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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
5
A wide roster of residents and guests are noted returning from Nashville, Florida, Florence, Alabama, Denver and other places. Many are visiting relatives in Columbia and nearby communities, while others travel for visits, business, or church duties.
A Sunday-school rally is planned for the first Sunday in May at Colawana Baptist Church. The program runs morning, afternoon, and evening with a 10 o'clock service featuring Dr. I. J. Vanness of Nashville. He will speak on The Sunday-school and the Kingdom of God and conduct an open parliamentary session on Sunday school work. Members, families, and unaffiliated friends are urged to attend.
Religious news notes a solo offertory by Charlie Parker at St Peter's Couruh Sunday morning, praised for clear tones and pronunciation. The Sunday school at First Methodist pledged $100 toward carpeting the Sunday school, with about that sum on hand and a further hundred needed to complete the work.
Evelyn Ragsdale daughter of Dr and Mrs Eugene Ragsdale died at home in Williamsport. Funeral at Williamsport Methodist Church with burial in nearby graveyard. Jamous Hammox died at his Sellers farm home. services at Lockridge and burial in church yard. Rufus Harris of Lewisburg died at 99. survived by three daughters and three sons. T O Betts of Columbia/Lynnville died after heart trouble and paralysis. remains sent to Nashville Mt Calvary Cemetery. Robert Foster died at Dr Pills infirmary. service at Rose Hill. burial under Masonic rites. Rebecca Farris Turner died at Mt Pleasant home after monthlong illness. funeral at residence. interment Hose Hall. many mourners. Mrs. Rebecca Farris Turner linked to Columbia and Mt Pleasant. fourteen weeks previously married to J C Tanner of Mt Pleasant.
A party of ten to twelve from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church plans an extended journey by stage and rail to California. They will visit Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Portland, and stops in Colorado Springs, Denver, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City, with side trips. The group leaves Monday at 5 40 PM and will be gone a month or six weeks, including Rev W A Provine and others from Lewisburg and nearby towns, with several accompanying families and local escorts.
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