The Adair County news., 1921-02-23
Do You Know?

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That the far end of Mrs. Lena
Paull's residence is brick? For many
years one story, one room house
stood there. and is there yet, and it
was built and used as the first clerks
Office of Adair county.
That the present Jail building is the
third one erected by the taxpayers Of
the county?
That the High school building, the
courthouse and bridge, near the Myers
Barger mill. are all on line?
That at one time there was law
school in Columbia and that the stu
dents who attended received their in
structions in the second story of the
brick building that was burned and
which stood where the post office is
now located?
That once duel was staged to take
place on the sandbar, just below the
first bridge. the: participants being
two young men of the town? One of
the men was w. d. B. Owens, and
the name of the other was VIM.
Buckner. Buckner challenged Owens
and the latter accepted and chose the
manner Of fighting. They were to
meet on the sandbar with their sec
onds at sunrise. Their left arms were
to be wrapped together with strong
rope, and they were to be handed a
butcher knife each, and when the
word was given they we're to fight un-
Til one or both were killed. We have
been told by men living at that time
that the light would have certainly
taken place had it not been for a run
ner who was dispatched to Monticello
in the afternoon before the time fixed
for the contest, for the fathers of the
young men who were attending the
Wayne circuit court, both of them
being lawyers. The fathers started
for Columbia at once and landed here
Just about sunup, went to the desig-
mated place and stopped the fight,
That Adair county furnished one
Governor for Mississippi? His name
was Miller, a brother of Clinton Mil
Ter, deceased. q.
That ]. o. Russell has been a mer-
chant in Columbia longer than any
other one man? 4 -.s
That James T. Page, though blind,
can and does transact his own busi-
ness, and he has sight of it, so to
speak.
That DR. n Page was druggist
= in Columbia longer than any other
one man? He is now in Monticello
and his many friends here would be
glad If he would come over and spend
few weeks.
I =, That Robert Ball, who built the
irstcourthous in Columbia, more
than one hundred years ago. was the
grandfather of Mr.. B. f. Chewing,
of this place?
That the first person buried in the
present cemetery was Joseph Eubank,
the father of the late John and r C
Eubank?
That many years ago carding ma
chine was operated on the lot now
used as Mr.. II. Judd's garden? II
was not propelled by steam nor water
but by Jennets. The factory wa
owned by Mr.. Henderson Wilson, long
since dead, who, when his machinery
was ready to start, placed two Jen
nets on the tired wheel and they would
at once start stepping, putting thu
.machinery in motion. In this wa
this business was carried on, chang
ing the Jennets at the noon hour viii
fresh ones People from all over tn,
county brought their wool to this fac
tory and it was soon carded into rolls
The rolls were spun and turned int
socks and stockings for the county
Some of it was also weaVsd into Lin
sey for dresses.
That with but one exception, Die
Tate. we do not know his county
Adair county is the only county i