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JIM/Local History - 105 years ago: a cornucopia of news So many things are reported below, we mention only these highlights:
Click on headline to see it all, at once, at readers' own risk. By JIM The front page of the December 2, 1908 News surely holds the record for reporting the widest range of events ever-- marriage and murder; basketball, a bazaar, and a banquet; arrivals, revivals, and removals; sinners and salvation; telephony and tennis; Christmas; and Gov. Hindman's hot pants. No fewer than half a dozen marriages were reported: some local, one from far off Rowena, and one soon-to-be, a young couple from Green County who passed through Columbia the previous week on the way to Tennessee to be joined hands and hearts in matrimony. A new daughter at the Fred Denson home A new daughter graced the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Denson; the H.M. Noe family planned to soon remove to Columbia to reside in the rented Baptist parsonage; and Mr. Henry Ingram (name incorrectly given as Henry Cundiff) had just occupied the residence lately vacated by Mr. Ed Sinclair "near the M and F. College." Tom Harrison family moved to the Sacred Triangle Out in the county, the T.L. (Tom) Harrison family had removed from the Ozark community to the morally upright sanctity of the Sacred Triangle on the outskirts of the Greater Esto Metroplex. Some days earlier, Mr. Harrison, a farmer and educator, told a representative of the News that were a graded school established in Columbia, he would return to Adair County and purchase a farm near town. (The graded school opened the following September, but the Harrisons stayed in Russell County. It is of note that one of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison's grandchildren, Lowell Hayes Harrison, became a pre-eminent Kentucky historian of the latter one-third of the 20th century.) Murder trial in Cumberland Co. the Street Duel in Metcalfe were top stories Only one Adair County death drew mention, that of Mr. A.R. Pike of the Mt. Carmel section, but in Cumberland County, William and Hunter Short were on trial for the second time for the murder of their cousin, and the grand jury there had just returned indictments against Henry Nunn and Peter Brake as accessories in the death of Tom French some months earlier. The most sensational death, however, occurred in Metcalfe County on Monday, November 30th; the headlines tell the tale: "Street Duel / Bud Frazier Shoots and Kills Buford White on the Streets of Edmonton / The Whole Town Greatly Excited." (The following week's edition reported Frazier was still at large, and after that, silence. Mr. White was about 28; his widow lived another threescore and more years.) Elder Azbill delivered Thanksgiving sermon at Columbia Baptist Church On the religious front, Eld. William Kendrick Azbill had delivered a Thanksgiving sermon at the Columbia Baptist Church, the thrust of his "historical discourse" being, stated the Columbia minister holds successful revival in Jamestown Columbia minister A.R. Kasey was holding forth a successful revival in Jamestown in which an even dozen souls had been added to the fold through Monday, November 30th, with the meeting to continue through Friday, December 4th. (In the next edition of the paper came news the church membership had increased by no fewer than twoscore and nine before Rev. Kasey uttered the last amen.) 12 souls found salvation in French Valley Another Adair County minister, evangelist R.L. Tally, had the previous week completed a successful revival in French Valley in which twelve souls found salvation from the depths, the church overall found itself greatly revived, and an unnamed trio of "gross violators of the law" found themselves under arrest. It seems the three "were in the habit of shooting upon the highway, greatly disturbing the people." They were taken into custody at the church, and, intoned the News, "will now have to suffer the consequences." Ladies Aid Society at Presbyterian Church held bazaar The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church announced a bazaar to be held on the 15th at which, among other things, Bibles, Testaments, and "first class reading books" would be offered for sale. Leap Year banquet held at Hancock Hotel Another group of women, several of the young ladies of leading families of Columbia, had given a Leap Year banquet at the Hancock Hotel on Thanksgiving night (At the time, Judge Junius Hancock was proprietor both of the hotel on Burkesville St. and the one later known as the New Adair and the Miller Hotel.) The News remarked that the invitations were written in verse and that "The girls carried out the 'Leap Year' idea and called for the young men at their homes at the appointed hour in automobiles, acting very successfully the 'gallants' throughout the evening...An elaborate six course menu was served, and with each course an appropriate toast was given by the different young ladies, in a very charming manner." In keeping with the season, the place cards were miniature hand-painted turkeys. The chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Montgomery. Tennis between LW team and the S.W. Buchanan Institute of Campbellsville And sports? Of course! On Thanksgiving Day, the Lindsey Wilson tennis team, composed of Prof. P.D. Neilson and LWTS student Tommie Judd, took on at home S.W. Buchanan Institute racqueteers of Campbellsville and carried the day. "In the three sets of doubles, Lindsey Wilson blanked the Buchananites," and in the singles match, "Prof. Neilson dished out the same dose to Prof. Sanders." LWC Dorm basketball beats Columbia townies, in run and gun, 11-9 affair There were also two basketball games that day. In the first, played between the doubles and singles tennis matches, the dormitory boys of Arbor Vitae and the Columbia town team thrilled the crowd with a rock-'em-sock-'em, run-and-gun high scoring affair in which the Lindseyites finally prevailed eleven to nine. Later in the day, the regular Lindsey Wilson quintet took on the Buchanan Institute five and completed the Training School's Thanksgiving Day sports sweep. Miss Jeannette Clark entertains with 'The Old Deestrict Schew' at Courthouse For those still in search of entertainment, "The Old Deestrict Schewl," a two-act farce under the direction of Miss Jennette Clark, was presented at the Courthouse the Friday after Thanksgiving. The News reported "the receipts of the evening were fifty-four dollars and seventy cents" and that "The acting was to perfection and the costumes were beyond the clouds." Prof. J.S. Dickey gave free and entertaining lecture In a more serious approach to education, Prof. J.S. Dickey, "an educator of State reputation," offered a "free and entertaining lecture" on that topic to the general public, his discourse to be delivered at the courthouse on the evening of Thursday, December 3rd. (A later report stated Prof. Dickey spoke for ninety minutes on the topic of "Advanced Education" to a large audience, but so informational and entertaining was his presentation, "the time did not seem half as long to the audience.") Only two passing references to Christmas appeared, one of which simply reminded that Christmas was but twenty-three days away. The other, a blurb promoting home town shopping, urged readers to make their gift selections early while "the show windows are full of handsome presents," rather than waiting until the stock of goods had been picked over by others. Columbia Telephone Company teaches telephony manners In 1908, telephony was still new and customers occasionally needed reminders in regard to telephone etiquette and usage, thus this gentle admonishment from the Columbia Telephone Company: "To Telephone SubscribersThe CM editor has been frantically signaling me for the last page and half to cut this short, so the saga of Gov. Hindman's hot pants will have to wait. -jim This story was posted on 2013-11-30 04:32:18
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