The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-01
AROUND TOWN.

strawberries.
Spring chickens.
This is the first day of May.
Mr.. Walter Akin, who has been on
the sick list, is out again.
Have your old tin roof repaired by
Wade q Co. All done by first-class
workmen. If.
$4,000 of the Columbia Banking
Co. bad claims were sold by r. g.
Church, Trustee, as advertised, and
bid off by Edgar Latta at 1902.
Jack Lawrie was elected and in
stalled Junior Deacon of Columbia
lodge of MasOns, at the regular meet
ing Thursday night.
The railroad tracks near the depot
have been raised and treated with
coat of yellow-red ebert, which is
proof against mud and is substantial.
The same material is used on the
Columbia and Williamsport turn
pike,
For the next thirty days, I
will fill or extract teeth at half
my usual charges, and guarantee
satisfaction. % DR.. J. d. SMITH,
West Seventh Street, between Bethel
House and Methodist Church.
sep6 ly
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet tomorrow afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. Ellen Dun
ningtOn, at O'Clock.
The weather of the past week has
been the warmest recorded for the
month of April in some years.
Fish and snake yarns seem to be
coming in very slow this spring.
Spring costumes have made their
appearance everywhere and a spring
blizzard is now in order.
These be the days when the bust
ness man goeth home in the evening
and seeketh for some place where he
may lay his hat and findeth it not,
for behold the day of spring clean
ing is at hand.
Go to Wade d Co., for the lowest
prices on all tin work. If
The fruit crop promises well up to
this time, and it would seem as if
all danger of frost was passed now.
An exchange tells a story of boy
who went to market with a sack OF
rabbits and fingered around town all
day. When asked by his mother
why he had not sold the rabbits, he
said no one had asked what was in
the sack. How many merchants are
like this boy? They have plenty OF
goods for sale, but fail to tell the PEG.
pie what is in the sack" If you
expect to sell goods in this day and
age of the world, you must open
your sack and keep shouting the
merits of your stock in trade.
Theory of music as taught by J
Hough Guest, gives one thorough
knowledge of what music is; how Il
understand, compose and arrange
music for all orchestral instruments
1t
Workmen are rebuilding tn,
burned Hodge and Sellers store
houses on the southwest side of the
public square.
Strawberries are on the market
The market opened last Saturday a
80 cents quart, but now they ar
plentiful at 10 cents per quart. Tn
, yield promises to be large, and tn
berries are luscious.
The attention of the police i
called to the negro loafers who hani
/ about the Racket corner, laughing
and talking loud, and pushing ant
showing each other about. They ar
a nuisance, and an unnecessar!
{ nuisance at that. The police are to-
fond of the public square and eacl
others society; if they would sepa
; rate and walk more they could bet
! ter police the town.
LosT:-Pair of black and tan fox
hounds, male and female. Any in
formation leading to their recover!
will be literally rewarded.
1t w. PORTER ERWIN.
Columbia lodge of Free and Ac
cepted Masons, No. 81, in the Ma
sonic Temple of Columbia, will
work in the Fellow Craft degree, be
ginning tonight at eight o'clock.
DeMolay Commandery of Knight
Templar meets in the Masonic Hal
Tuesday night May 9TH, for the an
nual election of officers.
Mr.. o. p. Rutledge has purchased
Mr.. John r. CoX's interest in the in
surance business.
We are located on the corner O
Sixth and Embargo streets, next t.
new Jail. We are prepared to fur
nish marble and granite monument
of modern designs, coping, tilin
5 and stone vases. Call and see us.
5 Yours to serve, PAYNE u HILL. {
This is the year of years whel
} Democrats should be careful VIII
t they put on guard. So go to tn
primaries tomorrow and have
, voice in choosing delegates to tn
? Nashville Gubernatorial Conven
ton.
A. B. Rains advertised in tn
! HERALD last week that he wante
to buy first-class milch COW. H
received only 40 answers. Adver
tislng don't pay.
Go to A. Samuels and get your um
brellas repaired and covered. tt
e Circuit Court will convene mex
Monday week. The gamblers tn
police have been raiding this yeal
o will have another day in court.