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In the News exactly fivescore years ago today, March 3rd, 1915
Click on headline for complete "100 years ago." By JIM The front page of the Adair County News one hundred years ago today -March 3, 1915 - carried a savory potpourri of information. One item of considerable interest to many was the recent destruction by dynamite of a registered distillery at Sand Lick, near where Cumberland, Adair, and Russell corner up. (The News, ever ready to take up the mantle of prohibition, quickly pointed out the distillery was in Cumberland County.) On Monday night of the previous week, co-owner John Oldham, who lived half a mile from the operation, heard an explosion. "Upon hearing the report, he got up, looked out, to see the buildings in flames." He and the other owner, Ed Oldham, immediately contracted for blood hounds to be brought to the scene of the crime and in short order the sharp-nosed canines had earned their kibble. The next edition of the News reported that on Friday, William Miller of the Bryan community, Russell County, had been tracked "to his door," arrested and charged with "blowing up and burning the [distillery] buildings," and carried to Burkesville, "where he bonded until next Saturday." Old Maids Convention" at Columbia Graded and High School a great success Meanwhile, in Columbia, "The Old Maid's Convention," a play gotten up by Martha Hancock Wilson, wife of Columbia Graded and High School principal W.M. Wilson," was a great success. It was given by "some of the young ladies of the town, assisted by a few school girls," The News reported that "the house was in a roar of laughter" from curtain to curtain and that the "reports of the various committees on old bachelors brought forth side splitting laughter." In addition to being a huge hit with the audience, the play succeeded financially as well. The gate was $29.25 and expenses totaled only a dollar-forty-five, leaving the remainder "for the purpose of getting some nice clocks and other things needed in the rooms of our public schools." (Oddly, the only performer named was a male, Leon Lewis who, in the role of Prof. Makesnew, said the newspaper, "was at his best, and did his part as hardly anyone else could.") For those who missed this evening of gaiety or simply needed another dose of jocularity, the Y.M.C.A. of Lindsey Wilson was to present "The Famous Tramps' Convention" at the courthouse on Saturday, March 6th, at the courthouse to raise funds for tables, chairs, and other furnishing for the commons room of the brand new men's dormitory. Sports news occupied an entire column Sports news occupied an entire column, one-sixth of the front page. The Somerset quintet, who claimed the state championship by virtue of wins over several large schools, blew into town to face the lads of the Lindsey Wilson one night and the Columbia Graded and High team the next. Alas for the Pulaski Countians, the Lindseyites took upon themselves the role of giant-killer and led from tipoff to final horn, winning the game 32-31 despite a second-half rally by the visitors. According to the News, it was "the best contest ever seen here...one of the hardest fought games ever played on a local floor." By the next evening, however, the Somerset five was back in top form and at the end of the game, the score stood at 34 to 20 against the local squad. (Players for Lindsey Wilson were Lindsey, Sullivan, Lewis, Wesley, Cook, and Calhoun. In all likelihood, Sullivan was Lawrence "Doodle" Sullivan; Calhoun almost certainly was Joe Calhoun, and Cook may well have been Wally Cook, all Russell County boys. The Columbia team was made up of Antle, Lewis, Diddle, Holladay, and Herriford. Diddle was Edgar Allan Diddle, who later earned a measure of sports fame at another school in Kentucky.) Mrs. M.E. Marcum had Colonial Tea for city library And in other news....the ladies of Columbia planned to give a Colonial Tea at the Burkesville Street home of Mrs. M.E. Marcum to raise funds for the city library; there would be "A silver offering at the door." Mrs. Mary S. Biggs and Miss Fannie B. Smythe had been awarded Life State Certificates, the highest level teaching certificate then granted. Meanwhile, Prof. Lafe Akin planned to "lecture on music at the Baptist church Wednesday evening after prayer meeting." Turns out, the lecture came perilously close to falling into the category of infomercial, as "the object is organize a class in vocal music, and Prof. Akin wants the people to know his qualifications to teach the principals of music and voice training." (There is a better-than-great story about Prof. Akin's first encounter with Adair County best-known music teacher, Rev. Isaac Meredith "Pilgrim" Grimsley, that desperately needs to be told.) - compiled by JIM This story was posted on 2015-03-03 07:48:34
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