Halley’s Comet Visible in Maury County at Dawn
Observers in Maury County report Halley’s Comet visible near sunrise on Monday at 4 am. W C Salmon, Leslie Simms, Mora B Farias and others described a small tail and a bright nucleus, noting hazy conditions. The article recalls Halley’s orbit about 77 years and predicts a May 18 pass between Earth and Sun.
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Halley
Maury County
North Main and
Sixth Streets
W. C. Salmon
Salmon
Leslie Simms
Simms
Mora B. Farias
Newton
Earth
Christ
Mission Union at Lynnville convenes in Tennessee
Lynnville Tenn May 8 The Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Columbia Presbytery met at the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock with President Mrs J L Marshall presiding Reports were read by the Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer Mrs W E B Edmiston of Petersburg and Mrs John W Alexander local Union welcome. Miss Margaret Caldwell Lewisburg spoke on use of leaflets in missions and Miss Margaret M Solley Nashville discussed church literature Annie Louise Dickerson read on Systematic Gly Inc Rev Bruce Spring Hill and Rev Daniels Vasa Africa spoke at a reception tonight Session continues through Wednesday.
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Lynnville
Tenn
Wonan
Foreign Missionary Union of Columbia Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Mra. J. L. Marshall
Lewisburg
W. EB. Edmiston
Petersburg
John W. Alexander
Lynnville Society
Margaret Caldwell
Margaret M Solley
Nashville
Mixa Annie Louise Dickerson
Gly- Inc
PH Bruce
Spring
Daniels
LC. Vasa
Africa
Plea for Separate Judicial Primary Sparks Saturday Meeting
In Nashville on May 4, 1924, Democratic state officials set a Saturday noon meeting at the Maxwell House to consider a petition from sixteen judicial candidates seeking a separate primary date from other state offices. The group calls for a statewide or county unit system and for Democratic control of the judicial primary with an equal division for independents, plus voting by white Democrats over twenty-one who back party nominees.
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Nashville
Tenn
Democratic State Executive Committee
Maxwell House
Austin Peay
Clarksville
Democratic State Committee
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Democratic Party
Patterson
Mother’s Day Observance by Modern Woodmen Camp 11928
Sunday May 8 marks Mother's Day across the lodge jurisdiction. Rev P D Freeman will preach at 11 o’clock at bia Methodist church and Camp 11928 members will meet at the lodge hall then march to the church. All members should be at the hall by 10 90 o’clock.
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America
Lodge
P. D. Freeman
Bia Methodist Church
Tne
City Schools Retained by Board Amid Big Maury County Rally
The Maury County meeting endorsed the judiciary’s stand against the Patterson primary. A massive crowd filled the courthouse to elect officers and speakers denounced the Patterson machine. Speakers including G. T. Hughes, J. J. Finney, and James A. Smiser urged strong county and state delegate support for Nashville on May 11.
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Maury County
Judiciary
Nashville
Circuit Court Room
B. E. Erwin
City Recorder of
Columbia
Eay
Ballanfant G. T. Hughes
Columbia Bar
Columbia Herald
Hughes
Patterson
A. P. Figuers
Cox
Figuers
J. J. Finney
J. H. Dinning
James A. Smiser
Patterson Machine
Patterson Gang Loses at Bristol in Alderman Election
Bristol Tenn May 3 The reform ticket backed by anti administrationists won a decisive majority in Bristol alderman contests. Dr M M Pearson a Brownlow opponent was defeated while Dr A J Roller an anti Brownlow candidate won by a large margin. The new board plans to remove police from politics and bar officers from political activity.
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Bristol, Tenn
M. M. Pearson
Patterson
Reform Forces
A. J. Roller
Sewanee Opera Company to perform Professor Pleary and Dr Crook
The Sewanee Opera Company of thirty from the University of the South will stage Professor Pleary and Dr Crook or Ninety Degrees North at the Grand Opera House on Saturday night May 14. The glee club will also perform mountain music.
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Sewanee Opera Company
Puplie
University of the South
Professor Pleary
Dr. Crook
Grand Opera House
Glee Club
Mountalon Muste
City Board of Education reelects faculty and adds teacher
At the monthly meeting the City Board of Education reelected the entire public school faculty and elected Miss Fannie Louise Bmth as an additional teacher for the joint city and county high school. Superintendent R J Harris was reelected. Salaries were raised and Harris set at 150 dollars per month. The county high school board received 2500 dollars for maintenance, 1500 from the state. Enrollment rose from 30 to 140, prompting a 1000 dollar county appropriation to hire another teacher, Miss Fannie Louise Smith of McDowell school.
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City Board of Education
Fannie Louise Bmth
R. J. Harris
Harris
Fannie Louise Smith
McDowell School
Gilbert May Fatally Shot Near Knoxville Estate
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 3 Gilbert May a 25 year old shoe salesman was shot from behind while accompanying a young lady to a mutual friend's home two miles west of the city. Carl Still 21 is jailed without bond charged with attempting to assassinate May amid jealousy over the woman. May is expected to live only a few hours.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Gilbert May
May
Carl Still
Iady
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Henchman
Peay
Camp
Modern Woodmen OF America
George P. Webster
Cross Bridges
Smiser
Dinning
J. & Finney
B. B. Erwin
Co Invention
Sn Ipotmnetag
Tsg
Maury—Farmer and Miller
Webster
Citizens
Rains
Mr. Webster
Effie Laurie
Hneal
Wallace and Bruce
Scotland
George P. Jr
Annie Laurie
Wallace Bruce
Blair Webster
Carrie Webster
R. C. Gordon
Cross Bridges Methodist Church
Cross” Bridges Burial Ground
Bristol
Smites
East Tennessee
Sewanee Club
WHITE
W. P. Morton
Duke
Earl West
Lottie Wilkins
Emma McAfee
Carrie Smith
Margaret Turner
Inez Kelley
C. W. Mitchell
Irene Lowell
Alleen Overton Ming Ereey Hennon
J. H. Kelley
G. Johnson
Hattie Sargent
Mary Bradshaw
M. B. Frierson
Amanda Dew
Queenie Moore
A. R Crews
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