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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
10
Fraser retorts from Missouri while relatives visit Spring and Natchez areas. Many locals travel to see kin, attend oratorical contests in Howard, and visitors include Oakley, Denton, Clarke and Page families. For sale a stock of prize Barred Plymouth Rock pullets at 1.00 each. Also shingles advertised by Riverside Planing Mills.
Helen Hughes Brazier the bright daughter of Alf and Mrs Brazier died after a two week illness at her South Main home. Funeral at Rose Hill with grave-side service by Elder Felix Sowell. Thomas Mitchell died at his mother's Athenaeum home after a week long illness aged eighteen. Interment at Rose Hill following 10 am Wednesday service led by Dr. A. G. Dinwiddie. A three month old infant of Mr and Mrs Theo Dowell died at home with services held at the residence. The Smooths daughter of Rev and Mrs Allen of Santa Fe died Tuesday afternoon and burial set for Franklin. W J Cox died Wednesday at his daughter's home. His funeral was held at 2 pm with burial at Davis graveyard. a Confederate veteran of the 3rd Tenn. Infantry. E Warren Clark's son Robert received word of his father's death in New York. funeral plans unclear as to location.
Around town notes include few physicians registered with county court clerk under new state law. Moved residence for Mr and Mrs W J Howard to Mt Pleasant Pike. Deeds filed for right of way Interurban project between Columbia and Mt Pleasant. Mrs A White sues city officials. circuit clerk to distribute entitled fees. Grandchild born to F E Wood family in Nashville. Local ads note clover seed hulling service and carriage painting offered by W M Buchnall. Soldiers arriving from Richmond and Jamestown Exposition report. Hope Rebekah Lodge to meet with officer elections planned.
Rev J W Cherry delivered the commencement sermon for Branham Hughes school at Spring Hill on Sunday morning. Large crowd of boys and citizens heard a sermon on the Pressure of Service. Rev W A Provine left Wednesday for Cumberland University classes. Rev J C Reavis will address Zion church Sunday at 3 30 p m. W G T U meets Friday at 4 p m in the Methodist Sunday school room. Maury Chapter holds its monthly meeting tomorrow at 3 p m at the Elks Club, last before summer adjournment.
P. L. Derryberry to Mia. Clara Bell Kusn. Jim Akin to Miss Mamie Sims. G. L. Cooper to Miss Sue May Leftwich. J. H. Lewis to Miss Pearl Grimes.
The column reports numerous residents under weather or illness, including John T. Wooten, Sol T. Maxwell, Mrs. E. W. Carmack, Mrs. Van Leer Polk, Col. Harry Yeatman’s Ashwood home, and others. It notes improvements, confinements, and a measles epidemic a few miles south of Columbia.
Canton June 4 Mrs M C Barber sister of Mrs McKinley and sole heir was this afternoon appointed administratrix of Mrs McKinley's estate valued at 126000 in personal property and 65000 realty exclusive of the President's estate which by will goes to his direct heirs Mrs Duncan Miss Helen McKinley and Mrs Hermanus Baer
Oakdale schoolhouse on Bear Creek hosts a commencement program led by Miss Novie Short. Students perform a chorus and a series of drama and recitation pieces including The Lost Shoe and Aunt Jemima's Courtship, with closing addresses and songs.
The Maury County Election Commissioners elected Dr. C. A. Forgey as Chairman and F. H. Hopkins as Secretary with Matt Ballarfant among the other board members.
Retail butchers in New York report a great scarcity of lamb and warn they will not handle any lamb if prices stay high. Wholesale lamb rose from 13 to 16 cents per pound over three weeks, while poultry and choice beef also advanced. In parts of New York yesterday retail lamb chops topped 28 to 30 cents per pound.
Our garments are made to wear not just sell, with master-tailors and high quality silks and trims. We guarantee best clothes at moderate prices and invite proof by the garments themselves. The season has been backward but we offer the biggest line of two piece suits from $7.50 to $12.00 and feature Walk Over and James Means Shoes.
Friends of Hon. E. W. Carmack in Rutherford County Tenn express cautious optimism about mentions of his name as a possible candidate against Goy, Paterson. They prefer he announce only when ready and hope he might return to the Senate or succeed James B. Frasier if he chooses to run, while urging they accept his candidacy decisions in good faith.
County Criminal Court met Wednesday morning and disposed of cases. Robert Vestal and Chas Woodrow were fined 50 dollars and costs each for carrying pistols. Henry Lewis was sentenced to 30 days and costs for larceny. Columbus Lowell received fifty days and costs for larceny.
Morrin was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined 6100 by Judge Treiber in St Louis for selling colored oleomargarine without paying the government tax. The Government charged he turned over 9000 dollars worth of margarine.
An old notice urges homeowners to entrust plumbing work to reliable and responsible firms. It highlights services for all plumbing needs and mentions setting up with cemented pellmates and dual phone contact.
Cigarettes attract state legislature attention as legislators debate their effects. The piece argues cigarettes are not mere tobacco and that burning paper plus tobacco creates a distinct chemical compound with a recognizable smell. It notes cigarettes harm some children more than adults and that the new compound lies in small amounts but drives the cigarettes' idiosyncrasy.
The Kelton Wyre Tribune reports a new band urged to give weekly open air concerts but members fear street appearances until more practice. Town squares have rough chambers in Kelton and potential discords may provoke trouble.
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