The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-12
CANpRELL,s STATION ITEMS.

The colored population OF this vicinity
have a secret society known as 1.-The
COlOled Peoples Benevolent Society"
One of their members John Davis
died the first inst and was buried with
the honOrs of the order. This being the
first thing OF the kind that ever took
place in these parts, it very naturally
created some excitement. The 'soci -
ty' met at the house of the deceased,
and took charge OF his remains. a pro-
cession was formed, with tie corps and
4am.ly ia fIOAt, ard marched to the grave
the "sOoibty" singing from the time they
left the house until they arrived at the
cemetery. After the body was deposit
ted in the grave, the female members
threw in sprig OF evergreen. The
males then threw on d shovel OF dirt
each. The ceremUniea ended with prays
or by the Chaplain, They pay their
members one dollar per week while
they are sick,
There are a good many victims in this
community of j. b. Hodge IL Cos. dol
lar store, Chicago, I'll. They issued GER
tificates and sold them for twenty-five
cents each, This Certificate entitle the
holder TO one choice OF any article on
the list of goods sent out for one dol
lar, to be sent by express c. 0. D., with
the privilege OF examining the goods Oe~
fore paying for tEgn4. If che goods were
! not az represented the party need not
take them, They We're to commence de-
livering on certain day. The first or
ders in were the first to be attended to.
Some of the parties got impatient, and
wrote to the house to know why their
goods were not forthcoming. They re-
plied-that goods would be shipped as
fast as orders were reached, and that
| their business had exceeded their most
sanguine expectations. One party
! wrote to the editor of the Chicago Irt~
bURe to know something about the
house, and the editor replied that there
had been such a firm in that city, but
had left for parts unknown. This Gers
tainly was one Of the most ingenious
! methods OF swindling that was ever got
| ten up. There We're two hundred cer-
tiliCateS sold here, amOTntir.s to nifty
dollars. # tuey found as many dupes
in all the towns and villages throughout
the United States as was found here,
they can very well afford to retire from
businesg.
Tue Rev. Mr.. Tyler delivered a temper
ance address d few nights ago, at Ever
green church. AT the conclusion of the
lecture, the Rev. Mr.. Chapman organ
lied lodge of Good Templers. A. G.
Thompson was elected presiding officer.
There is an old farmer living not far
from this place, who has become very
hluCh dGtabneti 20 inns EHlage, 80 h4ucH
so that he will stay three days at
time. This attachment is accounted for
from the fact that ne is OF a very relig-
iOus turn of mind, and this is good
place to get his ''spirits renewed" At
ter he stays in town awhile, aud gets
warmed up in the iIner>man, his
righteous soul" becomes ''VeXed" at
"unlawtul deeds" of the inhabitants.
His religion then is manifested in all it's
purity by delivering lectures to all who
come in his way, on "Christ and the
Apostles" Sometimes L6 viii get so
full OF tie ''spirits" he wilj go of into
something like STRANGE" in which sit
uation he viii remain for hours, per>
fectly oblivioug to everything OH this
terrestrial sphere On several o ,casions
while IN this trance-like state, some ct
his friends would get vehicle of some
kind and take him home.