The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-01
AROUND TOWN.


Columbia Lodge OF Masons held a
good meeting Thursday night and con
ferred the Master Mason degree upon
Mt. ]. w. West.
one dollar Spectaeles- Eyes tested
free.-JACKsoN & LEWIS. "a Pub
lie Square. d-26-a
Messrs. Gus and Rin Watson have
purchased the Joe Neuman store in
the south East corner Of the square.
The purchase price was $4,000.
The largest body Of phosphate rock
ever brought 10 Columbia can be
seen at the doorway of DObbins 4
Ewing's store. The large lump on
display weighs about 700 pounds. The
rock is said to analyze 50 per cent.
: Miss Lura Lendrum. who for the
past eight and one-balf years has been
stenographer for MI. H. P. Figuers,
has gone to Tampa. Fla. where she has
an excellent position as stenographer
in a bank and for nrominnt attorney.
Miss Lendrum is careful, trustworthy
worker and was recognized as one Of
the best stenographers in tn city. she
is a good. christian girl, and is sure
to do we'll in her new home,
Circuit Clerk A. ]. Nichols has re-
ceived settlement OF tae case of the
/ State against R. Allen, and is ready
10 disburse the fund 70 the parties en-
titled to same.
A civil service eY animation for ru
raj route carrier is being held today
at the court house. About twenty can
didates are taking the examination.
Messrs. Jackson & Lewis, opticians
who have only recently opened offices
in the Brown Block on the South SIDE
of the Square, have an ad in today's
Herald, wich offers some special in
ducements to parties needing glasses
Their offices are in the same building
with the Singer Sewing Machine Co
Robt. T. Cole, who has made Mount
Pleasant his home for the past two
years. and who is Oow with Squire
/ John Hildreth, will move to Colum
bia, where he will enter the grocery
business for himself.-Mt Pleasand
, Record
4 Messrs. Brashear & Fain have SOLD
their stock of drugs and fixtures to {
firm at Haskell, Texas, and have
shipped to that place
The heating apparatus at the Column
: bia Military Academy was broken dow
) today, consequently the boys were
| given a sholiday.
One dollar Spsctacles. Eyes TESTED
t free.-JACKSON & LEWIS, "a Pub
! lie Square. d-26-tf
II Came to my premises, about Jan
r uary goth, one black shoat with Whit
: spots; in thin condition. Owner cal
! recover same by paying for their az
E and keep. T. CALLAHAN, Woo,
!, street. Columbia. d&w1t
FL The Maury County Teachers Read
/ ing Circle will meet next Saturday
i, Feb. 2, at 10 o'clock, in the court hous
0 in Columbia
Mr.. w. A. Porter, who was held u
2 and robbed Sunday night. was al
I agent of the Life and Casualty Com
n pany of Nashville instead of the Me
i tropolitan Life Insurance Co.
f Mr.. W. V. Thompson recently sol
:. a pair of fine White Holland turkeys t
h Homer Davenport, the famous cartoon
i list. Mr.. Thompson has sent two othe
turkeys to Chicago to the big poultr
a show.
: Martin Cochran, of Birmingham, ha
v received his third promotion since h
went there, and is now chief cler
y to the road master of the Birmingham
q Southern Railroad.
" Miss Estelle Nevis has rooms wit
\ Mrs. Will Matthews on South Garde
= street.
i Mr.. Ulna Huckaby has accepted tn
n position of clerk and. book-keeper fo
: ]. P. Street & Co
~ Recorder Erwin has his new Office |
!. the fowler building arranged and no.
i has most comfortable quarters
Robert Letsinger has gone to Franl
:. lin to run moving picture show fo
, Messrs. Albert Shields and Charlie
o Slean.
v While working with his bone cutie
:. Wednesday morning. Mr.. John Colvei
got mis- hand caught i'm the machanef
a and received very painful injur