The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-16
CULLEOKA ITEMS
WAVERLEY,

The echoes Of the last Christmas guns hav
dled away, the last glare of the bounding 6z
| zins tuTpentlne ball Is burned up and An ,1h
year Is gone, another link added to the chat
that bInos the Grad to The grave. But b0l 4
We Will not discuss grave" subj sets, nor dea
with the dead past, but with the living, will
CulleOka and the little world that lies within
her horizon. She Is quiet, peaceful, and. W,
hope, happy. Many changes have taker
place within the past few weeks a few Of
which We will note. The hotel, recently par
chased by DIR. F. &, Wilkes. is now occupiet
by that estimabe lady, Mrs. John s. Perry
who designs keeping boarding house while
here awaiting of the advantage Of sendin her
| children to the Webbs' school
Col. John w likes, formerly of Marshall
county, but for the last year a citizen of CuI.
| ieoka, has rented his residence to Rev. VIM,
Ooss, ana taken charge Of the Depot Hotel
| which he has opened for the accommodation
| OF boarders and the travelling public general
| ~, and We can say to that same "trayelinp
public generally" that thev can RELY upon be
| ing we'll cared for at either of The hotels.
The Presbyterian church will soon be com
pleted' and when finished will be handsome
and ornamental, and will stand q monument
to the energy, enterprise and zeal of the few
PreSbyterlaGs in the community.
Notwithstanding the bad health of the Rev
j. A. Orman, pastor Of the III. L. Church, he
Is at bis post every Sunday morning, and
uOb aOIc 10 preach himself, sure TO
have some one in his pulpit who is
On the last Sunday of the last year Dr
wilkes preached at eleven O'Clock, and Rev
Mr.. Campbell, of the Christian Church. at
night: Mr.. Campbell is grandson OF the
late Dr. Hunt, and is a young man of ability.
ana promises to become a prominent member
of his church. DR.. Wilkes took for Lis text
ON that occasion, the 9Th verse of the 2OIb
chapter OF John. and had his audience in
nigh anticipation of beautiful sermon on
the resurrection, but when he reached The
point where Peter passed" the other disciple
be led off In an unexpected direction, and with
unconscious influences as his theme, he
held the large audience spelIbound for near
" an hour. at times he became truIv aIo
quent, and many who heard bin, pronounced
the discourse one of the finest that thew had
ever heard. The Doctor has but few superiors
IN the pulpit, and to be admired and appre
clated must be heard in the pulpit and after
once hearing him you will be forced 10 the
same conclusion as was his old LADY friend
out on the frontiers of Texas, who. after the
Doctor had finished one of his sermons and
was passing round shaking hands with the
natives, approached him with pocketbook
open, and addressed him thusly, "Here, Mis-
ter, take this dOllar-you's the outpreachenest
man for the looks of the critter that's ever
been in these parts"
The last session of the Webbs' school clos. |
ed last Friday evening, and the new session |
Sleet, snow, rains, ickle changeable wealth |
err has prevailed TO an unusual extent with US |
OF late And this kind of weather, together |
with The large amount of hauling done at this
season of the year, has made our roads al
most impossible. Will the people OF Maury
ever have good roads? How many days work
does each man subject to road duty perform
on the public road each year? Hardly two on
an average. Is there any way to have good
roads without taxation in ei her money or la
Dor! Why not have some system to sustain
public roads as well as court-hou and other
public buildings? Every man, woman and
'hlId IN the county has an interest in our pub.
nc roads, and all agree that our roads are bad.
bad. -
The vast number of families that change
heir residences about the close of the year is
surprising. For weeks hardly day passes
Without wagon loaded with housekeeping
ELECTS is seen going through our village
Mostly persons moving but short distance |
" hat change from former times when 10 he
'orn, raised, live and die on the same farm,
vas the rule rather than the exception to the
'reat mass of our people.
Prof. Webb's school opened on last Monday
With the largest number of pupils he has ever ,
ad on the first day of his session. In this
chool tuition is moderate and board low,
rom ten to twelve dollars per month, moral
,good, discipline strict and
and when boy haze any disposi- 7
OF dong so.
Miss Dora Anderson, Of Waynesboro, after
penclng few days in our viIlag-, visiting a I
eiative, returned to her home. greatly to the I
'gret OF our umid and bashfu beanx. who I
'oked, thought and wished much, but said \
1T little to her while she was here, o
Two OF Spring Hills fair and fascinating a
uses made brief visit TO their friends here &
ID left taking with them the heart of one of
IT most worthy and promising young men. =.
neither he will follow to reclaim the lost 4
easure, time alone can develop. 1t is hoped. n
Ould he AXE the effort, he will be so far a
ccessful as to gain substitute for the loss p
has sustained IN the capture of the affec- :,
ms and person OF the lovely one who 40 i
thlessly seized and carried away his valua- g
but suffering treasure. - y y