts and members.
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Council Defense OF
Maury County
Toca
Social Defense of Maury County Jr
Court House
Henry H. Hill
Ursville
Perry H. Taylor
Richardson
M—J. V. Delk
Neapolis Ladies Raise Good Fund for War Effort
The Neapolis young ladies organized an ice cream supper to aid the Red Cross drive and the $100 million World War fund. Leading organizers include Misses Rena and Nola Louies, Coleman, and couples Mr and Mrs Max Woody, Mr and Mrs E B Coleman, Mr and Mrs Guy Parks, and Mrs J T Kinnard contributed the condiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neapolis
Rena
Nola Wi Louies
Coleman
Max Woody
E. B. Coleman
Guy Parks
J. T. Kinnard
Ocegskomn
Inquiry for the Jones Family in Monroe North Carolina
A 1917 request from C Jones of Monroe NC asks for information about Jones family members including Stephen Elijah and Elijah Jones. The letter seeks old family details and names for genealogical tracing and mentions remaining relatives in Moury County and North Carolina.
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Walter Griffin
C. Jones
Monter
Mr. Jones
Jones
North Carolina
Monroe
N. C
Erlif
Moury County
Stephen Jones
Elijah Jones
County Board Sets Annual High School Allocations
The County Board of Education held a harmonious session with John M. Burns presiding. It approved continued funding for Columbia Central and raised Mt. Pleasant’s allowance by 500 dollars, totaling 8,200 for each school, based on reports by Lupts Harris and Stephens.
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Columbia Central
Lupts
Harris and Stephens
Central
Mt. Pleasant County
County Board of Education
Columbia High School
Mt. Pleasant
John M. Burns
Graham
R. 8. Perry
Daniel Williams
D. W. Shofner
F. M. Walker
Robert L. Harris
Columbia (Central) High School
E. Edmund Stephens
Central School
Mt Pleasant recruits join Second Tennessee Infantry
Capt John Craige of Nashville recruited for B Company Second Tennessee Infantry in Mt Pleasant. Recruits J B Howard W A Brownlow Porter Burnett Wilton Caldwell Joe Adams Oscar Frost Harry Merrow will report in Nashville July 18 and be mustered around July 25. More locals later joined. Craige popular and trusted.
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John “Honus” Craige
Nashville
Mt. Pleasant
Second Tennessee Infantry
J. B. Howard
W. A. Brownlow
Porter Burnett
Wilton Caldwell
Joe Adams
Oscar Frost
Harry Merrow
Maury County
Sam
Greenville
S. C
France
Craig
Women Plan Luncheon for Maury County Artillerymen
The Woman's Patriotic League led by Mrs. John T. Wooten and affiliated groups organize a sumptuous lunch for the Columba battery on July 25 as they muster into Federal service. City and county women cooperate to provide ample food and support for the soldiers in khaki.
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Woman's Patriotic League
John T. Wooten
Columba Battery
Maury County
Governor Rye Reviews Farm Sites in Rain
Gov Rye and Bryson inspected proposed sites for the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station in Maury County in a steady downpour. The party, including Dean Morgan and local officials, praised the Mt Pleasant Hampshire Pike area before touring Highland Stock Farm and Keen and Son cattle as rain persisted.
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Gov
Rye
Knox Bryson
H. A. Morgan
Agricultural Department
University of Tennessee
Brandon
Middle Tennessee Farmers’ Institute
Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Maury County
Guy
Commissioner Bryson
County Court
Citizen’s Committee
Bethel
Messrs
Bryson
Mt. Pleasant
Hampshire Pikes
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Hampshire
Gov. Rye
Gileesel
Cullooka Pike
J. Trim McKnight
Dean Morgan
Cullooky
Lowell Mill Pike
Bding
Mie
Man Ridley
Citizen's Finance
Keen and Son
J. C. Taylor
Judge McKnight
W. P. Russell
C. Denton
RH. Guest
William P. Ridley
T. N. Fieners, Jr
Charles P. Hatcher
M. Wing
James R. Williamson
A. FE. Murphy
J. I. Finney
Two Sons Will Serve Country
Thomas Mitchell of Glen Dale now in the Third Tennessee Infantry after a year with Cumberland Telephone at Knoxville enlisting to serve. He is a Maury County High School graduate and Heriald Citizenship medalist who joined his parents in praising Luke Mitchell, already in the Navy at Charleston, S C.
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Thomas Mitchell
Glendale
Cumberland Telephone Company
Knoxville
Third Tennessee Infantry
Maury County High School
Herald
D. V. Mitche
Luke
Charleston
Mitchell
Maury Countian Joins Pershing's First Expedition Force
Ollie Paul Oakley of Maury County serves in the twenty fifth infantry U S Regular Army with two years of service. His father has not heard from him since the transport sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, but has learned of the unit's arrival. He may be the only Maury County man with Pershing's force bound for the old world.
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Ollie Paul Oakley
Frank Oakley
France
Young Oakley
Twenty Fifth Infantry
Regular Army
United States
Hoboken
N. J
Herald
Maury County
Pershing
Old World
Local Battery F Sees Overflowing Applicant Pool
Major Larkin Smith and Captain T P Henderson of Battery F First Tennessee Field Artillery toured Columbia Saturday, screening about twenty applicants. Among those who passed were Abe Meek J B Sahrp Robert Calahan W K Jarrett Cecil King Brown Matthews Basil Blocker Guy Flowers Brents King Joe Harris Riley McClure and Frances Warfield. The three counties Maury Williamson and Lawrence contribute pro rata ett and Maury and Lawrence show strong voluntary enlistment with Maury leading in frontiersmen.
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Larkin Smith
T. P. Henderson
First
Tennessee Field Artillery
Columbia
Abe Meek
J. B. Sahrp
Robert Calahan
W. K. Jarrett
Cecil King
Brown Matthews
Basil Blocker
Guy Flowers
Brents King
Joe Harris Riley McClure
Frances Warfield
The Arcady Named for New Apartment House
A local debate centers on naming a newly filled apartment house. Residents consider calling it The Arcady as a playful nod to its crowd of newly married couples and bright future.
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Hias
Arcady
Contract Awarded for Grading Hill at English Plas
Contracts awarded and work to begin to reduce the grade on the English hill on the Hampshire turnpike. Funds of over 600 support the project, with oversight by the state highway department and engineering survey by the state road engineer. The plan improves Columbia Hampshire access and aims to speed travel by reducing distance and time between the two towns.
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English Hill
Hampshire Turnpike
Columbia
State Highway Department
Hampshire
McClanahan Hill
Lewis County
Hohenwald
Examination of County Teachers in Uniform Test
County teachers sit for a uniform teachers examination at County High School under County Superintendent John Purnham assisted by W J McKnight and Robert L Harris. Twenty six teachers attend, fourteen white and twelve colored, mostly elementary, many with certificates or normal school credentials.
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John P.urnham
W. J. McKnight
County Board of Education
Robert L. Harris
Elder W. R. Spivey Dead After Heart Trouble at Leatherwood
Elder W. R. Spivey, 65, died Sunday at Marshall Puckett’s residence in Leatherwood while preparing to attend a Christian church meeting. He had suffered heart trouble and died in the barn after visiting his horse and buggy. Funeral by Bro. J. S. Baler at Ethridge Cemetery at 2 pm. He leaves a wife, two children, an aged mother, and several brothers.
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W. R. Spivey
Marshall Puckett
Pat Leatherwood
Leatherwood
Christian Church
Beore
Spivey
Jesus
Mre Wood
Oscar Spivey
Ethridge
Baler
Lewisbure
Cemeter
Maurr Undertaking Co
One Mule Rejected in Thiry Offered for Army Stock
Moore and Son reported progress toward their quota of five hundred head for the Army with thirty mules inspected. Captain Graham and officers praised the lot, noting only one rejection, as eighteen cavalry and artillery horses were also secured. The firm ships mules and horses to Fort Myers Virginia, Fort Ethan Allen Virginia, and Syracuse New York, with more stock to be examined next Friday.
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United States
R. F. Moore & Son
Moore & Son
Messrs
Uncel Sam
A. M. Graham
Neileon
A. B. Wainwright
M. Dumphrey
G. W. King, Jr
Smith
Harry Smith
United States Army
Graham
Igo
Fort Myers
Fort Ethan Allen
Syracuse
C. J. Moore
Herald
Om Cera
Red Seal Bakery
Moore & Bon
Ip Teenieeee Bantry
Frank G. Smith Undergoes Cancer Operation
News from Columbia reports Frank G. Smith underwent cancer surgery in New York City after a Nashville specialist found an oral cancer growth. The operation was completed last Friday and he is reported to be recovering well and doing nicely.
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Columbia
New York City
Frank G. Smith
Smith
Nashville
New York
Back From Big Convention in West Virginia
D e Dortch returned from the Fertilizer Manufacturers Convention in White Sulphur West Virginia. He praised the climate, compared Columbia to an ice house and a furnace, and spoke of excellent crops in Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia with rain noted in the region.
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D E Dortch
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
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Nola
Louise
Griffin
Munroe
County
Board OF High Schools
Ansual Sessio
MOR
Phosphate City
Tennessee
Praise Moore & Son
In Spectiona
D. W. Mitchell
Gendale
Maury Countian
Major Larkin Smith
Captain Henderson
Hampshire Pike
Myclanahan Hill
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