The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-11
HISTORICAL : :. - !,
SOCIETY
s4l fIfg8sl3
HOLDS AN INTERESTING MEET
- ING. .AT.THE NEW COURT vs.
so HOUSE, smEc7 ro1@
ON THE LIFE or SN~S-
GEN. PAT cLE5URNE.

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:, AS. announced, in the Herald Tues
day. after1oon, the meeting. of: tbs
Maury County Historical. Society was
held in the Court House. There were
many lady visitors, and. if an earlier
announcement had. been made of the
change of place of meeting and. that
ladies were invited, there would have
been many more present.
Mr.. VIM. S. Fleming presided and
the exercises were. opened with pray
er by Rev. T. A Wharton, after which
the routine business was disposed of.
r. Col. A M. Hughes and DR.. w. E.
Martin were elected active members.
The following donations were re-
ceived:
From Mr.. William Theodore Wat
son, Acts of the Legislature, 1899
Constitution, bylaws and rules of or
der of Mt Pleasant Lodge No. 81, l.
o. o. F., 1S49. A number of original
piats and surveys, mostly in Lewis
county, made by Robert o. Smith, for
merly county surveyor of Lewis
Capt Phil and "Yaller" Phil, a story
of Williamson county in the civil war,
by 'Terah Ewyn," 1 vol A mass of
papers of Langtry, Jenkins & Co., in
1889
From Col. A. NJ. Hughes, Topogra-
phic Map of the Waynesboro quad
rangle recently issued by the U. S.
Geological Survey
From Capt R. w. Tindall, Official
Pay Roll of Companies B and G., oath
Tenn. Infantry, February rs, 1884. Or
derby sergeant's Roll Book Of the
same commands Report of Co. G,
Capt. ]. M. Ellington, 1851, and of
the consolidated companies, Capt.
R. w Tindall, 1865. Record of cas-
etc., of the same companies,
1861 to 1865. Confederate Hospital
Tickets. Ut was largely from these
original documents that the Historical
Sketches of the Duck River Rifiemen"
were prepared by Mr. Frank H. Smith, !
published in the Herald in April and
May two years ago).
From Mr.. w. A. McGregor, Lynn
Vile, Tenn, Ledger accounts of the
Duck River Slack-Water Navigation
Company.
From Dr. William B. Harrison, A |
Historical Sketch of Maury County,
read at the Centennial Celebration in I
Columbia, July 4, 1876, by Hon. W. S.
Fleming.
From Miss Carrie E. Smith, Pro
gramme of Centennial Celebration,
Athenaeum Grove, July 4, 1876, at
which Judge Fleming's Centennial
oration was delivered.
From Capt Robert D. Smith, The
Southern Methodist Almanac, 1861,
With catalogue of Southern Methodist
Books, etc. The Legislative Union
md American of March 1860. "The
Night is far Spent" sermon deliver
ID in the First Presbyterian Church,
by Rev. A. Hartspence, M.
\. January 2, 1859, published by re-
Iuest of the Session. Biennial Report
Tenn. Hospital for the Insane, 1855.
ournal of the Thirteenth Annual Con-
-ention of the Episcopal Church of
held in Columbia, 1S41.
of the Board of Trustees
f the University of the South, Bursh-
ba,,. August, lS59-60. Catalogue of
Jackson college, Columbia. fS53-54.t
'ipelAars,of the College Of Professions /
l.. Teachers, 1889. 0ffciaf Badge UaiAt p
cd GonfedeEate Veterans, }, New Or !
sans,QlaOs. ISohosaI soufe4sI q, md K
a#aey.. Epgineer's original Profile Sur
ey;Sf abhs Duck River Valley Narrow s
iysge 6RaiI F6ad;" 7fbnh 1Madry~Fa coa6tS +
a,tha EeaHessetsfcfSer, made By Capt. II
seeRD DAD, thomas, C. E. -" s@'s<SF
FromeMf Robt w. smita,---Blue &
,itsae,4 Ga efhe IN 9mefitaffS Afifia1ac!tf
pdtRaa@t6ry o4at3seFfPKndwEedg &c, IL
S3g, aHa ! $ffs'date6 for Existing tt
Iailss ,sosiAr'shd !PSiitfeafynhbg fudge, f
|. D. ,L1Moofes Nashviffe,ofST9.a This /
,the snete d1 "Bamph4et 'deaicHted 10 {
Ion. HeratfoF segfhdAt44f,,i OF @NasA44lfe "a
= From Mr. wis. "YBing,e Photography l
{ the, placing of thel corner stone of 4
he court house, October s, afSOf II
Of gnt1e Dick Porter, 12O Ec
ears old, taken for deposit in the Z
orner3 stone ~ > - = @."is fl
From Mr.. "a F. Brown, copper cent n
f 1855. Half cent Of 1853 '9# "
From Mr.. Frank H. Smith, photo t
raph of the tomb and lands of Major
ames Halland, seven miles east of C
olumbia. "a Complication of the b
eneral Laws and Ordinances of the
fly of Columbia, and list
the municipal officers from 1929 to
379, by VIM. ]. Andrews" Vol. l. {