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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
ANNIVERSARY OF
METHODIST FIRE
OLD FIRST CHURCH BURNED
FoRTY.oNE YEARS AGO
THIS DAY.

Forty-one years ago today the Meth.
odist church, predecessor of the pres.
ent edifice of the First Methodists,
was burned to the ground. The fire
occurred in broad day light. Work.
ingmen were engaged in repairing the
tin on the roof of the church steeple
on April 90, 1874, when the fire start
ed. The wind was blowing a gale
and upset the little stove that was be-
ing used to heat the solder used in
repairing the roof The woodwork of
the steeple caught and the fire de.
partment was unable to get water to
the flames, the whole church being
burned to the ground.
DR.. John P. McFerrin was pastor
Of the church at the time and almost
as soon as the fire was over prepara-
tions were commenced for the erec-
ton of new building, the present
edifice being completed in 1875.
is the second church on this site, and
the third of this congregation. The
church destroyed forty-one years sg
was erected In 1886, taking the place
of the church built in 1921 about two
blocks south Of the present location.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
FOURTH DISTRICT
AFTER WORK HOUSE
STRONG ARGUMENT PRESENTED
FOR BUILDING OF ROAD IN
THAT SECTION.

Still they come. A delegation head
ed by Dick McKibbon, of the fourth
district, one of the leading citizens
OF that section, was in Columbia to
day sounding the praises of that VI
cinity and arguing eloquently why
they should be preferred in awarding
the contract for the work house
hands on next Monday. The fourth
district folks want the work house
hands to complete another section of
road while they are in that section.
They argue that to build the few miles
needed would open up all of the rich
Mooresville section of Marshall coun.
ty, and considerable portion of the
fourth and fifth districts of this
county for the benefit of Columbia
and its business men. These citizens
put up very strong argument, there
is no doubt of it and they have found
a large number of supporters among
the business men of this city. They
are going after the work house hands
with determination to win.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
MONTHLY MEETIN
COUNTY TEACHERS
USUAL PROGRAM WILL BE RE
DERED ON SATURDAY MORN.
ING, MAY I.

The usual program will be render
ed at the May meeting of the county
teachers association. 1t will be hello
upon Saturday, May /, at 10 O'Clock
in the circuit court room in the court
house.
There will be four speakers upon
the program. The leading address of
the morning will be by Prof. Eugene
Tavenner, of the Middle Tennessee
Normal at Murfreesboro, who will
bring to near their close the series of
addresses that he has made the past
few months upon art in the School
Room"
Prof. ]. T. Stamps will continue his
lectures upon THE Teaching of Geog-
raphy." The references for the lee
lures are chapters Is and 16.
Miss Charlotte wilkins will have as
the basis of her remarks the four
teenth and fifteenth chapters of play
and Recreation"
Prof. R. Lee Thomas, of the An
drews school, will preside over the
meeting of the School Improvement
Association, and hear any reports
that the teachers have to make in
regard to recent improvements st
thenr schools.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
CONVENTION FOR
SIKH DISTRICT
SUNDAY SCHOOLS HAVE BEST
ATTENDED MEETING THEY
HAVE EVER HAD.

Probably the best convention ever
held by the Sunday schools of the
SNth district was that on Saturday
WIN Glenwood church. The attend.
ance was large, much larger than it
Has ever been, and all manifested ex-
Veplondl interest in the proceedings.
"nlIe several of the speakers on the
Hos'am We're unable to be present
o'uers took their places and the
~ee'Ing from every standpoint was
"oAounced record breaker. One of
'ue features was the annual address
u President John w. Matthews, who
'eNeWed the work that had been &C.
'olpnShed by the organization. 9th
eI Speakers were T. Ed Gordon and
christopher Todd Looney, of Co
'uLn''a' Rev. j. NJ. Horn, of Bigby-
Vile and Prof. j. NJ. Hayse, the sec.
-s'''}' and NJ A. Fly and w. A.
Blades
D'''lef was served on the grounds
'''" u was a most sumptuous repast,
INSISTING of everything that the sea-
80" Affords and was served with the
"'OS' prodigal hospitality.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
BOARD Of
TRADE TO CALL GOOD
ROADS MASS NEE TING
The TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING
WANTS CITIZENS TO ASSEM-.
BILE HERE MONDAY.
GREAT DIVERSITY OF OPINION
Called in the interest of GETTING the
County Hands for Mt. Pleasant
Pike, Meeting Broadened Into Gen.
eraI Good Roads Assembly.

The mass meeting of the citizen,
OF Columbia and Mt Pleasant helt
IN the court house Tuesday night, de
veloped turn different from the pur
pose for which it was called, name
ly, the building of the pike from here
to Mt. Pleasant by the county hands
and ended by asking the Board OF
Trade of Columbia to call general
mass meeting here next Monday
morning to discuss a bond issue to
build pixies all over the county.
The meeting did not develop any
very great unanimity of opinion, ex-
cept that the time had come to shake
off the moss of times past and to go
after good roads all over the county.
The meeting was unanimous upon
that point. Every reference to bond
issue to buy the present toll pixies and
to build them into great highways
was Justify cheered. And there were
a lot of men who cheered, too. The
county court, room was packed with
leading citizens and taxpayers of Co.
lumbia and Mt. Pleasant. There
were a dozen or more tax payers
from the phosphate city, headed by
d. W. Shofner, DR.. ]. S. Hill, Prof.
S. E. Stephens and L. H. Hammond.
postmaster.
The meeting organized by the cleo.
tion of DR.. Otey ]. Porter, chairman.
He stated the purpose for which it
was called, and then threw the house
open to discussion. Mr.. Shofner, as
the spokesman of the Mt. Pleasant
delegation, said that he wanted to
see the road built on to the Giles
county line by way of Enterprise.
The discussion was participated in
by nearly every man present. To get
the matter into more tangible form,
Col J. F. Brownlow made a motion
that the Board of Trade of Columbia
be requested by the meeting to call
a mass meeting here next Monday
morning in the court house for the |
purpose of inaugurating county
wide campaign for a bond issue to
build better roads for the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
ARMSTRONG BROTHERS SELL TEN
THOUSAND BUSHELS WHEAT AT S1.5O
HANDSOME FIGURE RECEIVED FOR GRAIN TWO BIG ASH.
WOOD FARMERs-sAED TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY
FRANKLIN FIRM 0 F EAKIN AND CORN

Ten thousand bushels of wheat
were sold Tuesday afternoon by
Horace and Ed Armstrong to Frank
lin parties for $3.50 per bushel, ac,
cording to rumor that was afloat on
the streets Of the city this morning.
Messrs. Armstrong received $4,000
for the grain on board the cars at
Ashwood, where they have a large
granary 1t will be shipped to Frank.
lin, it is said, to be ground in the mill
Of Eakin and Corn.
The sale is pretty concrete evi-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23

dence that the bottom is far from be.
ing out of the wheat market yet, al
though it was pretty stiff price in
view of the seven cent drop that the
market took Tuesday.
1t is also reported that Horace
Armstrong sold smaller amounts last
week at prices ranging from $1.4O to
s1.42k per bushel. Both he and his
brother have more left, which they
are going to hold. Together they
had $4,000 bushels at the beginning
Of the season.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
NOT ENOUGH INTEREST
TO HAVE COUNTY FAIR
THIS FALL IS REPORT
DR.. WoLDRIDeE, AFTER CARE.
FUL INVESTIGATION, RE.
PORTS AGAINST ONE.
WILL HAVE TO WAIT YEAR MORE
7ao crops Fast Two Years Have
Caused Scarcity of Feed so That
Farmers Could Not Have Their
stock in Proper Condition for Fair.

There will be no fair this fall un
less there is a startling reversal Of
public sentiment in regard to it.
After canvassing the situation thor
oughly, comforting with probably one
hundred or more of the leading farm
ers and stockmen of the various dis.
tricts and sections of the county, DR.
". P. Woodbridge, chairman of the live
stock committee of the Board of
Trade, finds that there is not suf1-
cient demand for a fair this fall with
two failures of crops behind the farm.
ers. He thinks, however, that if
there is a good wheat and corn crdo
thls fall, next year will be propitious
for the fair.
Or. Woodbridge had the concurrence
OF the other two members of the live
STOCK committee, ]. Clint Moore and
w. d. Hastings in his opinion with
regard to the fair.
DR.. Woodbridge not only interviewed
most of the farmers and horsemen of
the county in regard to the fair but
ne went to the fair grounds and look.
ed over the condition of the property.
he estimated that it would take at
least $3.50 to put the buildings. the
track and the stalls in at least half
way condition. There is practically
no roof upon the floral hall building.
the roof on the grand stand is very
poor and leaky. the fences are about
down, the stables are very bad, the
grounds need general cleaning and
lining up, in fact,the estimated $3.50
would hardly make all of these re.
pairs.
DR.. Woodbridge found many men who
were willing to shoulder a certain
amount of the financial loss, if there
were any, but few of them were will
ling to go in and divide among them
the shortage. There were many who
stated that they would stand $25 of
this amount, but few who were willing
to go the whole way and say that they
would share the whole amount, if
there were any.
There were some who were of the
opinion that it would be best to wait
a year longer before starting the fair,
for the reason that the past two years
had been bad crop years, and that
here was hardly enough feed on the
farms Sof the county to put stock in
he condition that it ought to be in
oy August to go into a show ring. If
here is good corn crop this year
andfarmers have plenty to carry
heir stock through next winter and
spring in good condition and to pre-
'are them for. a fair, they thought
hat 1t would be time then to talk
bout fair.
The short of the matter is that the
air will be simply deferred for an.
ther twelve months.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
FREE TRIP TO GREAT
EXPOSITION WILL Be
GIVEN BY LOCAL FIRM
EVANS, PARKER G. MOORE TO
SEND MAURY COUNTY LADY
TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WILL NOT COST Her One CENT
Successful Winner of Contest lnstl.
tuted by Progressive Shoe House
viii Travel De Luxe as Their Guest.
Full Announcement.

Some lady in Maury county is go
ing to enjoy free trip to the great
San Francisco-P Panama exposition
this fall as the guest of the progress.
sive and enterprising firm of Evans,
Parker & Moore. This lady will get
a trip that will be cherished mem.
ory so long as she shall live and it
is not going to cost anything but a
little work and push. It is a chance
that is open to all, but only one can
win.
In this paper full announcement of
the details of the contest are made.
1t will be strictly a voting contest
and absolutely fair Every purchas-
er of goods at the store of Evans,
Parker & Moore will be entitled to
vote, the greater the purchaser and
the larger the amount paid, the great
er the number of votes, full explana-
ton being made in the authorized
announcement appearing elsewhere.
The trip will be great one, the ex-
position the best the world ever saw.
In addition to the trip there and back
number Of side trips and stop
offs will be enjoyed. The winner of
this contest will travel de luxe strict
ly, with the best Of everything. She
will be the guest Of Evans, Parker
& Moore There will be absolutely
no expense to her This firm will
generously provide railroad ticket,
Pullman car ticket both going and re-
turning, tips for the porter, meals en-
route both ways, hotel bills at San
Francisco and during any side trips
or stop overs at the best hotels on
the route. Transportation from the
city to the exposition grounds, en-
trance fees to the exposition, in short,
every item of expense will be pro- !
yided so that the guest of the firm
will go from here, over the magnifi-
cent stretches of the west to the |
Golden Gate, see the exposition and
the scenery and return to her home
In Maury county and not spend one
red cent.
Nothing in the way of pains or ex-
pense will be spared by the firm to
make the trip a delightful one for the
winner Of the contest. There ought
to be a score Of entries in every dis
trict of Maury county. All that is
necessary to enter is to fill out the
coupon and send it to the firm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
LAMB ( WOOL CROP
OF THE COUNTY WILL
BRING NEAR Sl5O,OOO
CONSIDERABLE SHORTAGE OF
BOTH SAY TWO OF LEADING
DEALERS.
GOOD PRICES WILL Be PAID
Drouth Last Summer Caused Larue
Percentage of Old Sheep to Be Sold
on Before Winter Came on-Win.
ter Was Hard on Both of Them.

The lamb and wool crop of Maury
county this spring will approximate
$15O,OOO.
This is the estimate that has beer
placed upon these two very important
commodities by the leading dealers. in
them, Milt E. Allen and Louis Bar
kef.
According to both of them, the crop
is rather short this year There will
not be nearly so many lambs this
spring, as a large percentage of the
old sheep was sold off last summer
and fall on account of the drouth and
the consequent lack of feed to carry
them through the winter. Mr.. Allen
thinks that very conservative esti.
mate upon the number of sheep in the
county at the beginning of the lamb
ing season was 10000. The ewes
ought to average lamb to the head
or even better. But placing the num-
Der at one lamb to each eve, there
will be 10000 lambs in the county.
The indication now is that they will
bring about eight cents for June de-
livery. This would be an average of
Sc per head for lambs. The entire
crop of lambs at this estimate would
bring to the farmers of the county be.
tween $12O,OOO and $125,OOO.
The wool crop is very short. Mr.
Barker and Mr. Allen are of the opin-
ion that it will be hardly more than
go per cent Of the normal crop. This
is due both to the shortage in the
number of the sheep in the county
and the character of the winter. The
tieeces are somewhat lighter, and a
Fair estimate upon their weight per
head would be between four and five
pounds. On 10000 head of sheep. the
total crop should be between 10000
and $4,000 pounds. The advance quo
tations are for price of between Is
and rs cents per pound of wool Its
value, according to this estimate, will
be between $4,000 and $4,000
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
/. CLIFF HENLEY
ACQUIRES interest," Of
LAIt BRUCE COCHRAN
NEW INSURANCE FIRM is HgNn.
LEY, THOMAS AND
HENDLEY..
LONG IN The BUSIN. IS HERE
0en'0r OF Concern Is Probably the
Dean OF That Line in Maury coun.
ty' Having Been Engaged in Writ.
ing Policies Thirty-Five Years,

Hendley, Thomas & Hendley This
is the new insurance firm. successors
OF Hendley, Cochran & Thomas. n
Clifford Hendley, son of the senior
member of the firm, having acquired
the interest in the business of the
late H. Bruce Cochran. The firm is
now composed of Capt H. L. Hend.
iey A. Flem Thomas and H. Clifford
Hendley.
The new member of the firm has
been the book-keeper and secretary
OF the old concern for several years
ana is thoroughly familiar with the
business. He will be more active
however, in the future in soliciting
business and will spend a considera.
Die portion of his time in the country
with the clients of the firm.
Hiram L. Hendley, the senior mem.
Der OF this firm, is the dean of the in.
surance fraternity probably in Maury
county. He has been in the business
mere continuously for more than thir-
ty-nVe years. After serving as regis
ter OF the county for eight years in
the seventies, Capt Hendley enter
ed the insurance business with q
W. Witherspoon afterward recorder
of the city.
Capt Hendley was afterward asso.
clated in the business with William
Hamilton Wilson, after the latters
term as county court clerk expired.
He was next in business with the late
A. J. (Gov) Nichols This firm was
succeeded by the late Hendley, Frier-
son & Cochran. On the death of Mr..
Frierson that interest was purchased
by A. Elem Thomas. A sad feature
Of Mr.. Hendley's business was The
Tact that three weeks ago two of his
former business associates were lying
dead at the same time, the late A. ].
Nichols and H. B. Cochran.
In addition to his service as regis
,er of the county Capt. Hendley also
served most acceptably as mayor Of
Columbia, an Office that he resigned
When he moved to the country. He
vas for many years a member of the
school board of the ninth district and
S one of the most universally esteem.
ID and best beloved citizens of Mau-
y county.
A Fqem Thomas, who has been with
he firm for FIVE years, is very popular
III over Maury county, having twice
'een elected trustee, the second time
Without opposition Cliff Hendley also
umbers a large circle of friends,
making the team strong one.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
FORD OWNERS
TO GET REBATE
FIFTEEN MILLIONS WILL BE RE
TURNED TO PURCHASERS
THIS YEAR.

Buyers of Ford cars since the an.
nouncement of probable rebate,
based on sales of 100000 for the year
ending next August l, are practically
sure of a rebate of $50 on the car.
According to an authorized interview
with Mr.. Ford, unless the "unfore-
seen" should occur this rebate is alb
Aolutely certain. It means a return
to the car owners of not less than SIS
100000. The authorized statement Of
Mr. Ford, appearing elsewhere in this
issue, should prove OF interest to all
Ford owners.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
SPLENDID REPORT
FOR PAST YEAR BY
CENTRAL CHURCH
COLLECTIONS HAVE AVERAGED
ABOUT TWELVE DOLLARS
PER CAPITA,
ALL BRANCHES OF WORK PROSPER
every interest of the Congregation
Has Shown Activity and Results.
sunday School and Mission School
Both Doing Good Work.

Probably one of the best reports
made by any country church in the
county is that of Culleoka Presbyte
Ran Q. S. A. church for the past
twelve months. This is one of the
most progressive congregations to be
found In the state and while the
membership is small it is a live one
in every particular.
With total membership of only
l2O this church collected during the
past year $3.50 or an average of
about $12 per member. There are
about thirty-five families represented
in the membership, making the ay.
erage contribution per family over
$40 per annum. The following is the
report Of the years finances:
For missions, home and for
For six other church boards SO 46
For all other purposes -. 1894 80
IotaI ........ 80. ..$157O 10
Linn c. Hobbs, Milton Andrews and
W. Q. Denton are the deacons, while
the superintendent of the Sunday
school is E. ]. Park. His Sunday
school numbers 112. In addition he
is the head of the mission Sunday
school at Cuba of sixty-three men,
bers. Splendid reports we're also
made from the Woman's Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society and the Young Peo-
Pies Christian Endeavor Society.
This church is represented at the |
Lewisburg Presbytery by Elders w. |
N. Fitzpatrick, D. W. c. Church and !
2. ]. Park. The Woman's Mission. |
ary Society by Miss Charlotte Smi. |
ser and Miss Matte Lancaster and
The Christian Endeavors by Miss
Hulda Smith. Rev. j. M. Robson is
he pastor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
GOVERNOR NAMES
SIX FROM MAURY
TO ATTEND SOUTHERN CONNER.
clAL CONGRESS AT MUsko. N
GEE, OKLAHOMA.

Governor Rye has named six gen.
tlemen as delegates from Maury coun.
ty to attend the Southern Commercial
Congress, which will meet In Musko.
gee, Okla, on April 26 to 80.
The gentlemen named are Horace
Rainey, DR.. 0. ]. Porter, William P.
Ridley and j. NJ. Dedman, of Column
sia, and Percy Brown and William
Hughes, Of Spring Hill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
Just So.

Youth will be served"
But the waiter jumps with greater
alacrity for the baldheaded fat man
who looks like ready money"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
'-4 RAISED FEW FEET
AND TOWED INSIDE

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I'''' states submarine F-4, sub
!, sea outside the harbor since
- 3''H g. was raised IL feet early to-
= ana towed inshore until it rest
M y" Inc upward inclining bottom.
~, saving crew postponed further
Strengthened.
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