The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-07
CALEDONIA NOTES.
7 ID Thixfon.


been here for week with his wife,
who is at her mothers, careing for
/ ker IN her sickness.
/ The third Sunday in this month
will be observed as Decoration Day
+ at Egger cemetery. All men who are
interested in this city Of the dead. =
and who live conveniently near. are
requested to meet there on Saturday
morning, May Is, and help clean off
the cemetery. Services next day.
! Capt. J. L. Egger, who assists
County Assessor Williams in this
beat, has finished his assessment Of
/ property The next man for you to
see is the collector. Take along some
change" when you call on him.
1t was not our courteous assistant
postmaster who absent-mindedly sat
on the neighborly side Of a sheet Of
postage stamps one warm day and
then had to go home and make a
change of clothing before he could
get his books to balance. No. it
wasn't Lee. His books always bal
ance.
Rev. J. A. Egger was sick few
days last week, but is now well
again, we are glad to say.
Quite a large number from this
neighborhood attended the Farmers
Union meeting at Steens last Satur-
day. The Union is getting to be
quite a force. Having been raised on
a fo~y,, o,,r e,vy,,vo+bv1 ;e NTH +bo
farmer. We would be glad to see a
strong and lasting farmers organi-
zation; but from past observation We
would say that the farmer lacks
"stickability," as we have seen half
a dozen organizations flourish for a
time that have passed into oblivion.
Each probably did some good, how
ever.
All day singing at Flint Hill
church on May 31st. Everybody in
vited. Judge R. l. Bradley of Yer
non, Ala, and others of note will
lead. As Dan" would say, bring
your dinner and your good behav-
iOr," and if there is not room in the
basket for both leave out the dinner.
DR.. Nations preached to a large
audience here last Sunday.
We have news that our good |
friend, DR.. D. NJ. Molloy, graduated I
with highest honors in a class of sew /
enty. The doctor has been COM
pleting his medical course in the |
University of Nashville and gradu-
n
last week. Caledonia has reasons for +
being proud of her doctors-the
number and the individual ability
are both above the average for a I
place of our size.
'tThe Nashville American" of May /
1st contains a lengthy account of the T
commencement held in Peabody /
Chapel on the night of April 3Oth. |
The audience was as large as the hall +
could contain-even the standing /
room was all taken. The graduating T
class numbered exactly 81. DR.. Lang
Allen Mitchell of Alabama was val I
edictorian, and DR.. Daniel Murrah +
Molloy of Caledonia won first honor, /
the University of Nashville Medal
DR.. A G. Cree presented the medal .
''and made one OF the wittiest and I
happiest speeches of the occasion.
DR.. Molloy made the highest average +
of his class, 93.13 per cent. The next
highest grade was 91.46 per cent. I
Only 16 of the class made IS and F
over. Two of these were from Mis- /
and four from Alabama. Just /.
so years before DR.. A. c. Molloy,
brother of DR.. D. Ms grandfather, +
and father of DR.. r. c. MoIIoy, Of +.
Columbus, graduated from the same I
institution One of the professors /
who taught in the college at that /
time died on the day before COM
mencement (April 29th). 1.-THE I
American" contains a splendid cut of 1
our friend, Dr. MolIoy When he /
comes home we will kill the fatted /
calf. We certainly viii.
Oak Ridge school. in charge of /
Mrs. Minnie Westbrooks, closed last /
Saturday with an extensive program |
and a very pleasant picnic. There /
was a large number present and all /
seemed to enjoy themselves. OF /
course, there was a ball game. New /
Salem and Caledonia we're the con
testants Caledonia won, but we did 4
not learn the score. The two teams +
are preparing to organize a joint !
nine. with Molloy Vaughn as cap
tain, and enter the Cotton States
no, the cotton chopping league. And /
if each one of the nine doesn't chop /
in a manner satisfactory to the UNI
pire his father will "fan" him No
ssoafffner olytss in this game PLAY I