The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-14
ABOUND TOWN.

C. E. Guest has accepted . position
with Harlan & Ritter.
Albert Sheppard has accepted q posi-
ton with Bogatsky & Bauman.
Mr.. X. ID. Peters Is moving 10 his
residence this morning ON Ninth
street. which he purchased from MI.
]. NJ. Parker.
l FOR SALE: --Household and kitchen
furniture. carpets. rugs, stoves and
I all my plants. MISS LAURA An
/ DREWS. l2-6t&wlt
The state against Tom Goodall on
the charge of gaming, was tried
before Judge Gordon Thursday and
resulted in a mistriaL
The damage suit in which Mrs. Julia
Jordan procured Judgment for twenty
| five dollars against Maury county was
appealed to the Circuit Court.
Mrs. Rebecca Nelson, of Dixon, has
arrived TO visit the family OF her son,
f. r. Nelson, on North Garden street,
and will remain until after the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. A. Ellis. of Birm-
ingham, have moved to Columbia to
| live, and are occupying one OF DIR.
Grants cottages on Cemetery Avenue.
Mr.. j.. s. Sweet, Superintendent of
the construction of the new court house,
has moved his office TO the Woodbridge
building up stairs and is nicely fitted
up.
Chaffin Bros. had fine Walter
| Direct stallion colt to die Friday morn
ing. Ii took prize of a silver cup at
the recent tair and was very prom1s-
ing youngster.
Cheek & Baxter, the undertakers.
nave got in a handsome new funeral
car. They also have new and hand
some set of coach harness made by
Frank futile & Co., local harness
makers.
DR.. o. ]. Porter has bought the
Andrews residence on West Seventh
street for So, $50. He Nllt move TO 1t
! at once and Will impro, and beautify
it in many ways.
Mr.. f. r. Nelson, salesman at
Dobbins & Ewing's has purchased
the John ". Voss residence on North
Garden street. Mr.. Nelson had been
living In the house for some time.
Mrs. w @. Sheppard, whose resi-
dence on North Hugh street was almost
totally destroyed by fire recently, has
made satisfactory settlement with the
insurance companies for loss IN both
building and contents.
Mr.. Volney Linck. who formerly
lived in this city and was engaged In
the newspaper business. is now Tele-
graph Editor of the Chattanooga
field of journalism.
The Maury Steam Laundry have
recently installed $1,000 worth of
new machinery of the latest improved
order. This machinery enables them
! to compete with the city laundrles ana
keeps the work at home.
! Duck river is now as muddy as it
could we'll be aid has been muddy all
summer. This is said to be very unusu-
al, for especially during the months OF
| September and October the river has
| always been low and clear.
Mr.. W. T. Keaton. who has been the
| head man in the clothing department
| of McKennon, Anderson q Foster, has
severed his connection with the house
and Mr.: Ulner Foster and Robert Sellers
will take charge of the department given
up by Mr.. Keaton.
Mr.. W. S. Young has placed in his
residence on Ninth street. an acetyline
plant, and his house is lighted from
the frcnt porch to the kitchen, there
being sixteen lights in all. Mr.. Young
had the plant in operation Friday
night for the first time, and it worked
splendidly. The lights are very bill
liant and are quite convenience.
w. S. Young, the photographer, has
taken an excellent cabinet size photo
graph of "Uncle Dick" Porter, the
hundred and twenty year-old negro, who
was at the corner stone dedication
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. JAS. C.Voorhies
says that some years ago he wrote Uncle
Dick Is will when l16 years old; Uncle
Dick walked up the steps unaided to Mr..
| VOORHEES, office in the second story OF
the Nelson Hotel building, and his
mind was perfectly clear, showing then
no evidence of senility.