The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-04-11

Gardening and the preparing of lands for a
cotton crop are the ''chief complaints" o. our
auirt neighborhood at lis time. Farmers
are going for cotton on a gigantic scale this
year, regardless OF the recent decline IN thar
staple al ticle or future consequences. tue
of peanuts now" SAYS one cotton planter :;
Gust my condition" says his nelghbor. Well,
we do not censure our neighbors because they
do not wish to embark in the peanut entt r,
prise this year, for Plumbers who planted last
year have fallen short at least one half of
what they expected to realize when they
pitched their crop. The light yield and the
great reduction in prices. has caused a defici-
ency of funds ofat least 100000 in this county.
The wheat fields are looking much more
promising since Spring has breathed into
them the warn breath of life"
Mr.. W. II. johnson is doing a good Ousi-
ness at his distillery. turning of IRON 50 to
100 lllous daily of the genuine stuff. Mr..
johnson is q stirring man. and is not TO be
discouraged at minor misfortunes. The speed
of the Leatherwood mills has been greatly
CELEBRATED since the distillery has been operat-
ing on the creek above them. Whether our
good and efficient millers are more sssidu-
Gus in their duties, OF whether the m lis get
their additional power from the diStillery that
causes the change, we don't pretend to say.
NJ. Rufus Woody. who has been visiting
his friends and relatives in this ueighborhood,
Rufe is en- industrious and an energetic ma
and, seen he will have exhumed from the rich
soil Of Oblon good fortune.
Epizooty has made its temperance in this
section and in a more malignant form than
before. Capt. G. w. hsbry says he has had
several head of cattle to die of 9 siuilar DIS
ease to the epizooty.
Col. V. F. Bib, who has been dangerously
i'll for the past five weeks, is recovering slowly.
Our young friends and merchants, Charter
& Jones, have just arrived with their new
stock of Spring goods, Ben and Tom are ex-
celIent young men, and We hope they will do
a good business at the egg Depot"
Sabbath Schools are being organized
throughout the neighborhood Would be
proud all would become interested, and that
much good may result from them to the COM
munity.
Mr.. J. r. Charter dind at bis resid nee on
this creek on Thursday, March 2Oth, of hear
disease, after a brief illness. Mr. CHARTER
lacked only few days Of being "A years old
when the "pil OF life" became exhausted, and
the clamp fed therefrnm, was extinguished.
AS kind parent, an affectlonate husband, and
a good neghbor, he was unsurpassed. Pos
sessed OF all the qualities that constitute the
man. and elevate him IN the social scale of
enjoyment, he was esteemed by all who knew
bun. In his intercourse snd dealings with his
tellowman, he was pleasant and magnanimOus,
eyer ready to grant favor to those who asked
iii and always adhered strictly to those great
moral principles of honesty and integrity.
His sufferings while Frustrated, were intense,
but he bore them without a murmur, display |
ing great patienc and fortitude-se med per
fectly reconciled to his fate, ana died as one |
who had no tears of death. Was rational to |
the last moment, and few hours before he |
d ed, he called his family to his bed side and |
told them to watch over him till his spIrt |
took its fight to the God who gave it. Having |,
spent a long life of usefulness. he died, leav- |
ing = idow, Together with three sons and |
daughter, to whom we tender our deepest |
sympathy in their sad bereavement That our
dea old friend is enjoying that undisturbed |
and tranquil peace that await the good in the /
regions of eternal bliss, beyond the ethereal /
skies, is the wish of LEATHERwooD.