Directions for Comfort Work by Tennessee Navy League Members
A county women’s group forms in Bethel House to organize naval comfort work for troops. Mrs. F F Everett is chair, with J E Littlefield secretary and Miss Mary Frierson treasurer. The article prints full knitting directions for shoulder jackets mufflers and wristlets, materials by Rosenthal Co, and a plan to display finished items locally.
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Tennessee Navy Comforts League
Herald
Tennessee
Union
Alwys
David Farragut
East Tennessee
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Admiral Caperton
John Dunnington
W. C. Whitthorne
Navy
Congress
Carmack
Padgett
Naval
Bethel House
F. F. Everett
J. E. Littlefield
Mary Frierson
Rosenthal Co
Carrie Walker Little
Subcribers to Liberty Loans urged to sign at local banks
Subscriptions for the Liberty Loan have reached Columbia banks. All subscribers should go to their bank to sign the necessary form. Subscriptions will be forwarded within a few days.
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Columbia
Lead Arsenate urged to destroy potato bugs and pests
The U S Department of Agriculture issues a circular detailing use of arsenate of lead to combat potato bugs bean beetles flea beetles and other pests on beans potatoes and tomatoes. It notes dusting with reduced powdered arsenate or spraying 2 3 pounds per gallon of water and cautions against fruit contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Splendid Session of State Bankers in Chattanooga
Henry C. Fulton of Phoenix National Bank returned from the State Bankers association meeting in Chattanooga. He reported good attendance, patriotic bankers, and optimism about the nation’s crisis, plus a visit to Ft. Oglethorpe training camp where local youths from Columbia and Maury counties showed enthusiasm for serving.
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Henry C. Fulton
Phoenix National Bank
Chattanooga
State Bankers Association
Fulton
Ft. Oglethorpe
Columbia
Maury Coun
Trustees Meet at Columbia Institute in Diocesan Session
The board of trustees of the Columbia Institute met Wednesday with members George M Darrow Murfreesboro Rev Karte B Ramimage Memphis Dr W P Woldridge Judge Sam Holding and W C Whitthorne Columbia present. They transacted important business and adjourned to Nashville next Wednesday May 23 to consider resolutions adopted by the recent diocesan convention regarding the Columbia Institute as a diocesan institution.
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Columbia Institute
George M Darrow
Murfreesboro
Karte B. Ramimage
Memphis
W. P. Woldridge
Sam Holding
W. C. Whitthorne
Columbia
Nashville
Three Thousand Cheer as Old Glory Floats in Maury
A 3500 strong crowd in Maury county gathers around Court House on Monday afternoon as the Stars and Stripes is raised. J J Finney and Gus W Dyer address the throng urging national unity and war support amid a sea of uncovered heads and military band music.
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Columbia
Maury County
Court House
Court Square
West Seventh Street
Garden Street
West Seventh
Sunday Schools Eighth District Bet at Mt Nebo
Maury County Sunday School delegates from the Eighth District will convene at Mt Nebo Methodist Church on Sunday at 2 pm. The program includes devotional exercises led by Rev W O Largen and talks by Rev George O Watts and James Russell. Delegates urged to pledge support for the State Convention in Murfreesboro on June 20, 1917.
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Maury County
Mt. Nebo Methodist Church
W. F. Dobbins
Association For
Mount Nebo Church
Williamsport Pike
W. O. Largen
George O. Watts
St. Peter's Church
Columbia
James Russell
Edward Gordon
Dr Chappelle to Preach at First Methodist Sunday
Dr E B Chappelle Sunday School editor of the M E Church will preach at the First Methodist church next Sunday morning at one o clock. He is regarded as an eloquent preacher and expected to draw a large audience.
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E. B. Chappelle
M. E. Church
First Methodist Church
Maury County Welcomes New County Agent McLean
County Agent B A McLean succeeds O L Farris in Maury County and pledges active service. He commends farmers for cooperation and urges corn club demonstrators to proceed with Parris' methods while awaiting public meetings. He invites contact via Belle phone 215 with S W Smith, Columbia.
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Ryan A. McLean
O. L. Farris
McLean
Maury County
W. Smith
Columbia
Corn ‘Club
Bishop Gailor Delivers Oration at Shiloh Monument
Special to The Herald in Nashville reports Bishop Thomas F. Gailor delivered the oration at the Confederate monument unveiling at Shiloh. He commented on unpreparedness and urged a universal service policy, with a notably eloquent tribute to Confederate soldiers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas F. Gailor
Shiloh
Gailor
Campaign for Rural Sanitation Progress Report
Dr. Bishop of the State Board of Health praises strong local cooperation as three county communities Williamsport Wathey's Creek and Taylor's Store join a sanitation campaign. The county provides materials for school septic tanks and the effort covers about eighteen to twenty square miles along the railroad between Cul leoka and Campbell's Station.
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L. Bishop
State Board of Health
Williamsport
Wathey's Creek
Taylor's
Lathey's Creek
Culleoka
Bishop
Civic League
Campbell's
Cathey
Col Brownlow challenges Southern Baptist convention authority
Col Joseph F. Brownlow of Columbia publicly questioned the convention's legal power over its boards. He cited eminent legal authority saying the convention had no control. The remarks caused a deep impression and a recess was taken to study his statements. Brownlow previously sparked controversy at Dallas over board extravagance.
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Associated Press
Southern Baptist Convention
Joseph F. Brownlow
Columbia
Col. Brownlow
Dallas
Negro murderer safely in jail in Nashville
Special to The Herald reports a Memphis murder suspect, a black man who killed a white girl, is secured in Nashville jail after mobs chased the sheriff toward Fayette county. He was moved to Springfield to avert mob violence, triggering a citywide alert and a hurried return of Sheriff Wricht to lock him up at Nashville jail.
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The
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Fayette County
Springfield
Union
Wricht
Commencement at Columbia Institute Delivers Diplomas and Medals
The eighty-fifth annual Columbia Institute closes with Dr. Barto n. Rammage of Memphis delivering the commencement address. Diplomas, certificates, and medals are awarded to named graduates in English, domestic science, art, music, and sewing. class leaders and prize winners are listed among the graduates.
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Barto B. Rammage
Memphis
Columbia Institute
Recreation Hall
Barton. Rammage
George ©. Watts
W. B. Capers
Marie Paschal
Annie Taylor Spencer
Viola Toomey
Hilzabeth Walker
May Spencer
Ophelia Beazley
Ruth Royalty
Olga Williams
Mary Perkins
Janet Murphy
Louise Jones
Helen Hayes
Helen Lamar
Eugenia Sharp
Marguerite Delaney
Dorothy Dornbluth
Mattie Watkins
Sallie Bob Ward
Eugene Vleming
China
Dev
Cornelia Stephenson
Alice Polk
Mina
Mary Polk
Alicea Polk
Frances O'Neal
Bach
Annie Lee Baker
Hazel Lamar
Work House Force Relocated to Hampshire Pike
Superintendent John T. Akin moved the work house today from the Neapolis to Bally Hill road location onto the Hampshire pike about a mile west of the city. The unit has been in the Third district since summer 1915, aiding repairs on the Nashville pike to Rally Hill and traveling along nearly eleven miles. The force will be used for Hampshire pike repairs and will be relocated among the pikes as needed.
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John T. Akin
Neapola
Bally Hill
Hampshire Pike
Third District
Nashville Pike
Rally Hill
Enothe
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Navy League
Liberty Loans
Department OF Agriculture
Artie Bryan
Henry
Tanooga
Board OF Trust
BET
MT. Nebc
Representative Russell
Watts
Largen
Gordon
DR. Chappelle
Implean
Corn Club
SPTIC
Dr. Bishop
Col
J. F. Brownlow
the Baptists
Pring
Hampshire
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