The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-08
AROUND TOWN.

There is a man now living in this place
who used to live near the Marshall county
line He once told a friend that he was 81
careful of spelling everything correctly ht
wrote. that II he found that he had misspell
ed "A word in a letter he had sent to Column
bia, eight or ten miles, he would send IN
fmTn ediately for il and spell the word right
His son is poet, and will not allow com
ma to be misplaced in his poetry by the
printer.
-Rev. BALKAN Frierson, COL, attended the
COlored State Convention, last week, and
offered prayer.
The assertion of one of our merchants,
that go convfcts would be out to work on
the narrow gauge railroad, seems 10 lack
confirmation, and Loss White, Green Ch9i-
fin and ID. Shelton, are lncLheu 70 uouOl
the veracity of our informant. H., II.
The wife of Mr.. T. Jefferson Helm who
been spending the winter IN r It{ HAS
returned much improved IN heaILn. 49,
1t cost the corporation Just ABOUT 80 70
dig the hole on the square, ana theh MI IL
up M Barr. of Texas, father of Mr.. a. Barr,
ofthis place, is in town. He formerly lived
in Maury. -
i Cal AdkissOn, Esq, formerly mem
her OF the Columbia bar, and native OF TINS
county. is on a visit TO trlendS ana relatives
He lives at Indianapolis Ind, ana Is mar
THE first of May, those of our merchants
doing business requiring government IL
cense, had to renew them.
Capt, Thos +. Butler has the contract of
furnishing the corporation with lime;
going to erect hitching pole, on the square
for the convenience of persons from the
country, is denied. ,. -.
The Farmer troupe gave an elegant en-
tertainment in the Atheneum Hall last
Tuesday night. The audience was snlall,
but the music was e&qulslte. NJ 81 ii ,,
tive talent as is furnished by the uoup
should be encouraged. -.
AT White springs, Wednesday evening
last John Grip johnson, was beaten ~, IN a
shocking manner, with suck Dy VIM
Bynum, son of A. J. Bynum. johnson has
several severe bruises on the need ana race
Rynurn was arrested by the Sheriff.
A Meeting OF Fire Co. No. l, VIII DE neIu
in the Recorders office S aInIday night
Those wishing 10 JON the COMPANY ''iS 10
qucstcd to be present.
"Wednesday morning negro man ABOUT
u wears of age, got Gosh White to auction
OF a mule some doubts being expressed as
10 his title to the mule, the young man,
Ben Smith, by name, brought up moore
John Latta, Jr., became the pur-
chaser, but in the evening the father OF Ben,
who lives on y. F. AIeXanders place, came
to town and replevied the mule. Ben was
arrested, and will have a trial tomorrow.
Taylor NOss, one of COlumblas most es-
Unable young men, leaves columbia next
Monday for Pulaski, which place ne eApecls
TO make his future home.
Rev. ii. n. Jones breaches in the Cum !
berland Presbyterian Church next Sunday.
several of our citizens left yesterday for |
Nashville, to attend the Federal Court, nav |
ing been served by subpoena.
There were many suggestions made 10 |
the committee having in charge the cree |
ton of scales what to do with the hole dug |
next TO the Court House, but they have dis |
all, and hired men to NIL ii up.
The action of the cOlOred convention at |
insisting on mixed ScnOOls mas |
forever killed the present system OF puDlc /
schools, in this county; even the most ear |
nest supporters of the system, heretofore, |
now oppose any appropriation Tor that puT,
pase The County Court, in January levied |
a tax of ) cents on each 500 for public /
schools but at its session last Monday the |
question was reconsidered and instead of } |
cents, one mill was levied. The court was
in favor of making no levy, but
A. that would necCsSitate an election by the
people, and thereby cause more cost, they
concluded to put il down to the lowest notch
one mill. II the ColOred people have no
free schools, it is the fault of their leaders,
brought about by their persistency in urg-
ing that which, above all other things, Will
most tend 10 widen the breach between the
bitP and black.