The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-14
HICKMAN COUNTY ITEMS.

Inc CampU6IllJoS pE SuIiSLlhuSi sA'O
erecting a new church at Centrevilie.
When completed il will be quite an I'M
prOvement to the town.
There are sixty Public Schools now in
opera ion in this county. 1t won't De
long before the people will be fully
aroused to the Importance OF education;
in some districts there are steps being
taken already to continue the schools
for ten months during the year; apuhlic
interest in matters of this character II Is
to be hoped will not abate.
There has been quiz an exodus OF our
population this tall to Texas and Mis-
souri,; eight wagons passed through Cen
treville the other day bound for the tar
West; they were mostly from Swan
creek.
The subject of immigration to our
State. and not out, with the encourage
ment OF manufacturing, and the deVel-
Opment of our latent resources should
be among the first things to be cOnsid>
cred by our next legislature. Manufac-
ture and keep our people at home and
the spectre of reputation Will never
haunt our dreams. In these panicky
times, several individuals in this cOun-
ty have come very near seeing him, but
they have not fairly made him out yet,
though they are very uneasy.
The farmers are growing over the low
price OF peas and cotton; they say If the
banks are closed how are they going to
get money to pay their debts, they can t
raise GreenGuckS; if they could they
would plant few of them to buy gOoh-
ers next Spring.
There has been a good deal of sickness
in portions of the county this fall. w. j.
FouIkes, an old and respected ciliZan,
died in the neighborhoOd of Centreville
a few days ago. Diptheria in portions
of the county has been quite fatal among
the children.
There were but few persons attending
| the County Court on last Monday, at
| Centreville. J. p. Morrison, the Chair
man of the court, presided with his US
ual dignity. He makes good officer, aud
| dispatches the business of his court
| readily, Tom WbitsOn was in town that
| day making some inquiries in regard TO
| Scientific researches. He proposes 70 go
| to South America to witness the traI sit
| of Venus. When Tom comes back he will
| have good many technicdllties on how
| Venus loOked-hOpe Tom will go.
| w, M Johnson, the very accommodate
| and popular landlord of the only hotel
! at Centreville, has quit keeping tavern,
| and moved TO private residence, and IS
now offering to sell his tavern property
| They have organized teachers insti-
| tute in this county, of public schools.
| Their meetings are on the third SAtur-
| dav in each month; they Rave met twice
since they organized, aud their next
| meeting promises to be a good one anO
| we'll attended. Will. DoughtOn, OF
! school district No. 81, is chairman, and
J. NJ. COpley secretary.
The happy pastime of 'pOssum hunt
| ing has come around ct last. POS
| sum, punkin, and potatoes all come AT
the same time. We believe "'POssum
| and punkin' are like hog jowl and turniI
salad in the spring of the year-they all
90 we'll together. If there were no per-
| simmons, there would not be any pos
sums. Willy Moore and Henry Nixon
| caught a very fat one the other night
| Was there ever a boy who did not like
to hunt 'possums?) They were so proud
of their trophy, that they walked up ev-
| erybody in town to show him to them
| Up in manhood, while engaged in the
tolls and labors of busy life, remote
from the scenes of our rambles in early
boyhood, some trifiiDg incident some
/ times aWakens in our minds pleasant
impressions made there while enjoying
this spOrt-tbough the 'pOSsUm hunter
we believe. ranks among hunters like
the Wheel band tisberman-OIe of whom
| Major Clint Douglass is whiCh-amOng
tirst-class tisharmen-On the lowest or
der. And vet Major Douglass caught &
| large black perch at the mouth OF Blue
Buck.
Or. Otis, w. M. JO0DSOE anu > 4Ck
| Moore, are the bird hunters about Gem
treville-they are death on birds, Jack
| remarked the other day, before starting
out, that he "wOuld hate to he a birG
| that day" He brought home three thai
| evening, one OF which was a sap sucker
that ne had slipped up on, on the side
of a tree.
What has become of Esq. J. I. Moore
| and Major Sol. Porter, who had an APP
pointment 20 fish in Swan Creek this
autumn