The Webb School, Carr's Baseball Team 1897

During his school years Jim Moran III attended several educational institutions, The Webb School being one of them.  Here's a photograph of Carr's Baseball Team, 1897, at The Webb School in Bell Buckle Tennessee.  It's annotated on the back side and I've provided links to those findagrave memorials that I believe represent the men in this list:

1. Matt McFerrin, "S", Nashville Tenn

2. Cozz Constanstine, "F", Birmingham Ala

3. George Boynton, "SS", Atlanta GA

4. James Moran, "P", Dresden Tenn

5. Felton Gill, "RT", Clarksville Tenn

6. Frank Carr, "C", Fulton KY

7. Bermin Knop, "LF", Bell Buckle Tenn  

8. Caleb Rooker, Spencer, Tenn

9. John Clary, "CF", Bell Buckle Tenn

10. William Booth, "TB", Sheffield Ala

Jim Moran is third from the left, behind the seated fellow.

Whiskey, Education and The Webb School Debate of 1897

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James and Charles Moran had applied to attend The Webb School in Bell Buckle Tennessee but there were so many applicants that they had to wait a semester or two before entering.  The time didn't go to waste though as they were accepted into the Vanderbilt Training School in Elkton Kentucky and attended there until space opened up for them at Bell Buckle.

Here is an invitation to a debate sponsored by the Hamilton and Platonic Societies in 1897.  The topic dealt with labor organizations.  Also, as a side note, I noticed the name Thomas G. Motlow is listed as a president on the invitation.  The Motlow family are relatives of Jack Daniels.  As a matter of fact Jack Daniels didn't marry and so he took his favorite nephew Lem Motlow and started him in the distillery business as the bookkeeper.  Upon Jack's death he left the famous Jack Daniel's Distillery to Lem Motlow.  

In addition to making some mighty fine whiskey, in 1969 the Motlow family gave 187 acres of land on which Motlow State Community College was built.  I guess you could say it's the college that whiskey built.

James Henderson Moran's invitation to the debate.

Debate Programme

The calling card which was enclosed in the invitation.

The Tennessee Centennial and Belmont College, 1897

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Education has always been important to the Moran family.  From the time they were little they were attending Mrs. Evans School in Dresden TN and then as they became teenagers the boys (Jimmie and Harrell Moran) were off to a school in Elkton KY and then The Webb Bell Buckle School in of course, Bell Buckle, TN.  The girls (Fannie, Ida, and Marion) attended Mrs. M.E. Clark's Select School for Young Ladies and Miss Price's School in Nashville, TN. They went on to attend Belmont College also located in Nashville.  At the time they were attending, the ladies were housed in the Belmont Mansion which had been divided up into dormitory rooms.

The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition took place in 1897 and there was a special pavilion just for showcasing the contributions and achievements of Tennessee women.  Among those who attended and took part in the Centennial were Fannie and Ida Moran. Fannie contributed works of poetry and writing while Ida participated in Belmont Day at the Centennial by participating in a musical recital.  She performed two solo piano pieces.

This letter from Ann Snyder (Chairman Library Cmte, Women's Board Tennessee Centennial)
was sent to Sue Mooney in Dresden, TN.  Mrs. Mooney was the principal at the Dresden Academy
where Fanny Moran was teaching. The Committee is requesting Mrs. Mooney to submit
books and other works of writing for inclusion at the Exposition. 

This is the programme from Tennessee Centennial for the musical
concert performed by students of Belmont College, May 21, 1897.

Pg. 2 of the programme.  I've underlined Ida Moran's name in red.

Page 3 of the programme.

On the back is a song called Belmont Days.  I'm assuming
it was the Alma Mater for Belmont College.

This is the cover from the Centennial Souvenir book Tennessee Centennial Poems,
written by Annie Somers Gilchrist, 1897.

This is another item from the Tennessee Centennial.  A recital
program for Miss Neva Sharon Stuart, another student from
Belmont College, School of Music.