The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-05-05
Locals.

Silica OF very fine quality has
been discovered on property belonging
to Nh. Wiley L. Harris. near this city.
The analysis shows $3.50 pure silica.
The vein of this quality Is five feet
thick Now. who will subscribe the
first 81, 200. 90 to locate glass factory
hereY
Mr.. J. F. Jones is adding a nice
room to his residence.
The Webster Locke Milling Company
are now working on the fourth story
of their new mill building.
c. ". Gilman IS residence will soon
be ready for the roof.
q. M. Blasdell's new residence will
soon be ready. The framework is
being erected now.
Gyp the family horse belonging to Mr..
G. Brownlow, died from collie Friday.
Mr. Browniow had only recently been
offered $3.50 for the animal, which was
one of the best conditioned horses 10
this county.
While city election news has peen
scar ce and very little doing politically,
the interest being shown in the city re-
y Qistration is prof that there will be a
splendid vote polled on the 23rd Of May
for city Aldermen. The present alder
men who will hold over are j. E, Ander-
son and w. II. Long, elected at large,
and Bithal Howard in the first ward
j. s. E'rierson is candidate for Ire cleo
ton 10 the Bird ward and is oplbsed by
G. ID. Regenold. JAS. Goodloe Is candi-
date to succeed W. D. Cooper ID the 4th
with no opposition w. Coleburn and
MI
the End ward to succeed ] E. Brown
low, whose term of Office expires this
year. So the fight of greatest interest
will be centered on the election of a
aldermen in tine End and 3rd wards.
The Mt. Pleasant Milling Company
plant is nearly complete. The ma
Gaines and rolls are all in place and
every effort is being made to have the
mill in full operation by the 10th of
May, when celebration of the ''open-
ing OF starting of the mill will be
held In the large rooms of the com
pany's waIerooms and offioe. This
will be ladies day and Mr. Hunter
says he will have pleasant surprise
for every lady visiting the mill on that
day.
Mr.. W. d. Copper is building large
lumber ware house just little west of
his present lumber yard. The old
hGilding has been sold and it Will be-
used this SKINNER for cooper's shop.
It has been reported that a large
planning mill will soon be erected here,
but this IS denied by those 10 a pssI
ton to know. We hope that there will
eventually prove soma foundation for
the above rumoI. There is no reason
why building material could not be
manufactured much cheaper here than
in Nashville. since We are so near the
large bodies of the yet uncut timber
lands IN Lawrence county.
During the outing taken ny the Hay
Long College faculty and advanced stu
dents Thursday, they visited Summer |
town and Rockdale Furnace, reaching |
the latter place in time to see run of
the furnace which was an interesting |
the first spectacle of the kind they had /
ever witnessed. The springs were the
attraction at Summertown. There we're :
about fifty-three 10 the company.
The Baccaaureate sermon for Hay
Long College will be preached at the
church Sunday, May
2Sth, by the Rev. Charles f. Sullivan,
of Nashville.
We have received the second compli-
mentary copy of Bob Taylor's Magazine,
which is better in our opinion than tbs
first which seemed impossible to i'm
prove upon. Anyone who knows Bob
Taylor would fall in love with his Maya.
zine. You may have the Columbia
Herald and Bob Taylors Magazine each
for one year for 81. rs. Cash sent to the
Branch Office at Mt. Pleasant.