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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
The Pisgah Church centennial anniversary celebration recalled early settlers and pastors. Local historian Mr. Wade highlighted veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars, the church’s camp meetings, and notable figures like Rev. J. W. Grimes. Attendees enjoyed love feasts, sermons by Rev. Mabry and Rev. Hughes, and generous basket dinners.
A large Akin family reunion, descendants of John Akin the country’s first southern Methodist preacher, gathered at Pisga church. Attendees from Kentucky and Texas joined the reunion under a mulberry near his grave. Most attendees are Methodists and Democrats. thirteen Tennessee voters back Carmack. Maj. Akin urged erecting a memorial at the grave, which has suffered from time and neglect. The old burial ground for about a hundred Akins features the deteriorating 1811 grave of W. R. Roach and a headstone nearly eroded.
Special report from Nashville Tennessee notes Judge Bancrett Murray failed to appear at a State Democratic Committee sub committee meeting. The session adjourned without business and is to reconvene in the afternoon to appoint officers for the primary amid a gathering of prominent politicians from across the state.
The County Board of Education met to appoint teachers for district schools with several districts lacking advisory recommendations. Appointments cover multiple white and colored schools across districts, subject to exams, with notable staffing in White and Colored schools and arrangements for shared salary contributions in the Third and Fourth Districts.
Congressman L P Padgett returned from New York where a sub committee of the Joint Committee on Investigation plans a comprehensive study. A summer meeting of the full committee is possible. A compromise in the Sargent will case is expected to settle the matter and distribute more than 100000 dollars to Maury county citizens.
Inventory listing shows ladies fleece lined hose at 15 to 18 cents, union suits at 30s and 49 cents, grey wool suits, misses and children suits, golf gloves for men and women, jersey lined mitts, heavy wool gloves, boys and men's sweaters, storm rubbers in multiple styles with prices from 40 to 175 or 1.60, buckled arctics and all rubber variants. Includes quantities like 400 and re pair.
Col J. C Hardy of Columbia Military Academy plans a weeklong trip to Porto Rico Cuba America and Mexico to recruit students. The school already has Mexican enrollees and a graduate with high honors. Edgerton and teachers will guide new recruits, aiming to boost next year’s attendance by about fifty, with dormitory space and campus repairs under consideration for a stronger coming session.
In Columbia Tennessee 1908 Minnie Williams Briggs and others sue Cornelia Winder Ellen McConnachie and several Pugh Landers and Looney parties. Defendants are non residents and must appear within three days of the July term or be defaulted. A copy of this order will be published in the Columbia Herald for four consecutive weeks.
Emma Davis Grigsby et al file in Columbia Chancery Court a non-resident notice for Bertie Cecil Davis. He must appear within three days of the next term starting July 1 1908 or be deemed in default. Order to publish in the Columbia Herald for four consecutive weeks.
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