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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
1 SOUTHSIDE
November 27,1920--We are proud to state that 40 of our good ladies exercised the privilege given them to vote and Mrs. Louis Batson holds the distinct honor of being the first lady to cast a vote in District 16.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
2
4-H CLUB CAMP
July 10,1933--County agent, G.C. Wright and twenty Montgomery County 4-H Club members left this morning for Columbia where they will remain for a week at the ninth annual Middle Tennessee District 4-H Club Camp.
The object of the camp is to provide recreation, instruction, and practice demonstrations for regularly enrolled 4-H Club boys.
The local group will put on a demonstration in forestry work and will exhibit some of their requirements in forestry work done in this county.
The group includes: Lewis Coke, Lewis Hinton, Nick Richardson, and Rollow Haggard of Salem; Wallace Lyle from Hackberry; Owen Hodges and John Dickson of Marion; and Lurton Biter, Leroy Black, Lawrence Baggett, and Graham Murphy of Gum Springs.
The group expressed their appreciation for the free transportation furnished them by Homer Smith of the General Tire and Service Station.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
3 SOUTHSIDE
May 13,1930--The Montgomery County Chapter of American War mothers will be represented this year in the annual pilgrimage of Gold Star mothers, sponsored by the United States government, to France where their sons paid the supreme sacrifice during the World War. This year Mrs. Sarah Tatum Wall of Southside, a Gold Star mother, will make the pilgrimage. She will sail for France on August 19.
From: The Chronicle
4 PALMYRA
July 5,1867--I was at Palmyra on Thursday the 27th, and heard the speeches of Judge Peffer and Mr. Guy Wines. As to the audience, I never witnessed a more orderly and peaceable assembly in all my life. I did not hear a cross or rude word from the time I arrived which was about 11:00 a.m. until the speaking ended and the people left for their homes; and I did not see a drop of liquor during my stay at Palmyra.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
5 BARBECUE
October 25,1889--P.C. Hambaugh, the veteran tobacconist, tendered a barbecue to his friends of the tobacco board trade yesterday. Quite a number of them accepted the invitation and spent the day with him at his Peterson farm beyond New Providence. It is an annual custom of Mr. Hambaugh to have a few friends join him in a barbecue.
From: The Weekly Chronicle
6
BARTON'S CREEK
January 22, 1876--This is leap year and, for the accommodation of the ladies, a club of bachelors has been organized on Barton's Creek. Any lady desiring a member of this club will file her application with the secretary.
February 12, 1876--Horace Yarbrough, a popular teacher on Hurricane Creek at Poplar Grove School, scolds me for neglecting to state who was the secretary of the Bachelor's Club. The principles reason why I did not do so was that I did not know who the dignitary was. Judge the ladies can find out if they want any members of the club.
From: Daily Leaf-Chronicle
8
SALEM
July 28, 1923--Mrs. Alice Kellow of the Salem Community celebrated her 83rd birthday on Tuesday, July 24, by having the members of her Sunday School class to dinner which she prepared herself. Mrs. Kellow is a woman of remarkable physical and mental vigor, making her weekly visits to town by herself as has been her custom for years, driving her horse herself. Mr. John Kellow was 83 on March 4 and is also singularly blessed with health and strength. Entirely unaided, he made a crop of oats this season and has a flourishing corn crop coming on.
From: The Chronicle
9
ANTIOCH
July 13, 1878--It was our pleasure to attend the Farmers and Grange Barbecue near Antioch on the 4th. In the very large crowd were were assembled men from the towns of Clarksville, New Providence, Palmyra, and Collinsville. Also men from surrounding counties.
Dinner being announced, all repaired to the tables where, under the able management of the prince of cooks, at a pit, John Turner and his able assistants, J. W. Attaway, Steward, and James T. Swift, Capt. of the Police. This unexpectedly large crowd was amply supplied with the very best barbecued and best seasoned meats it has been our privilege to enjoy.
Prof. Williams made a very able address.
From: Daily Leaf-Chronicle
10
LOUISE
October 5, 1923--The box supper given at Louise School by the teachers, Mr. Plummer Hodges and Miss Bertha B. Powell, was a great success. After the boxes were sold, another exciting feature of the evening was a beauty contest of which Miss Dorothy Kennedy was the winner. A box of candy made by Miss Nellie Powell of Kirkwood Community was given as prize. The total amount of votes sold was $11.80.
From: Daily Leaf-Chronicle
11
SAILOR'S REST
June 6, 1923--Because he hid Will Broome's old hat and crowned him with a 4-year-old boy's hat, W. S. Minor, Sailor's Rest merchant, must pay Mr. Broome $2 for he wagered that much that Broome would not wear the hat to Clarksville and on the streets all day Tuesday. Broome has plenty of witnesses, including the Leaf-Chronicle, Trustee Hartwell Marable and numerous others who are willing to make oath that he wore the hat all day downtown.
Minor did not accompany Broome and for that reason he must have satisfactory proof that Broome wore the kid's chapeau on the streets. It seems that Broome went to Minor's store at Sailor's Rest to purchase a kelly, but he thought Minor was too high on it. In order to furnish him a hat to fit his imagination of his pocket's resources, Mr. Minor brought forth the child's hat and dared Broome to wear it. Broome is six feet or taller and he attracted considerable attention under the little hat, which Hartwell Marable says nicely covered a barren spot on his head.
From: Daily Leaf-Chronicle
12
HEMATITE
July 11, 1923--Miss Martha Allen entertained with a delightful party Monday evening in honor of her house guests, Misses Lucy, Nettie and Margaret Edmondson. Games and music were enjoyed throughout the evening. The guest list included:
Misses Lucy, Margaret and Nettie Edmondson
Mary and Beatrice Davis
Mildred Channell
Carleane Pinkerton
Calvin Smith
Mec, Mary and Laura Ussery
Lattie Mae and Mildred Lyle
Sara Holmes
Messra. Robert, John and Henry Wyatt
Lowe, Leroy and Lawrence Ussery
Rodney Lyle
Edwin and Allen Channell
Jewell and Vernon Ussery
Nathaniel Allen
Erwin Ussery
L. A. Heggie
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Allen.
A delicious ice course was served.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
13 BLACKFORD SPRINGS
June 17, 1938--A group of young people from Mt. Zion, Southside, and Salem met Wednesday night, June 15, when they enjoyed eating fried chicken, pickles and bread. Those present were:
Miss Elizabeth Neblett
Miss Sarah Agnes Neblett
Miss Verda Mae Harvey
Miss Virginia Edlin
Miss Kate Elizabeth Williams
Miss Ethel Coleman
Miss Eloise McCurdy
Miss Marie McCurdy
Miss Mildred Corlew
Roy Baldwin
Cecil Davis
Leo Williams
Richard Gannaway
Clifton Harris
Roy Buckner
Howard Hodges
Arthur Neblett, Jr.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
14 Shiloh
October 13, 1913--A few years ago the Honorable A.M. Leach made a statement that became public in a short while, in which he proposed to give a buggy to the man who reported and proved he was the father of 20 children. Now comes Squire Joe Trotter with a claim for the buggy and states that the reason he has not appeared before was because he understood the number was 21 instead of 20, and he consequently has delayed a short time, but he now brings the following certificate to substantiate his claim. Out of the 21 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Trotter, 13 are living.
"To the Hon. A.M Leach, Clarksville, Tenn.:
We the undersigned neighbors who live near Joe Trotter of District 20, certify that he is father of 21 children at home and is entitled to the buggy that you promised to give. We think that he has earned the buggy and is worthy of it and ought to have it."
Respectfully submitted,
John William Wickham
B.R. Bryant
J.H. Sykes
Sam, B.F. and G.W. Bryant
SG. C. McCorkle, J.P.
Theo, Bass, and S.O.V. Schmittou
C.R. Mockbee
I.B. Rye
G.W. Underwood
E.T. Sinks
G.H. Carver
J.R. McCollom
T.W. Bryant
W.G. Russell
H.E. Allen, J.P.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
March 16,1918--Esquire Joe Trotter of District 20, a member of the Montgomery County Quarterly Court, is in the city today and proudly announced the arrival of a daughter at his home Thursday. The newcomer is #23 and has been christened, Lora Gladys. She is the twelfth daughter of the twenty-three children; fourteen are living, nine girls and five boys.
Some years ago, Leach & Leach, carriage dealers of this city, offered a buggy to the father of the most children in the county. At that time, Squire Trotter had twenty-one to his credit, so he drove the buggy home. It is said that at that time the firm told him when the twenty-fifth child arrived they would give him an automobile. The Squire said this morning that he wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have to buy the car before many years.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
15
Palmyra
November 15, 1918--Palmyra pulled off an enthusiastic celebration of the Kaiser's demise on Monday evening. In fact, her most staid citizens developed an unknown capcity for hilarity.
Of course, it was a funeral procession for Bill Hohenzollern with Uncle Sam leading the "sad" procession with a good noisemaker (a tub and a stick) in his hand. The procession formed and began its journey from the depot inspired to its work by sharp blasts from the lime kiln whistle and that of the tug-boat "Wenonah". The tug-boat captain seemed to know several ways of adding to an occasion of this kind.
Seventy-five men strong, the procession moved out the pike to meet a delegation of 150 from the Union neighborhood who were scheduled to help along with the funeral. In proper place rolled the "hearse" (George Nolan's huckster wagon) bearing the "remains". When the two celebrating parties met, appropriate songs were sung, rites performed and appropriate speeches made by:
Sam O. Fessey
M.M. Hussey
F.E. Broom
Prof. Perry L. Harned
Mr. Hussey was undertaker in charge. Altogether, Bill was put away quite properly. (Off Current Harris Rd.)
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
16
Young People
February 7,1906--The young people of Salem vicinity enjoyed an entertainment at the home of Theodore Wyatt Friday night. About 15 couples were present. Excellent refreshments were served after which the guests departed for their homes, expressing many thanks for the pleasant evening.
Saturday night quite a number of young people of marriageable age assembled at the home of Frank Channel near Steele�s Spring where a pleasant social evening was spent. Some engaged in playing games while others were busy in private tete-a-tetes. The results to be known in the future.
From: Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
17 CORBANDALE
September 12,1890--Ben U. Swift announced a barn raising and his wife a quilting last Saturday. The neighbors gathered in as many as could well work and the men got the barn up, but the ladies did not get the quilts out, nevertheless, a good dinner was eaten and a pleasant day spent by all.
From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle
18 TARSUS
November 13,1875--Tarsus Grange #149 held a fair at Tarsus today. An exhibition of ladies� homemade work, stock, produce, etc., is to be made and a basket dinner will be served to all who attend. This is one of our live granges.
November 20,1875--Results of Tarsus Grange Fair Competition:
Best crochet edging mats, bead work, toilet basket, wax flowers was awarded to Miss Annie Martin
Display of flowers, natural, awarded to Mrs. E.D. Myers
Homemade suit of clothes and boy's coat, awarded to Mrs. M.C. Powers
Yellow and white corn, best strawberry awarded to W.C. Jackson
Corn, lemon awarded to S.W. Martin
Popcorn, awarded to Mrs. E.D. Myers
Pair Hondan and Black Spanish chickens, awarded Mrs. S.W. Martin
Dozen eggs, awarded Mrs. S.W. Martin
Turnips, Pumpkins, awarded S.W. Martin
Jar pickles, awarded Mrs. J.H. Marable
Homemade molasses awarded J.B. Jackson
German millet, awarded S.W. Martin
Dutch millet, awarded Sam O. Fessey
Tobacco, dark and best light wrapper, awarded M.C. Powers
Tobacco, light wrapper, awarded S.W. Martin
Tobacco piebald wrapper, awarded M.C. Powers
Best 5-year-old colt, awarded M.C. Powers
Brood mare, awarded W.C. Jackson
Saddle mare, awarded J. H. Marable
Saddle Gelding, awarded S.W. Martin
Pair mules, awarded W.J. Powers
Sweepstakes opened for best saddle mare, horse or gelding, awarded
S.W. Martin
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
19 BARBECUE
August 2,1889--A social barbecue will be given at Blackford�s Mill in District 16 tomorrow. J.E. Washington has been invited to be present and address the meeting.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
20 SOUTHSIDE
February 10,1923--Mrs. O.S. Davis entertained with a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Douglas Waller, a recent bride. George Washington colors were used as decorations. The favors were red hatchets and the dining table had for its central decoration--a cherry tree. A salad course was served.
The gifts were presented to Mrs. Waller in a red wagon drawn by little John Shelton Davis, dressed as George Washington. Mrs. Davis was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. James Harris and Mrs. Leon Hunter.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
21 TARSUS
January 15,1937--The Union Home Demonstration Club in a joint meeting with the Union PTA met at the Union School House on January 13th. The meeting was opened by singing �The Little Vagabond�. Miss Alice Powers had charge of the meeting. The Club members filled in their new books for the year. A number of new goals to work toward his year were set including: 100% attendance, to improve and landscape the church yard, to buy a good book and every member read it and turn it over to the Traveling Library, to have a play in the fall and give the proceeds to the school to have an annual picnic, to have someone attend the Columbia Institute in May, and to get six new members in the Club.
Mrs. Grady Powers was named Liberian and Miss Elsie Hayes Reporter for the Club.
The hot lunch program which was started in the school this week was explained by Miss Thelma Powers. The members told what they could furnish toward the hot lunches. A Kitchen shower was also planned for Friday afternoon. Miss Elsie Hayes� room won the attendance picture. There were thirteen present.
From: Clarksville Star
22 SALEM
May/June 1924--During the �Name Your Home� campaign, the following were named in Salem:
Riverside----Mrs. R.B. Edmondson
Cedar Row----Mrs. P.E. Neblett
Fern Nook----Mrs. R.H. Edmondson
Viewpoint----Dan Waller
Dreamland----G.E. Evans
The Pioneer----Mrs. Frank Ussery
Sunny View----Mrs. Eloise Edmondson
Sunkist----Mrs. Boyd Neblett
From: Clarksville Star
23 HACKBERRY & DISTRICT 13
October 29,1927--"Name Your Farm" interest grows:
Channell Heights----T.J. Channell
Wayside Cottage----Wallace Lyle
West View----James Broome
Fair View----Sidney Lyle
Maple Knoll----George Ussery
Emerald Slopes----Hadley Allen
Shady Nook----Frank Channell
Ridge Field----Norman Ussery
Cumberland View----E.C. Cunningham
Refuge----Ben Davis
Springhill----Lucian Wyatt
Far Away----Earl Dowlen
Lakeland----T.P. Richardson
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
24 SOUTHSIDE
November 14,1918--The war is over and peace reigns again in our nation. A peace stunt-program was pulled off here Monday afternoon and night. In the afternoon the High School gave a parade, starting at the auditorium and thence out the boulevard to Crooked Street; thence down Crooked Street for several hundred yards; thence back to the stores, where they formed in lines and sang patriotic songs after which they were dismissed by Prof. Deizell until night.
At night there was a general gathering at the M. E. Church, where Rev. G.L. Hensley read an editorial and offered prayer. After several patriotic songs, the crowd was turned loose. Big bells rang, little bells rang, big, little, young and old hollered, chickens crowed, dogs howled, the blacksmith shop whistle blew, the donkeys lowed and the cows brayed; the sheep squalled and the cats bleated, when they heard the big guns and saw the big torchlight parade as it wound its way down Crooked Street led by Capt. R.N. Batson. Mr. �Garbell� pulled off a patriotic stunt. He climbed to the top of a telephone pole, but he didn�t climb down. Well, it didn�t kill him, but he had to lay up for repairs for several days. We invited Clarksville to come over and join us in celebration, but the ferryboat, as usual, was in a heluva fix.
From: Clarksville Star
25 SOUTHSIDE
January 3,1927--One of the most interesting events of the holiday season was the observance on Christmas E0ve of the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Scott. The anniversary was quietly observed with only the immediate family present. Mr. and Mrs. Scott received from each of their children gifts of gold.
The Scott family includes three daughters, Mrs. Isham Harris, Mrs. Orville Trotter, Mrs. Mayme Harris and four sons, James, Elmer, John, and Buist Scott.
Those coming from a distance were Dr. James A. Scott, Murfreesboro, Tn.; Elmer Scott, Sisterville, W.Va.; John Scott, wife and daughter, Ann, McKenzie, Tn.; Buist, wife and sons, John E. and Buist Jr., Murray, Ky.; Mrs. J.E. Owen, Murray, Ky.; Tom Daniel, brother of Mrs. Scott, of Cumberland Furnace, Tn.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
26 PALMYRA
September 11,1913--There is on exhibition in the editorial room of the Leaf Chronicle some limestone from the bluffs at Palmyra in which quantities of unfossilized small shell are embedded, showing rapid rock formation. The specimens were taken from a shelf overhanging the railroad track near that place. The snails crawled to the shelf and water which percolated through the ledges of limestone above dribbled down to them forming solid stone around the shells. The specimens were gathered by Mr. L.H. Bryant, section foreman with the L & N railroad at that point. It is not known just how long it would take for this impregnated water to solidify to the thickness of an inch, but the ledge was left there when the Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville Railroad was built about 1857. Some of the shells are entirely embedded, but do not show signs of fossilization.
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
27 SAILOR'S REST
January 1, 1900--Mr. and Mrs. James Edmund Bailey of Sailor's Rest gave a shooting party last week complimentary to Mr. William Lusk and Mr. Morgan Davis, both of New York City, and Mr. Robert Lusk of Nashville. They had a jolly, old-fashioned Christmas and fine hunting. Mr. Davis takes back with him to New York a fine string of quail.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
28 LONE OAK
October 29, 1935--The Girls 4-H Club of Lone Oak School elected officers for the coming year:
Mary Blanche Morgan, President
Louise Dawson, Vice-President
Mary Evelyn Daugherty, Secretary-Treasurer
Aileen Harris, Reporter for the Clarksville Star
Sally Bell Freeman, Reporter for the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle.
Mrs. John Lewis Harris, Club Leader
From: Daily Leaf Chronicle
29 BOAT EXCURSION
July 5,1912---An excursion was run from Clarksville to Fort Donelson yesterday on the steamer Robert Rheau under the supervision of Mr. H.N. Yarbrough. About 450 persons from Clarksville, Hematite, Palmyra and Cumberland City took advantage of the trip. Three hours were spent by the party viewing the old battlefields and the National Cemetery near Dover. The boat left here at 8:45 yesterday morning and returned last night about 11:00.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
30 CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS
March 24, 190--Prof. S.O. Roberts, who has been teaching at the Briarwood School in the 13th District was in the city this morning and in answer to a reporter's question about the news of the neighborhood said: "Not a thing in the world but measles. There are over 100 cases within a mile of my house. The people out there have been visited by a regular plague of measles. They are not through with it yet, either. Three deaths have resulted and a good deal of suffering. All the white schools have been closed for a long time."
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
31 SALEM
February 14,1906--The young people in �the Bend� will have a Valentine Party this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Edmondson.
From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf
32 ST. BETHLEHEM
October 8,1889--The W.C.T.U. of St. Bethlehem will have a candy pulling at Mrs. Lucie Beaumont�s, Friday evening October 11.
From: The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
33 HACKBERRY
November 26,1913--Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Hodges will give an entertainment tonight at their home at Hackberry for the purpose of securing bonds for the Antioch Church. A salad course will be served and a general good time expected to be had by all.
From: The Daily Leaf Chronicle
33 PALMYRA
August 4,1915--Misses Mabel Lee and Erma Fessey went on the boat to Lock A last Thursday and reported a fine time.
From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
35 OLD FIDDLERS CONTEST
September 2,1909--Between 300 and 400 persons attended the Old Fiddlers� Contest at Palmyra Wednesday night. Seats for the audience were placed in the open lot near the depot and in front an elevated stand with tarpaulin cover was arranged for the fiddlers. About 9:30 the program was begun by the playing of �Dixie� by all of the players, nine in number. This was received with applause and then the program was continued for one hour, when a recess was taken and the contestants furnished cream and cake. About this time W.D. Howser had purloined a lot of rubbish from the old store house and had piled it a short distance away and started a blaze. This was soon surrounded by a large crowd, who had caught a hard attack of shivers from eating ice cream. Soon the music resumed.
The judges were slow to decide one piece, �Old Hen Cackle�, so close was the contest between Walter Warden of Erin; Mr. Mitchell of Slayden, and Lum Darnell of Dotsonville. The prizes were awarded as follows:
�Leather Breeches�, Jason Broomley
�Black Crook�, George Waters
�Whistling Rufus�, Walter Warden Trio, Rom Ramey and others
�Billy In the Low Grounds�, C.C. Darnell
�Cotton Eyed Joe�, Mr. Mitchell
�The Old Hen Crackled�, Walter Warden
Capital prize winners were:
1st-$7.50 to James Waters, of District 8
2nd-$5.00 to George Waters, of District 3