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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
7
ALCORNS offers paint and guidance to refresh an old baggy. Buy paint at low cost and apply it yourself during rainy weather. Improve appearance in a few hours with any color you want.
Our Correspondents Report on gatherings with H A Gray Eye Union and O K Minor relatives. Verona visits by G L Hunter family. Will Dooley returns from Birmingham. Mary Minor is feeble. a rain would help farmers. Local ads list products and prices from merchants.
Mr. Leroy Farris and wife from Rally Hill Miss Lillie May Younger of Nashville and Mr. Herman Smith of ae Hill were guests of Mr. R. B. Warren's family last Sunday. Miss Bettie Channio visiting relatives near ner Springs. Ces n cade, of this place, Clover Leaf.
W B Greenlaw attorney offers loan funds for a five to ten year period. Details not fully legible in the notice. Potential borrowers are advised to contact the listed attorney for terms and eligibility.
At the Cnolleoka K of P Lodge meeting J P Graham was named Chancellor Commander with C S Calvert as Vice Commander J W Coffey Keeper of Records and Seals B Evine Master of Exchequer J B Palmer Master of Arms Jacob Latham Prelate and Joe Ingram Master of Works. They set four oclock Sunday afternoon to decorate the grave of their deceased member W W Cochran Rev Proyne of Columbia will deliver an address. The note also mentions Tennie Morris’s engagement to Lieut Johnson of the United States Army and their imminent Alaska deployment. Additional items cover local births graduations and visits, with references to community members and church activities.
Scampoell starvos notes rain fell recently improving crops though some fields lack yield. The public school will close June 10 with an ice cream supper that evening. Local residents and visitors including Mrs Bruce White and Mr Jeff Porter join in social talks as others travel to Florida and Nashville. Multiple neighbors attend family visits and illness improves as Osteopathic treatment is mentioned. Daisy Sham credits locals and church, with final line noting closing exercises at Lynnville and Palisii.
To Taxpayers of Maury County the Board of Equalizers is in session for 15 days. Taxpayers may visit the assessor’s office on the third story of the courthouse to examine their assessments which, after board review, stand for two years. G H W Firzoenarn, Chairman, J Fraxsk Witty, Secretary.
A large crowd attended Sunday service in Neapolis with many visitors from Lawton Blanton Latta and Columbia. Several locals and guests are noted in illness recovery visits and plans, including Mrs Collins improving, Mrs Hood Mrs Davis and families visiting, and multiple names listed among attendees and travelers. Waddell Waddy and others were mentioned as visiting relatives while Cliff Moore Rex Davis and Rex Davis Jr. were noted visitors.
Rain Binder Oil is marketed for Binchlasty, claimed to be suited for hot conditions and priced per gallon. The snippet emphasizes its use in agriculture and mentions a per gallon rate.
In Sandy Hook the writer reports weekly happenings including Sunday services led by Rev. Robert Wit with a Sunday school address, Mr. Tom Brooks returning from Tullahoma after twelve months, and local employment growth. Bettie Hines improves after illness while J M Reed hosts a young folks ice cream supper. Crops look good except wheat, hurt by winter freezes. Mr. G N Pickard attends court.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure permanently cures constitutional diseases by cleansing the blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a hundred dollar reward if any case fails and urges readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best.
A South High street clash between Roxie Davis and Ella Stephens ended with arrests and $11.50 fines for each in City Court. Separate barber dispute on the square led to Joe Ketenan fined and W. H. Shineman case dismissed.
Chicago on June 5 reports a pitched fight on Forty-fifth Street and Center avenue as a crowd of about fifty negroes imported from St. Louis clashed with toughs and strikers while driving wagons. Six injured badly, two possibly mortally, with ice picks used in the assault and a man suffering a broken thigh and another with internal injuries.
Edouard Reynal de Saint Michel once rich and influential in St. Pierre arrives in New York penniless but cheerful, his wife and son saved from Mont Pelee’s destruction by a narrow escape. Mme de Saint Michel, native of Fort de France, had been visiting relatives when the disaster struck and her husband left St. Pierre an hour earlier.
The item describes a lively social function titled The Aassie by Miss Lewise Woldridgge at an institute with elaborate decorations, a rec t five game called menageria, music, and guests including Miss Fannie Fitenagh, Miss Mary Osbores, and many others. Also noted is Master Ewing Eiverstt’s fifth birthday party and a white and yellow dining event hosted by Mrs. Walter Phierson in the Zion neighborhood with an elegant table, elaborate menu, and refined hospitality.
A Monday night hop at the Arsenal hosted by Lieut Harry Bathiany delighted attendees. Heffernan's Nashville orchestra provided music on the main building's decorated second floor with lanterns. numerous Officers and society members joined the festivities and birthdays were celebrated at home later.
The primary wool kindergarten class led by Mrs. Mary Se presented a Wednesday program with readings, songs, and drills, followed by refreshments. Students performed pieces by Frierson, Dyer, Godwin, Weatherly, Flippo, Brownlow, Cherry and others, ending with a oratorio style Little Volunteer chorus.
The first grade at the Public School Athenaeum held a Mother Goose Festival yesterday afternoon led by Miss Lottie Wilkins. Grace Milam played Mother Goose with Harold Gourt right as King Cole and others including Lexie Nicks Maud Watson Jimmie Abbott and Leroy Moore in roles. Children performed games songs recitations and a grand flag drill while two featured numbers Milk-maid song by Ethel Shaw and Harry Turver and a minuet. The event concluded with praise for the teachers and performers.
Announcement states Major W. F. Whitthorne is authorized to announce his candidacy for Congress from the Seventh District, pending Democratic party action. Also notes school events at the Atheneum with a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs performance by second and third graders under Myases Friel and Lipscomb, with a public farm visit mentioned.
Attendees included Guy Mire Millia Dr wand Mra D A Kelley Gen G P Thruston Theenes Hume and Miss Franceq ae. Prizes were awarded: Senior Horace Hull Sepie Ragedale Luvy Street Annie Wharton. Junior E T Thompson. Second year Carl Gardner Walker Hobson Allison Stevenson. James Haygood of Hustburg received a best athlete medal donated by Brice Martin. Best declaimer T Wilson of Stithana received the Gov McMillin presentation. Vanderbuilt figures J Hardy and Fred Hume will join next session's faculty.
In a Herald editorial, the case for free trade argues tariffs cost society, claiming direct taxation would be affordable if tariffs ended. It cites $190 million in tariff revenue, $40 million in collection costs, and a potential $2 per capita tax. It contends shoes sugar and steel rail benefits under free trade, envisioning lower prices, broader manufacturing growth, and revived American global commerce.
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