The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09
OVER THE COUNTY.

Cant. lii. scomb, our genial Tax Col
Rector. is GU tho war-path, and taN-piy-
ers had better meet him on his rounds.
He has published list OF appointments
Col. j w. :. Ridley, OF the 18th dis
trict, has between three Rnd tour huu-
dred acres in corn, which ne thlhkS
will average six or seven Garfei3 per
ace. lie plants no cotton. Ohe OF his
fields 50 acres never had any ram on II
from the time it was planted until l.
began To silk and tassel He broke up
the ground well, and narrowed II untl
IT, WIS thoroughly pulveriZed, ana then
after tue corn came up, it was pIoWed
often, regardless OF the dry weather
Every body said he was not only vast
ing time, but also running his corn, put
he kept on, and the result IS he mas
shade about seven barrels per acre. re
has stock sufficient 10 eat his corn ana
hav. Col. Ridley il a successful farmer,
because he attends personally TO his en-
tire farm, and sees that everything Is
done we'll II he had LETT his corn To his
nero labnrerS, he would, like most OF
H.. neighbors, have made sorry crop
Of corn.-Adsm Fleming and Hugh
Scott. two negro boys aged respective
" Is aud is, left negro chdrch In the
Friersou Settlement, Ist Sunday even
ing. together. When they came opposite
to Sir. T.. +. Watkins residence, Hugh
marked that Adam did not visit the
girls often: whereUpOn Adam replied
that the girls were not benefited by the
visits of Hugh. This p@ttlet Hugh, ana
he dared any one OF the crowd To touch
him Adam touched him with small
cane on the leg. Some ne gro girls were
behind, and they set up laugh, which
50 enraged Hugh that he plunged his
knife into Adam several times, one
wound probably penetrating the sac Of
the heart. Adam died Monde night.
Hugh He'd, and Mr.. james n. Haynes,
special deputy, went To Pulaski and
caught him. He put a HANDFUL around
Hugh's hand and the other end around
his own hand. He brought him to
town and put him i'll Jail Very
promptly done. Adam lived on Col. d.
f. Wade's place.-Mr. \. j. Akin, IN
passing up the hesdwateFS of Bear
Greek, a few days ago, saw big poplar,
and happening 70 have a grabbing line
in his pocket, got down and measured
the tree. He brought in the fishing line,
and it lacked only "A few inches of being
thirty feet lOng.-G ibriel Brown, one of
the oldest native citizens of Maury
county, died az his residence on the
Campbelisville pike, on TIE Did of Sep
TENDER He was born in the upper part
of what i now mbia, on the l4tn OF
March, 1902, on the place now owned, We
believe. by John Campbell. This was
and when he was q lad he helped to cut
down cane and trees, He helped clear
up the ground now occupied by Col.
COoper's house, NJ. l.. Church tOunda-
ton. Mrs. Jones', Masonic Temple, etc.,
which surrounded a large pond at that
time. He Joined the c. p. Church July
Ist, 1919, aud was esteemed and revered
by his neighbOrs and friends. Thus
one 10y one the old landmarks are de-
parting. sam. Gray, father in-law
of Tom Childrey, who was shot by Al
bert Harris, col, tells us that we made
a mistake in our account OF il. We got
it from the officer vino is attempting to
arrest Harris. But we viii! make the re-
suuired' correction. Albert's mare got
in Childrey's corn field, and the latter
caught the mare and put a boy on her to
drive out the other stock. Albert came
after the marc, and accused Childrey of
having ridden her, and after cursing
Childrey, picked up some rocks and
threw at him. Childrey then picked up
a rock and drove Albeit away. In n
short time Albert returned with his gun
and shot Cbildrey.