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100 Years Ago: May 11, 1910 By Jim The front page of the May 11, 1910 Adair County News was simply slathered with "spicy bits," as was said back then, so without further ado: Marriage: Conover-McBeath Mr. and Mrs. Jo N. Conover announced the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Miss Dimple, to Mr. Cosby McBeath of Monticello. The wedding was to take place on May 25th "at home, Columbia." The News added that "The bride is one of Columbia's best young ladies and the groom is a popular business man of Monticello, a clerk in the National Bank of that city." (Without a doubt, Miss Conover and Mr. McBeath had met at the Lindsey Wilson Training School. Miss Conover was a member of the girls' basketball team there and was a member of the graduating class of '08. Mr. McBeath was enrolled at the L.W.T.S. early as the fall of 1904 and later was a member of one the schools debating societies.) Columbia Cemetery planned to buy lawnmower or machine of some kind The Columbia City Cemetery Association was to meet May 14th at Judge Hancock's. One of the agenda items was the proposal "to buy a lawn mower, or a machine of some kind to keep the weeds and grass down...and improve the grounds in every possible manner." Folks who had family members buried there were asked to make a contribution of fifty cents each for upkeep and beautification of the cemetery. Judge Baker selected as Presbyterian delegate Judge H.C. Baker, "at a recent session of the Transylvania Presbytery" had been selected as a delegate to the General Assembly to be held the week of May 17th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Fire destroyed Melvin Blair's barn at Glenville A fire near Glenville "last Thursday night" destroyed a barn belonging to Mr. Melvin Blair. Along with the barn, a great deal of corn and hay were destroyed, and a cow belonging to Mr. Blair and a fine saddle horse of Mr. Jo Miller's perished in the blaze. Jamestown was to get new high school The Russell County Educational Board, in compliance with the school law enacted the previous year, revealed that a high school was to be erected in Jamestown. "The building is to be brick and commodious." (It will be remembered the Columbia High School had opened the previous autumn in the buildings previously occupied by the Male & Female College.) Little boy injured in play wagon accident Walker Bryant, young son of Mr. Walker Bryant, Sr., suffered grievous injury the previous week. "He was in a little play wagon and was being hauled by other children and in going over rough ground, he fell out, breaking one bone in his arm." (The wee lad was three and a half years old.) Two deaths noted Two deaths were noted, both of them Afro-Americans. One was Wilson Johnston, "perhaps the oldest colored person in this part of the state," who resided five miles east of Columbia. The other was Milton Taylor, "a well-known colored man in the White Oak precinct. Mr. Johnston died May 4th, Mr. Taylor on May 5th. Births noted: A son born May 1 to the wife of J.E. Young, of Knifley; Twins (a boy and girl) born April 28 to the wife of Elder W.G. Montgomery, of Moreland Station, Ky. (Eld. Montgomery was a native of Adair County.) A son born on the 10th to the wife of Geo. McLean. Azure Damron bought mules from Charley Paxton Azure Damron of Columbia bought of Charley Paxton "last Tuesday" a pair of mules, $320 consideration. Eggs were 15 cents a dozen S.H. Grinstead & Co. reported that eggs were at 15 cents a dozen. Mr. Walter Ingram added to residence Mr. Walter Ingram had contracted with McFarland & Feese to add an ell, a porch and a veranda to his residence. Methodist ice cream supper a success The ice cream supper sponsored the previous Friday by the ladies of the Methodist church was deemed a success, the cool, inclement weather notwithstanding. The event netted upwards of thirty dollars toward furnishing the parsonage. Revival at Columbia Baptist A revival was in progress at the Columbia Baptist church, led by Rev. Dill, of Bowling Green. The choirmaster was Mr. Presley Clark, also of Bowling Green, a brother of Mrs. C.M. Russell (nee Angeline Clark). And my favorite entry, this bit of advice:"The potato bugs are quite industrious and it is said they are here in great numbers. Parish green will stop their progress." (Parish green, or, more accurately, Paris green, is a highly toxic insecticide. How toxic, you ask? When DDT was introduced, it was hailed as safer! Almost certainly, use of Paris green on garden vegetables led to the reports c.1904-06 of poisonings by the deadly cabbage snake. -Jim This story was posted on 2010-05-11 03:50:40
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