The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-06-07
AROUND TOWN.

Clearance Tucker has recovered from
quite severe case of chicken-pox.
W. Ed Voss has another fine boy at
his house. He is named John Edwin.
Mr. eud Mrs. Ed Phillips have moved
to one of the new Wallace cottages in
Riverside.
Alb Adkisson wants you to try Orange
ade' It's fine. d&w-tf
The Daughters of the ConfeGeracy
will meet this afternoon at O'Clock
with Mrs. Flav Ewing.
Mr.. Jonathan Dugeer, we are sorry to
learn, is quite sick with fux, at his
home on South Main Street.
Fresh and fine strawberries can be
had at the right price by calling Bell
phone lO4'3' d&wH
Smith Thomas has brought the Glen
dale stables to South Side Park, to train
the horses for his northern tour.
Mrs. Longs class will give a music
recital to few of her friends and pa
irons this afternoon from to 6.
Mrs Maria Wilson and daughter Miss
Alice, will move into Mrs. Ruttle's house
this week to take care of it. Mrs. Rut.
tie wishes to sell, so she would not rent
out the place.
Mr.. r G. Maxwell wishes to inform
his friends that he has associated him
self with the firm of West q Maxwell,
Undertakers. Both phones. pat
Gus and Algie johnson and Will
Brothers, who were arrested at the
Street Fair on the charge of disorderlv
conduct, were fined S. and costs each
10 the city court Saturday.
Mrs. j. B. Wilkins has rented nor
ton of the Athenaum property and
moved there. She will still take board.
ers at the new stand, and it will be n
delightful place for summer months
Prices on all of our millinery have
oeen reduced in order to close out our
STOCK to make room for our fall goods.
BUY now, and get chance at the S1OO
IN gold The contest closes July Goth.
At the meeting of the Board of Mayor
ana Aldermen last night the matter of
lnstltutlng a fire alarm system in the CITY
were brought up. A representative OF
tne company seeking to close the deal
with the city was here to explain
the apparatus to the City Fathers to.
night.
Call Bell phone 1913 and order Blue
Seal Ice Cream. Furnished in any
quantity AID Adklsson. d&wtf
Abe Bauman is now full Aedped
American citizen, having secured his
final naturalization papers yesterday.
Mr.. W. K Foxall of this place brought
to the HERALD office yesterday morning
freak of nature in the form of hens
egg. The egg is almost the exact shape
of pear.
William B. White, has been promoted
to the position of ticket agent and day
operator at the Columbia depot, to suc.
coed Mr.. c. A. Mooney. Mr.. White
has been night operator at this point
for some time, and has proved him.
self thoroughly competent.
Mr.. j.. A. Ketchum, who spent Sun.
DAY at kedron, gives an interesting &C.
count of the effects of the bail.storm in
that neighborhood. Several farmers had
their wheat so badly damaged that thew
cut it with sythe and will Sc it for hay
Corn and clover also suffered greatly
and the loss in the aggregate " i'll be con
siderable. Several farmers froze ice
cream with the hail Sunday.
Little Cheirs Figuers, the young son
OF Mr. L. N. Figuers, was painfully in.
Jrred yesterday by severely cutting one
OF his legs near the ankle on sythe
blade that had been left on the lawn
The hurt was severe enough to require
the giving to the patient of chloroforn
while the wound was being dressed
lie is doing nicely now, and it is thought
will soon be we'll.
DR.. A. G. Kennedy was in the
Neapolis neighborhood Friday. He
reports that the extent and severity Of
the hail storm which passed through
that section Thursday afternoon couit
not be imagined. Hail was still WINS
on the ground in places Friday after
noon, and he noticed in a gulley where
1t had drifted that it had piled up about
two feet deep. A number of crops o.
wheat and corn were literally ruined
being beaten into the ground anc
covered with mud.
Much excitement was caused Monday
morning in one of the coaches on the
early southbound morning train, be
tween Nashville and Columbia, bv the
| appearance of snake, several feet long
The passengers with one accord mount
ed their seats, and the reptile was final
ly killed with one of the axes taken from
the tool. box in the coach. How hi.
snakeship got aboard the train, is {
mystery. 1t is presumed, however. thai
he escaped from Ea saws collection.
By trading at Mrs. NJ. E. William
son S, you not only get full dollar
value for every dollar you spend, bu
you also get a guess for that valuable
prize of 800 in gold. The contest
closes July 20, so you had better hurry
up and put in your guess. You MAY
be the fortunate one. It
W. }. Guest & Co, will open mex
Saturday butchering establishment
in the Gamble block, that will be credi
to the city. New fixtures have arrived
from the factory, and handsome plac,
will gladden. the eyes Of meat BUYERS
Everybody knows Will Guest, and hi
many years experience as buyer guar
antee to his customers the very best
He wants his old friends to come ant
see him, promising that he will TAX,
good care that they get the benefit O
skill and experience in the meat bust
ness.