The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-03
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Rev. DR.. r. c. Wilkes, formerly re.
sid mt of this place, before it was town,
has returned from Texas, where he has
been living seventeen years, and will
remain in Tennessee during this tall
and coming winter. He filled the rul-
pit OF MIR. Orman on Sunday morning,
Sept. 2lst. His family are with bin.
Rev. Mr.. StOddert preached for Mr..
1rman Sunday night, Sept. 2lst. He
also preached in the Friendship Baptist
church in the morning and in the4oun-
tain creek "Chris ian" Church in the
afternoon of the same day.
A Quarterly Meeting for CpIleoka
was hell Sept. 2ECh and 3eth, Rev. Mr..
DOss, the Presiding Elder, being press
ent and preached bo5h Saturday and
Sunday. DIR. Locke assisted and occu-
pied the pulpit on Saturday and Sun
day nights of the meeting.
Col. Fitzpatrick, of Marshall, has pre-
sented Mr.. Orman with means to buy
bell for the Methodist church in this
place, The bell, which is So inch one,
was shipped from Cincinnati Septem-
Der goth, and reached here the 9Oth, and
for the first time the "church goingn
DELL has been heard in our village
1t has been officially arUounced that
the Methodist church III our town is
now out of debt, the continued, in
dOmitable, unyielding efforts of Rev.
having been at length crowned with
success This is q matter OF rejoicing
with many OF the members and friends
of the churcb, albeit, the brethren"
who have been most largely interested
in the matter, will have e lively remem-
brance of this efiort and the result
ing success. 3d.
The steam gin OF EIessrs. Williams d
Co. is carrying everything before it in the
way of ginning cotton and preparing it
tor shipment, and our people had COM
menced putting their cotton on the mar
ket, as is their custom bore, when sud-
denly tbs collapse in money matters oc~
CURED, closing, TO great extent, the
trade for the present.
Speaking OF the collapse, tour" banks
and bankinI houses all seem to be on a
firm foundation; not single one having
gone under, while our merchants are re-
0eivinG large stocks of staple and fancy
goods, which are going off rapidly, not
so the highest, but to the best paying
bidder. EveryhOd here is astonished
at the revolution i'll monetary matters,
and various are the cOnjectures as to the
cause. Some of them are aStOnlShed
that house of such worldwide fame as
that Of Jay Cooke d Co. should suspend
for 50 small an amount or 50 trigtdt
CAUSE gs reported. Local stocks in this
market do not seem at all AFFECTED 5y
this great and unaccountable smashup.
Mr.. NJ. 3 TomlinsoD has purchased of
Mrs. Sallie Ford, of Helena, Ark, her
tract of land i'll this vicinity, it being a
part of what is known here az the Mer-
rift Booker farm, and will erect on it &
new dwelling house.
The Messrs. Webbs school is gradually
and regularly increasing in the number
of students attending, as many as
nine new ones having entered in one
day recently.
The numerous friends of MAJ. g. w.
Jones will be gratified to learn that be
has so far recovered his health as
to have been in his accustomed place in
Sunday school on last Sunday morn
ing, aud again at his business house
subsequently. The same is true of Mr..
j. y. Torrance, except the Sunday school
item-he being a well~wisher to but not
worker IN the Sunday school cause.