The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-01
PLANNING To
INCORPORATE
WEST END ABOUT TO INSTITUTE
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST COLUMBIA.
Wants Legislature to Give Her Maid.
en- Name, Too.

night was from an adjourned meeting
| on the night of Monday. January %
Mr.. W. J. Webster. the chairman o.
the meeting, being absent, Mr.. ]. A
Smiser was elected to the chair. and
called the meeting to order. The min
utes OF the former meeting were dis
pensed with, as the sense of the meet
ing seemed to have been changed. and
the question of the incorporation Of
West End was the chief topic discuss
ed. This incorporation movement
grew out of a meeting Of a few citi
zens, Monday night, Feb. IS, when Mr.
Horace Rainey submitted plans upon
which to work, and Mr.. Jas. A. Smi
ser was appointed a committee of one
10 investigate the advisability of this
move.
Mr.. Smiser's report was not favor
able to incorporation, and in the course
of his remarks he said that should
West End procure charter, that even
then the city of Columbia, If it saw
fit, could have certain legislative meas
ures passed abolishing the West End
charter and merge the two towns in
one. But that whether or not that
would be done would remain with the
members of the legislature from this
county.
The question then arose, that should
West End become corporate body,
would the children of that vicinity
be permitted to attend the Mcdowell
school, Prof. Hatfield, who was pres
ent at the meeting, stated that he
knew of several cases in the state
where district and corporation school
had been conducted jointly, and that
in his opinion it would not affect the
children attending the school. Several
other cases we're pointed out where
similar cases existed.
Mr. Horace Rainey, who is one OF
the most enthusiastic advocates of the
new incorporation, made motion that
1t be the sense of the meeting that
West End be Incorporated under some
appropriate name, and that suchs teps
be taken toward the drafting of the
charter to be handed to the members
Of the legislature from this county
and presented by them in both houses
Immediately after the recess Mr..
Rainey stated further that it was the
improvements he was after and that
he believed the only substantial way
in which to get them was by incor-
porating and levying tax. He said
that he had subscribed $4,000 toward
building the pavement and that he In
tended givingitif they did incorporate.
The motion had a prompt second.
and 1t is the opinion of the majority
that it would have carried, but Sergt.
NJ L. Stokes rose and made the amend
,nent to the resolution that commit
Zee be appointed to investigate more
fully the incorporation plan, and In
connection the school proposition and
any other matters that the committee
should see fit to investigate, and re-
port to the next meeting This amend
ment prevailed. Whereupon the chair |
appointed the following committee:
NJ. l.. Stokes, Horace Rainey, S. H. |
Yoss, Crockett Owen and w. ID. Hast |
ings, and the motion was made that |
the chair act as chairman of the COM |
mittee
The motion was put before the house
to adjourn, but the chair refused to
recognize the motion and said that
he would like to have a report from
the committee that was appointed to
raise funds for the building of the side
walk from the corporation line to the
Columbia Military Academy. That he
had invited Prof. Edgerton, from the
Academy, UP to the meeting to talk
yer plans toward the best methods
If raising this money. AS the whole
committee was not present only a par
ial report was given. but there had
'een very little accomplished since the
asst meeting The report showed
bout 800 raised. The committee is
'omnosed of Jas A. Smiser, w. C:
]. M Sheppard, Jr.. ].
=. Parker and Horace Rainey. The
hair then appointed the following adj
itional members to the committee:
'rcf ]. f. Edgerton. s. Fl. voss and
D. Barrow, and requested that each
'ember of the committee nut his best
forts into the work and try and make
more favorable report at the next
leeting.
sergt. Stokes furnished the meeting
'th some figures on the cost of the
avement. which in round numbers
to s2,25O. but that by prac-
cling some strict economical nlans,
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