The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-05-26

grade teacher. Miss Porter carries
with her the hearty good will of all
the people of GAINESVILLE. Following
is a partial list of the Negro business
men of C~larksvlle whom the Globe
representative has visited this week
and who speak favorably OF the cir
culation of this paper in this commu-
nifty: Steel and Barker, BARRIERS; J..
A. Warield, barber; N. Dickson, fu-
neral director; S. A. Dabney, under
taker and embalmer; w. II. Keesee,
undertaken and embalmer; Mrs. Ella
Dix, restaurant keeper; E, w. Love.
restaurant; ]. S. Smith, confection-
Guy and bakery; A, w. Sanders, gro
GER; E. F. Thompkins, grocer; Burk
Bros, general cleaners and .dyers
Professionals: Or. S. Jefferson,
dentist, DR., R. T. Burt, physi-
clan and surgeon; DR.. c. A. KEEL
ly, general practitioner; DIR. r.
l. Redman, DR.. e. S. Randalls,
druggist, and a large number of ed
ucated ministers, school teachers and
farmers. The closing exercises of
the Clarksyille high and graded
schools began last Sunday with the
baccalaureate sermon at ST. Peter
A. M. e. Church by Rev. c. III. Boone,
B. d. The sermon vas a master
piece of oratory fraught with sound
advice and admonition to the mem
bNs Of the graduating class. The
graduating exercises of the High
School taught by Prof. w. H. Merry
will take place at Elders Opera
House at 10 o'clock Friday, May 20.
Prof. Geo. F. Haynes, of Fisk Univer-
sity, Nashville, will deliver the ad-
dress. The annual concert of the
city schools will take place Friday
evening at the opera house under
the direction of Miss Lizzie Ramey,
principal of the city schools, and the
play presented will be Red Riding
Hood Nineteen pupils will be
graduated from the High School,
which ST the largest number at n
time to graduate in the history of
the school. One of the very saddest
bereavemcnts to Oefall our city
during the present spring was the
death of Mrs. Mary W. Merry, which
occurred Saturday, May 13, after an
illness of about six weeks. She was
the widow of Prof. Merry, once prin-
cipal of Clarksvillo public schools,
and was herself once an honored
teacher in the schools and very much
beloved by the people of this commu-
nifty. She was the mother of Prof,
H. R. Merry now at the head of the
High School,. Her funeral took place
from st. Peter A. M. E. Church, Mon
day at 2 p. m. and was conductcl by
the pastor, Rev. G.. Id Boone. Strong
resolutions were red from her kun
~dcy-school class and the church class
No. 2, of which she had long been a
member and also from the city pub
lie schools. Mrs. Merry was an ar
dent church and missionary work
eT for more than a quarter of a GEN.
fury and she will be much missed
not only by st. Peter Church but by
all Christian and benevolent organ
zauons of this city. Rev. G. w. Pof-
ter, Presiding Elder has returned
from a visit to his home in Memphis
and will hold the quarterly meeting
at st. Poter, Sunday. DR.. Porter will
leave Tuesday for S~helbyville, Tenn,
to attend the trustee board of Turner
College and to deliver the annual adj
dress before the college societies of
that institution. Mr.. John M. Trice,
brother to Mrs. Addie Buck, died,
Monday and was buried from st.
Peter Church, of which he has been
a member for many years. He was
the founder of the Knights of Gideon,
a secret order with headquarters in
this city and was buried under the