Cadets At Camp Carpenter Down To Routine Hard Work
Cadets at Camp Carpenter settle into daily routine with hard work and good health. A range hosts daily target practice at 200 and 500 yards, a public sham battle is planned, and the band plays each evening. Lectures on camp life by Westmoreland and Gerow continue as cadets await news from the front and eager to head to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Garpenter
Mexico
Herald
Guardsmount
Westmoreland
Gerow
Jon
Columbia
Mrs. Jones
City Education Board approves bond sale plan for high school
At a Monday city hall meeting the board voted to sell 75000 in bonds. Fifty thousand funds build a new high school while the remainder repairs Andrews and negro schools. A five member committee will supervise the high school project. A joint meeting with the mayor and aldermen is planned for Friday night to finalize architects and other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Education
Andrews
McDowell School Holds Spirit of Commencement
McDowell school begins its commencement with a May 1 program in the auditorium featuring music and expression pupils. May 6 presents a fairy play at the Grand Opera House and a Demosthenic Class performance. May 7 at 11 a.m. graduates receive certificates from County Superintendent J P Graham, followed by student reports later that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell School
Grand Opera House
Martha Tomlinson
McDowell Auditorium
J. P. Graham
Emerson Named State Superintendent of Banks
Special to The Herald Nashville April 28 J Luther Emerson of Athens was appointed state superintendent of banks by Gov Hooper. He will succeed Joseph L Hutton of Maury County who resigned to become president of the Mercantile National Bank in Memphis. Emerson is a bright young banker with a strong reputation as an examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
Nashville
State Department of Agriculture
Maury
Obion
White
Columbia
Ames
Iowa
Oblon County
Herald
Tenn
J. Luther Emerson
Athens
Hooper
Jos. L. Hutton
Mau- Ty County
Mercantile National Bank
Memphis
Emerson
Two Hundred Sixty Six Entrapped In West Virginia Maine
A chaotic, partially readable dispatch reports 203 miners trapped and 59 rescued after a gas explosion in two New River Collieries mines Nos. 5 and 6 at ECCLHS West Virginia. Four miners are confirmed dead as rescuers battle fires and entombed sections.
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West Virginia
Maine
Ecclhs
W. Va
New River Collieriea Company
Castle Heights expels twenty two students for fraternities
Castle Heights school expelled twenty two students for organizing school fraternities against the principals wishes. At a Winnie Davis Chapter meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy Misses Daisy Towler Iena Lacta Frierson and Mrs Brownslow were elected delegates to the state convention at Trenton May 12 14 and 15 with Emme Harlan and Mary Rainey as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Lebanon, Tenn
Castle Heights
Winnie Davis
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Paul Brownslow
Daisy Towler
Iena Lacta Frierson
Brownslow
Trenton
Mistes Emme Harlan
Mary Rainey
Glean Up Day Declared in Columbia May First
The Civic Improvement Club urges Columbia residents to join Friday cleanup events. Garbage wagons will collect trash and refuse from all streets, with the mayor backing the effort to improve health and city appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Civic Improvement Club
Paul Filson Goes to His Maker
After an extended illness of several months, Paul Filson, 45, died at his home Tuesday at 6 30 PM. A cigar stand proprietor at the Bethel House, he came to Columbia from Trousdale county and left a wife, one child, and a brother. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4 PM at the Baptist church with Dr Mays and Dr Molloy officiating. Elks Lodge participated, and pallbearers included J D March and others. Oakes Nichols funeral directors were in charge.
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Paul Filson
Mr. Filson
Columbia
Trousdale County
Bethel House
The
Baptist Church
Dr. Mays
Dr. Molloy
First Presbyterian
Lodge of Elks
Pall Bear
J. D. March
J. P. Knight
J. M. Dedman
Henry Stephens
T. J. Hobbs
J. M. Sheppard
Jr. Oakes & Nichols
Funeral Directors
Iin Charge
U C V Invited to Memphis Meeting in 1916
Memphis Tenn April 25 invitation extended by the Business Men's Club for United Confederate Veterans to meet in Memphis. A nucleus of 5000 for the entertainment fund was raised. A large delegation including Company A of Gen. George B. Gordon’s old body was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
United States Confederate Veterans
Business Men's Club
Company A
George B. Gordon
King's Daughters Hospital Public Charity Statement
King s Daughters Hospital Maury County Tennessee declares it helps the helpless with no charity case denied for lack of funds. County aid is minimal. Columbia has contributed since 1914. The hospital has treated charity patients for 232 days with full surgical care and no deaths among charity cases. A current patient from Saw Dust Valley, eight months old baby, and mother, is recovering without charges. Continued on Twelfth Page.
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King's Daughters Hospital
King’s Daughters Hospital
Maury County
Tennessee
King’s Daughters of
Maury
City of Columbia
Saw Dust Valley
Hoys
Conflagration at Pulaski Tennessee Burns Local Properties
A fire in Pulaski on April 29 burned half a block between First and Second streets damaging F. M. Bunche’s and burn, R. M. Stacey’s livery stable, and J. J. M. Gladish’s warehouse. The blaze started in the stable or warehouse and spread rapidly with Gladish listed as the heaviest loss, about $5,000, with no further details available.
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Pulaski
Tenn
F. M. Bunche
R. M. Stacey
J. J. M. Gladish
Mr. Gladish
Also Mentioned on This Page
M’dowell School
Emmerson
Hutton
Maury Countian
Michigan
Merican Preas Association
Albert Niblack
South Carolina
Lansden
A. H. Roberts
Forgey
Dependent County Committee
Columbia Bar
Supreme Court
D. L. Lansden
Lausden
Thomas B. Forgey
Independent County Democratic Committee
Clay
Overton
Fentress
Pickett
Jackson
Smith
Cumberland
Putnam
DeKalb
Macon
Morgan
Trousdale
Canwin
Justice Lansden
Guggenheim
Brownlow
Towler and Frierson
Dedman
U.C. V
I Business Men's Club
Pulaski, Tenn
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