The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25

esquire Clraffin, of the 7th district, whose
1 given name is Hilary, (which means cheer
1 ful, merry brought his cousin Green T.
/ Chaffin, two large pumpkins, last Friday
| The largest one, which is big enough for ten
/ men TO stand around, Will be made into
| pumpkin bread for Frank, who Is tired OF
| sweet cakes,
There is great deal of wheat for sale in
| the 9TH district, one of the best sections for
| wheat in the county.
The gunEerS should show Bob White a
little mercy. The poor birds have been
hunted very close this fall.
| IAN Inquirer" wants to know how much
money is paid in each district for school
purposes. The Chairman OF the County
Court apportiOns the school fund to each dis
| tricC according to its scholastic population.
7 Superintendent Wilkes can probably an
Swer.
county, Tennessee, are requested to meet at
the Masonic Hall, the same day the County
| Council meets, the LIST Tuesday in January.
Business of i'm portance TO attend to.
-NOlney Cyrus says Maury will be the
greenest county in the State next spring.
There is probably more wheat, rye and bar
ley sOwn than ever known before.
There will be public discussion at
Rock Spring, in 24th district, on Saturday
of the Christian Church, and Mr.. Calvin
HardiSOn, Moralist. This will be the fourth
discussion held by them. The proposition
man outside of the church established on
earth is debarred from future happiness by
the teachings of the Bible" Mr.. Morton
affirms, and MI. Harrison denies. These
gentlemen discussed this same proposition
at Bethlehem, in Marshall county, on the
DIST of November last, and there was large
crowd in attendance. Rock Spring is
miles east of Columbia, on the Leftwich
bridge road,
j. +. Turpen, one of tile best head saw
yers of MauTy county, after saving about
100000 of lumber in Maury county, has To-
Gated himself one half mile from Carriers
creek station, for the purpose of cultivating
cotton on the farm of W. f. Jones.
Mr.. Richard w. Fowlkes, of Humphreys, |
who is son-in-law OF our good friend, VIII
liam Walker, of Anderson's Bend, Hickman |
couny, has been in the Cross Bridges cOun- |
try buying beef cattle. He bought 81 head |
in two days and paid good prices. The |
cheapest lot he bought was from Henry Har- |
Ian, and the cleVerest men he met were |
Spoon Frierson and J. J. Webster. Mr..
FOwlkeS, you must come again.
Major Gordon, of Hickman, was in town
on Friday looking after j. NJ. Hightower,
alias Joseph MarSling, for taking cotton
that did not belong to him and applying ii |
it to his own necessities. Richard
Z. Gordon was III town on Saturday
on the lookout for one A. j. Allen, who |
Allen and HightOwer are supposed 10 be |
together. Their wives left here on SatuT-
days train, and il is supposed that the men
will meet them on the Northwestern road
and they will go to East Tennessee, where
they originally came from. Allen is about
feet 10 inches, rosy complexion, black hair
and a scar on his nose. HightOwer is about
feet six inches, light hair, blue eyes, front
teeth rather prominent, quick spoken, and
One of our Hickman county friends says
ne wants il understood that Hickman was
not in the chicken fight at WilliamSpOrt. |
{ was Maury vs.. Maury. Because our Maui
y friend got cleaned, he must not lay his |
lefeat to Hickman.
We understand that the temperance
'eOplc-all of whom have our blessing and
,OOd wiSheS-had "a grand time at Concord |
asst Friday night. Mrs. Emma Joyce |
made an eloquent and magnificent address |
# welcome, and Rev. #. A. Jones, OF Column |
ia, responded in his peculiarly happy and |
style. II. NJ. Mckay, of Column
ia, was present
"A. W. POtterS Clubhouse, four miles west
If Spring Hill, was destroyed by fire last |
week. A great many farming implements, ,
reaperS, mowers, and other eX-
'ensive machinery, were burned. \ con
iderable quantity of loose and baled cotton |
vas also lost. The fire is supposed to have |
cen caused by friction about the machine ,
y The loss is in the netghbOrhoOd of 5000,
An instance of good farming has just
cen related to us. An old gentleman I
AIMED Mack Alexander, who owns very
lilly farm in Giles county, near the Maury
me, has perSiStently refused to plant cot
On, but cultivates his farm in grain, and
'eds the corn to hogs, a large number of
hitch he raises. This winter he sold to {
ne man, S89 worth of pork hogs. He pays |
o money out for labor, As he does the most I
( ii himSclf-he is "A working man, as in ,
eed are all the members of the Alexander
tmily wherever they are found.
If there is anything we dislike it is this
'ay publishers have OF dUnning their sub !
,ribCrS and debtors ,