Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-22
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETIES.


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jet Of general interest aud Of an entertain
ing and elevsting character, suchas aITon-
Omy, geology, history, philosophy, biogra-
ply, travel, exploration, popular chem stry
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itously and receive no advantage whatever,
except i'm the gain in knowledge which
each receives from the other in the shape
] Of shiutual Improvement" II such So
ciety we're established I'm Nashville, the
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Of five cents each, which would probably
DE Amply sufficient TO pay the expenses Ci
a suitable room and the gas and any other
| trifinc expenses which might be necessary
for conducting the readings in a simple ana
unassuming manner.
II is frequently a subject of remark ina,
| a large number of intelligent and OrdInari-
| ly educated persons, whether artizanS or
/ those engaged in business, are deficient IN
/ general information as regards the subjects
| / have indicated. This may be due to in
attention at school or fOrgeiiulness after
wards, or to that ObliteTating process which
| the wear ana tear Of life occasions; but, to
whatever cause it is due, it l. found to be
| detrimental to the formation OF correct
! opinions upon many Subiec,S, and has
| therefore a fetarding effect upon general
| progress. 4. =. BHiGkNELL-
CROPS AND POLITICS IN MOORE COUNTY,
To the Union and American:
Recent rains have done the growing crops
much good, and believe our farmers will
raise good crops Of corn, notwithstanding
many of them seem to think starvation is
staring the country in the face.
We have an abundant supply Of eandi-
dates for county Offices, aud they are very
busy Just now shaking hands with the
s'dear people" Asyet nothing has been done
| towards organizing for the November cam
paign, but this will all be attended to in
due time, and when the time comes, you
NAV be prepared to record solid Demo
cratic shot from little Moore against Radi-
calism and for the nominees Of the Demo
cratic party. X.
DICKSON COUNTY's ANCIENT CAPITAL.
To the Union and American:
| CHARLOTTE, July 20.-The lots in this
place were sold in the year 1904; eOhse-
| duently it is a pretty old place. 1t has
| been said at times that Charlotte had got
| its growth and was finished town, but
can assure you that she is now looking up.
j. NJ. Bowers & Co. are erecting large To-
baccO factory, and expect to buy all the To-
baccO raised in the neighbOrhoOd.
Rev. J. G. Armstrong has taken charge
Of Tracy Academy here. He IS also pastor
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and is a ripe scholar and experencedteacher.
For the last two years he has been primer
| nal Of CioreTflale Seminar
Charlotte Is q desirable place for educa-
tionai purposes, and has one or The healthi-
est locations in the State. The Academy
consists Of two excellent buildings, one
brick and the other frame, erected in q
beautiful grove, on hill east Of the town
and near a never failing spring of pure, cold
water. Persons wishing to educate theil
sons OF daughters would do well to senC
them 10 Charlotte. Board can be pro
cured from SiU to SIP per month. We ais,
have a coed Sabbath school, with Prof
Armstrong as Superintendent. The moral
Of our little town compare fayOra0ly Will
those Of any other place Of its size IN tn
. State. ODD LOCKS AND KEYS.
OLD RoBERTsOS's CHAMPION WHISTLES
To the Union and American.
SPRINGFIELD, July 2O.-Tbe weather
extremely dry and warm, and the only eS
citement now prevailing is the spproaehin
county election.
Col. 10. c. Starke appears to be the al
most unanimous choice of old Robertson
for Congress.
: There is a Sunday whistlins school her
the only one of the kind in the country
Barnum ought to have this class for ban
10 enIiven the visitors Of his hippOdromt
W., OF GALLATIN.
JoTTINGs FROM PERRY COUNTY.
To the Union and American:
LINDEN, July 10, 1ST4.-We Perry cOuT
: ty folks have as good land as there IS
the State, fenced with oak, poplar an
, chestnut. comfortable dwellings, good trt
| wood, good water, and plenty Of 1t, an
: GOOD health. If we cannot boast OF sOclet
that is called .'the BEST" it is better tina
} some other counties know OF. There
e plenty of room for new settlers, and war;
e welcome for all.
: Our farmers have just about finished GU
2 ting their wheat-the best crop since th
war-and it is being taken care CT bette
t than usual.
] The season is very dry and hot. Con
r cotton and peanuts are very late; in fact,
{ never saw farmers as late with their croT
5 in nv life. The peanut crop will be ligf
G this reason. All over the county there IS
= very bad stand, and some have plowed
their crops and planted again.
There are twenty-six candidates in PER-
S for county offices. Civil Rights men ar
r few and far between. Z. Z. ,.
HOG AND HONIN Y PROSPECTS IN WI
Hanson, MAURY, LAWRENCE AN
. GILES COUNTIES.
To the Union and American:
BETHEL. GILES Co, July 20, ISL
= The great interest felt by everybody, pr
!, Queer as well as merchant just now, is u
coming hog and hOminy prospects. Il
/. priyate conveyance and a leisuTely driN
> from Nashville, through Williamson, Maj
nv. Lawrence and Giles counties and part (
North Alabama, am back again in u
southern part of Giles, one Ofthe best cOul
ties in the State. During my rounds
have taken pains TO inquire after crop pro
: meets as well as use my eyes To tine best aG
vantage, and must say the crop prospe
for everything but cotton IS exceeding
gloomy and unprOmising. While Il
II rains within the past ten days have bee
pretty general, they have by no means r
covered the ground from eight weeks OF
searching sun sufficiently 10 break up u
drouth. The early corn will not mai
Y exceeding One-third of a crop, and the la
e not more than half. This is the gener
+ estimate. should the season be kfavoras
, from now on.
e In some lOcalitieS-yeTy STEW and I
e between cool crop can be found, al
e its owner is, Of course, happy.
4 The farmers generally are cut OF feed
r their stock, except the small quantity
is hay they were able to save this season, al
n that very poor.
a After a drive of forty miles yesterday.
lie stopped for the might and was informed
e nv host that he had no corn for my hor'
L had to send to several Of his nelghbc
e, before could get any, and then paid t7
ID cents an ear for it.
L Two-thirds of the farmers are feeding
y hav alone; no corn or oats can be had
10 love or money. The failure of the hay al
IN oat crops, and 1.-THE certainty Of so short co
ID crop, causes much dependency. Besid
/ all this, the wheat did not ms
n. their antic;pations, though much b
* ter than an average crop. RI
xt sales of wheat have been made
I'd | The sections through which have travele
they are waiting to see what the corn "
he do. Taken all in all, 1 see anything bui
IL hopeful prospect for the coming year, u
4. mHaaaZ