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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
3
Sylvia and Stephen speak by telephone amid a tense, intimate conversation. Stephen explains his illness and resolve to recover, while Sylvia probes his condition and possible future, revealing both concern and unresolved feelings in a city room during an afternoon.
Fragmentary dialogue reveals a tense couple’s yearning to meet unseen by others. One indicates they will go out at first sunny morning to sit in a victoria, resisting temptation, insisting no one can stop them and expressing exhaustion from separation. (To be continued.)
A testimonial from Mrs O Rhinegault of Vestal Center New York extols Electric Bitters as a divine gift to women. She claims it brings buoyant spirits vigor and health, cures nervousness sleeplessness headaches backaches and dizziness, urging readers to try the remedy available at druggists.
Norton Nichols, son of Circuit Court Clerk Gov. Nichols, is named valedictorian at Columbia Military Academy graduation. He also earned the debaters medal, scholarship medal, and several honors. The Herald could not publish his full valedictory due to late copy arrival.
Mr J B Rees brings first sample basket of June peaches to The Herald. The Sneed variety grown at his home near here. They are large, well formed with red blush and praised as remarkably fine for the palate. Rees notes he is the sole June peach grower delivering on schedule.
W J Atkins of Banner Springs Tennessee toiled as a night watchman despite dampness and cold. A severe cold settled in his lungs forcing unpaid leave, yet after one bottle of Dr King s New Discovery he returned to work and felt no worse. The ad promises relief for croup whooping cough hemorrhages and inflamed throats with a trial bottle free and a guarantee by druggists.
The roll names cadets achieving ninety percent year averages across subjects and a long list of names with subject counts. Notable students include Francis Brannan Cheairs Figgers Meade Frierson Joe Hodges Norton Nichols Reid Thomas. Distinguished Conduct honors go to cadets with no demerits, including Meade Phergon Chas. Palmer Jr. Lee Thomas Francis Warfield.
Columbia plans a summer baseball season led by Gordon Cowie and Conter, with a Monday 3 PM opener at Academy Field against Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant, under Hatcher Wilkes, arrives as a strong foe with Shockley catching and Fisher, Wilson pitching among others. Columbia’s cadet lineup includes Captain Stone and Gordon Cowl at key positions as they prepare for a series of games in the area.
Senators clash over raising lemon duties to 1 1/2 cents per pound amid claims of 100 percent profits by growers and banana import monopolies as debates unfold on a holiday session. Roll call shows 43 to 28 in favor of committee proposal. Gore’s 6 cent banana tax fails.
In Gallatin Tennessee on June 1 a group of unmasked white men shot Sam Vaughn, a Black resident on Wm Hengley farm, firing nineteen large shots into his right thigh and four into his leg after he attempted to flee. Vaughn escaped and identified his attackers. motive remains unknown.
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