Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-15
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING
January Sth Inst. Many LadieS..The
Public School Of JOnesbOrO and
the Faculty of Washington
College Present.
College Present.

NOiiVSV iVSVHt.
The largest audience that has vet
greeted the Washington County His
torical Society was called TO order by
President S, j. Kirkpatrick on January
Sth.
The Sheriff, Mr.. Pritchett, had caused
the court. room, occupied by the County
and Circuit Courts, to be very comfort
ably warmed The ladies were invited
within the bar. Prayer was offered by
President Jas, 7. Cooter, of Washing.
ton College. The faculty of the col.
lege was also represented by Rev. DIR.
Willoughby and Mr.. Mathes of the
Board of Trustees. The public school
of J%onesboro, headed by the Superin-
tendent, Prof. Sheriff., was present. A
number of ladies from the county.
Jonesboro, johnson City, with citizens
and members of the society made IN
an intelligent audience.
1.-The last minutes of the society were
read and approved, and business mat
tiers laid aside to listen to the papers
assigned to the occasion.
The President explained that his pro.
fessional engagements and i'll health
had made it utterly impossible for him
to fulfill his part of the program, but
his paper would be presented at a future
meeting. Capt. A. s.. Deaderick had,
also, been similarly situated, and his
paper. jackson as a Judge at Jones.
horo," was placed on the program for
the next meeting. Rev. B. b. Bigler
presented jackson at New Orleans
in a carefully prepared and entertain.
ing essay. He vas followed by John
5. Mathes, of Jonesboro, who repro.
duced the conditions, times, and great
men of Jackson's day, under the gen.
eral head of jackson and His Con
temporaries." The audience. as well
as the society, cordially enjoyed both
OF these papers, prepared by the au.
thors under circumstances of hurry,
and the pressure Of their daily work.
They will be published hereafter by the
association in a series of papers to rep
resent the actual work of the society.
Committees were then called for
reports.
DR.. Leah, Chairman of the Com.
mittee on Invitation. Information and
Collection OF Relics" presented a most
interesting report. A summary only
Is presented, az the report will be pub.
lished in full. 1t states that six hun
dred volumes Of valuable books relat
ing to national and local history had
been offered to the society as a loan,
but probably would be donated, when
En1t hln nlnnno for IA Ginr on.a orl
preservation of the same had been pro.
vided by the society. Six hundred
specimens, representing the "Stone
Age" and the Indian Occupation"
of the country had also been offered
for loan and exhibition when a place
could be provided for them. The money
value of these donations would aggre-
gate two thousand dollars. Specially
worthy of mention are two old books
given by John r. Basket, of Boon s
Creek, Haywood s Revisal of the Laws
OF North Carolina" beginning Novem
Der. 17l5 and ending November 81,
1911. The last act published in this
collection Is IAN Act to Encourage the
Manufacture of Paper" The other
book is a copy of "Caruther's & Nichol
son s Statute of Tennessee, 1896"
One of the most curious and sugges
tive donations presented to the mem
bers, was a Tuck Comb" more than
one hundred years old, made by hand,
and worn by one of the early settlers.
This was presented by Esquire w. B.
Bowman, of Boon's Creek. Some in
teresting correspondence, offering arti.
cles illustrative of Early Pioneer
Life, " was ordered to be filed, and will
be hereafter noted. Onelady offered a
bed quilt that formerly belonged to the
mother of Gov. Sam Houston, and
was used upon his bed. Another Of.
fered the loan of a complete old LOOM
every part perfect, that had been used
in her family from the first settlement
of the country,
DIR. Leah is to be congratulated on
his success and activity. His commit.
tee was continued until the next meet
ing.
The committee or "Incorporation"re
ported that's charter had been formula
ted under the laws of Tennessee, and
would be ready to present in completed
condition at any early date.
On motion a committee on bylaws"
was appointed, consisting of Judge
John P. Smith, Judge Newton Hacker,
and 5 G. Williams, Esq.
On motion of II. II. Carr, Esq, of
johnson City, the next meeting of the
society was appointed for February 90,
prox. 1t was also moved and carried
that the President and Secretary, after
consultation with the members of the
society. prepare a program for that oc
casion and publish the same.
The society then adjourned to meet
February 90, prox,, Washington s Birth.
day, ut 10 o'clock AM, in the Court
House at Jonesboro.
5. j. KIRKPATRICK, President.
SAMUEL NJ. ARNELL, Secretary.
JACKSON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
1t is not my intention in such a paper
as this to give anything even like a brief
outline of the life of Andrew Jackson.