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.df the,counlry. Parties complain some.
what Of the roads in getting 10 the SPRING.,
but they soon forget the bumps and
thumps after partaking of the pure waters
OF old Primm, and joining in the different
| nmusCments.
James Erwin has rented his livery STA
be to that good looking aud clever wild
over, VIM. r. Reagan, who has plenty Of
corn and hay, and ever ready TO feed the
Wcaried stcod
The recent rains have pat the clear wa
ters OF old Licl in splendid fishing condi-
lion. Sir Izaac Walton, alias Willie =.
Russell, brings in daily "a large string Of
trout and perch. Dr. Wick Frierson ar.
rived Taste vening and viii join Sir lzaak
aud party this morning, and from appear.
Ices Of their fishing tackles We shall eX-
pect large addition i'm the four or five
Founders. William latta arrived here q
lew days ago looking quite feeble, but the
way IN which he is rolling ten pins, he
VIII soon be able 20 return home much
improved. Alb McNlcuns aud party are
,mplng on Barren Fork. near the
Springs, with their splendid pack of
hounds, enjoying their layolirc sport,
deer hunting
Frequent enquiries are made after Ned
DAVIS aud his band, whose sweet music
has so often broke the qnictude Of our
camp. Stay away no longer, musicians
you are missed in our midst. Aud now
can't our good looking bachelor spare n
few moments from his editorial room, and
pay us a visit, where he can join Sir
lznak in his daily pursuits aud return 20
feast upon n sumptuUus table set by Dan.
J. Estes.
The hack will leave ia "a few minutes
for Columbia, with heavy mail The
Weather is delightful, aul everything is
moving on splcndidly. RNrrLER.
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Co,u,y CounciIatCayc Hill.

To the Editor Of the Herald and Mail.
BY resolution of the County Conven-
ton of U. f. of T., 1 was instructed t.
send to your valuable paper for publ
cation, a condensed report of the pro,
ceedings of the same at its last reg
ular meeting held at Cave Hill Council
on the 18th inst. Lee Bullock, Presi-
dent, and Thos S. Stratton, Secretary
being absent, w. M. Sullivan was chos-
en- President, and Dewitt G. Smythe
Secretary pro tenn. Most of the Council
composing the convention were repre-
sented, and all the business OF the Con-
vention was transacted with the great
est harmony. The attendance was
large, both OF members of the order and
visiting friends, all of whom were dis
appointed to some extent, inasmuch as
they were expecting the presence OF, and
speeches from the Rev. Fl. A. Jones and
Lee Bullock Of your city, but the au>
dlence We're pleasantly and protitably
entertained by speeches from Il. G. Not
grass, Joe Courtney and NJ. l.. Gallo
way: The speaking and business of the
DAY being over, all repaired to a beau
tliul grove where the ladies prepared
sumptuous entertainment, more than
sufhclent for all present. Thus in social
intercourse the day was passed, mutu>
ally encouraging and Strengthening each
other in our war against the giant evil
of the land. The Convention adjourn
ed to meet at Culleoka on the 81 Thurs
day in August at 10 A. NJ.
DEWITT G. SMYTHE, Sec, pro tenn.
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July BIRD Ie.l

The Maury County Convention of the
Independent Orduuui Good Irmplars met
according TO adjournment. The regular
officers being absent the following mem.
bers were elected instead:
j. b. Hamilton, President; j. l. San.
ders, =. W. Chief Templar W. VI. Mclta-
dy, Worthy Chaplain. ID, G.. Helm, Sec
rotary. President Hamilton appointed as
Committee on Credentials j. b. Wood
side, j. ]. Sanders and Levi King. Tho
Committee submitted the following re-
port: Your Committee on Credentials
would respectfully submit that they have
examined the Credentials of the following
named Delegates and find them correct,
and entitled 10 seats in this Convention:
Maury Lodge-Rcv j. b. Hamilton, u
l.. Guest, DIR. j. u. Hcrudou J. r. Lamar,
J. b. Woodsdc, Robert Hill Guest, Dave
I. Goad and w. II. Shirley. Blanton's
Lodge-M. IL, Bunch, j. II. Dcrryberry,
J. +. Dixon No, ?; Misses Alice Cald.
well, Lula Odill aud :. q. Nixon, Nebo
Lodge. n. King, b. 4. Mcbride and
A. T.. Hill. Eidcs Ludgc--W. i. How
ell, l.. King, Misses +. A.. White and
Matte Howell. Cross Bridges Lodge
Archie A. HpScomh aud II. +, Murphy.
West Point Lodgc-Mcssar Nestal. The
representatives reported their Lodges in
a flourshing condition, their membership
increasing, and much good had already
been accomplished. Cross Bridges Lodge
pctitioned to have the next meeting at
their Lodge, on the third Friday in Sep
TENDER, 1915, which was accepted, and
the Rev. I. jeff Dixon elected President
of the same. President Hamilton APP
pointed j. !. Sanders, r. NJ. Mckay, J.
l.. King, Archie A. Lipscomb, Levi King,
Messar Vestal, n committee to select Ora
tors for the next meeting. They reported
Rev. II. A. Jones Evan Y Pillow and
Robert NJ Mckay.
On motion the following resolution was
unanimously adopted
RESOLVED, That as Delegates in Con.
vcnhon assembled, we return our sincere
thanks to Blanton's Chapel Lodge, and
the members generally, especially the la
dies, for their generous hospitality, excel.
lent dinner and the many favors which
we have been the happy recipients Of this
day.
No further business coming before the
Convention, it closed in due form 10 meet
at Cross Bridges, on the third Friday in
September, 1873.
JONI b. HAMLroN, President,
ID. {. HELM, Secretary
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Gr t very much to see so many lice on
il. We have no idea to what extent
ii ey will damage it, out hope not very
| much.
Little Jimmie Hardison's fingers
that were crushed by the thresher, are
improving rapidly.
w. d. Fitzgerald's foot, which was
mangled in such horrible manner, is
improving more rapidly than the most
saDguine could have imagined. His
physician Or. Lee) was apprehensiye
OF 4 fatal termination in his ease, but
he is now considered out of danger.
When noticing two or three weeks
since in the HERALD AND MAIL under
the head of Double Branch Items, that
Miss Emma G. was visiting Franklin,
and "that there would be aching hearts
until she returned" we thought the
language significant. We were con-
trmed in that opinion by seeing her,
for the first time after she returned, and
said correspondent with her.
What most attracted our attention at
Blanton's Chapel last Friday, for one
hour previous to the Inauguration Of
the programme of the day was the
strange conduct of our bachelor hero.
He would tramp back and forth along
side the church editice, which has about
four windows in the side; from two OF
which he could see her. This he con-
tlnued to do, with occasional short inte-
MISSIONS, for the space of about an hour
or more; each time looking in at those
two windows as pleasing as basket of
chips. AS proof of the above, we
could show the well beaten path which
he made
Mrs. Mary Hardison, mother of our
esteemed and worthy citizen, Charles
Haldlson, fell down and hurt herself
In very serious manner, dislocating
her hip and wrist. She is now rs years
old, and will probably tie crippled, if
not perfectly helpless, during life.
The good looking and intelligent
Thomas J. Hardison will commence
teaching school at Lasea next Monday.
This IS his first effort in that direction.
Success to you, Thomas, in training the
youthful minds.
Last Saturday DIR. Lees little daugh-
ter, only two years old, wandered off
from home about IL A. NJ, and went to
Lasea, which is about one mile from
home. Finding no one there, she went
in the direction of r. A. Daniels, where
little Walter d aniel found her playing
in the branch wet and muddy. In the
meantime however, the neigh borhood
were aroused to the circumstances and
were arrangirg to drive the wood in
search of the lost child, and met Mrs.
Daniel with the little child bringing it
home to an anxious and sorrOwing FAM
lily, after an absence of four hours, dur
which its mo Their sOrrowed and mourned
as only mothers can.
Reynolds, a promising young minis |
ter from Mississippi, delivered two in
teresting and instructive discourses at
Lasea last Lords day. He is relative |
of Mrs. L. Il. Derryberry, and was their |
guest while in the neighborhOod.
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Rally Hill Monographs .

To The Editor Of The Herald anil Mail
| hereby inform YOU that the people
up in the cedars have como to the con-
clusion that some OF them are worth
noticing, so L will give you some chips
and shavingS. Mr.. X. n. HardisOn has
taken up winter quarters in the district
school house at Rally Hill. Bachelor
black Billie Hardison was on raid
down in the I'D district last Tuesday;
aud reports crops fine. our good far
mGr, John Grow, wants to borrow a
trotline to set out in his garden to
catch the snakes, so that he can get
one more mess of beans and potatoes; he
told me he was tired living on half ra>
tions. Bachelor George HardisOn pro-
cured package of pumpkin seed early
last spring, and during the recesses
while he was studying law under James
Ellington, Esq, he replanted the miss
ing hills in the Irish potato patch. He
now offers for sale fifty or seventy. five
year old CALVES that will weigh from $50
to 300 pounds, and is trying to open a
iewelry store at Rally Hill very soon.
Young Ellington still makes those
everlasting raids down into the neigh~
borhood of New Lasea trying to get the
dimensions of new wheat-hOuse built
by Bob Derryberry and Philips. He
is talking OF having one put up for HIM
self. We would advise him to go slow,
as he might lose a shoe off his Wild Idle
(gray Annie.) Mr.. Robert Daniel, near
New Lasea, has killed "A snakes i'll his
cornfeld this year, and says that he in
tends to fight it out on that line if it
takes all summer. We now understand
why he always wears his boot legs on
over his shoes. We say, go it Bob;
Them the ticks. Mr.. David Derryberry
and wife come up to New Lasea
Church every Sunday in his buggy; he
wants the County Court to grant him
the privilege to carry pistol, so when
his buggy breaks down he can shoot his
mule and save his harness. We think
he has the best mule in the country.
w. J. Derryberry, attorney at law,
will practise on Flat Creek, Pumpkin
Greek or any other creek.
BEUNo IDEAS LENORE,
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CAMPBELL STATION ITEMS.

An Express office has been establish
ed at this place, Mr.. a. B. Sowell Agent.
The citizens of this village and vicinity,
have long felt the want of an express
office at this place. They have had to
go to Lynnville and Pleasant Grove
when they wanted to send anything
by express, which was a great inconve-
nience to them.
The farmers have had bad time for
haymaking. The weather has been
cloudy and showery Tor a week or ten
days. Hay made this sort of weather,
will not be SO good-it will sour and
mould.
The showery weather has been fine
on corn. Never was there such pros
pect for corn crops as the present, and
it seems to be general complaint that
there are no hogs to eat it. This will
be best for the health of the country. II
people will eat less hog meat, their
Doctors bill will be lighter.
The health Of the community is not
as good as it was early in the spring.
There is considerable lever, mostly of a
typhoid nature.
Mrs. Mary Kerr, one of the oldest
females in the neiyhborhood, is very low;
not likely to live a great while. Her
disease is dropsy of the heart, which
she has been affected with for some>
time.
n SOOu many Oh our ClllZ0DS Weub "
old LynnSille last SundaytO hear Elder
E. G. Sewell, of Nashville, preach. Re
is a favorite preacher with his church
in this part of the country. They go
far and near to hear him.
J. B. Briggs, of Franklin, has been in
in our community this week, buying
wheat for his brother Will, in RUSSELL
vile, Ky. He says our Tennessee
wheat is better than the Kentucky
wheat-make better flour.
Mr.. Jones, who lives at Mcdonald
and Gracy's mill, fixed up rather nov
ell plan to kill minks not long since.
He took live chicken "a young one)
and tied it at a certain place. The chicks
en- would make noise, which would
attract the mink. Jones intended to
conceal himself and shoot the animal,
when he came to get the chicken. Be-
fore he got through tying the little
fowl mink made a dash for the chick
en- and caught Jones by the knee,
which scared him So bad he cannot be
induced to try the experiment any
more.
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b., that barrel containiDgthe triple
extract of corn, or more proper y
speaking Jig-Juice, had sprung a leak
and the Inhalation of the effiuvia,
arising from it, had produced a lively
effect upon those 1nhaling it. was
rather unexpected, in this good and
sober society.
Mr.. Rufus Grimes, who left here
some four or five years ago, for the
Lone Star state, returned last Friday.
He gives rather a gloomy account of
the crops in Bell County, the place
from whence he halls, they are sc.
riously injured by drought, having
had but little ram since the 18th Of
May. Other portions of the state
though which he passed, the crops are
much better.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in this place, which has been
considered unsafe and abandoned for
some time, was recently purchased
by Messrs. Cross and Cross, They have
had it torn down, and are putting 1t
near the old Depot grounds, for the
purpose of converting il into first
class mill and cotton gin. They have
bought a No flour mill and ample
steam power to run both mill and gin;
they are pushing the work forward
in order to be ready for grinding and
ginning by the list of October. Mr..
Cross, the managing partner OF his
firm, Is No l mill man, having had
considerable experience in that line.
We stand greatly in need of a good
steam mill, as our water mills fail to
supply this community with a suffi-
nj a. Il
ing the summer months on account
oflow water. We wish Cross and Cross
great success.
Sickness, which has prevailed to
considerable extent in our town late
ly, is subsiding, and we hope soon 10
have the pleasure of reporting our cit
liens as being In good health.
We hear many young men OF our
to wn aud vicinity, who are making
efforts to get up a party to visit Mann
moth Cave in Kentucky. We hope
they will succeed, as it would certain
ly be very pleasant and interesting
trip, and perhaps productive Of good
results, as matrimOny seems TO be
at low ebb in this town and vicinity
at present
Mr.. NJ. J. Orr exhibited on our
streets last Saturday hts fine young
deep-bay horse, two years old, whose
name is Morgan Rather Jr. This
horse can boast OF noble pedigree, sir
ed by Rather out of the famous Dolly
GOldust.
Nelson Stockard, colored, market
gardener in this place, exhibited
snake bean, which measured twenty
seven and half inches, one ear of
corn, eighteen inches, also stalk OF
broOm-cOrn measuring nineteen
and three fourth feet. Who can
beat him?
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santa Fe.

SANTA FE, July 21th.
Say, Mr.. Editor, what has become of
your little correspondent from this
place, Hard times?" l hear you eX-
Sante Fe is getting tired of not being
noticed in the HERALD. She's afraid
you'll all think she's dead or dried up,
or something terrible has happened,
which is altogether a mistake; for she
is still living and doing we'll. Law
suits and threshing wheat are the order
OF the day. There are two or three
lawyers out here nearly every week.
Our town was all in stir last Saturday
over the big trial between Nesbitt and
Bingham. Attorneys: Figuers and
Alexander. Gained by Figuers for
Nesbitt. The steam thresher of Esq.
the wheat it is run by Messrs. Cook
and Fitzgerald, who say that it can
thresh two bushels minute, and not
halttry. Our most accomplished teach
er will commence,h his next session here
the first Monday in August. He no
doub: will have a fine school, as he ais
ways does. Eight of Professor Church's
school boys that went to school last ses,
sion are now teaching public schools.
Hurrah for Santa Fe! If you haYe any
body up there at your big town that
wants to teach free school and can't
get the papers just send hin down to
Mr.. Church. They always get'em
when he sends them, There are still
improvements going on in our town;
Mr.. @. w. Mangrem is holding forth in
Alex McKay's old stand. The crops in
this section were never better; vegeta-
bles plenty, black berries plenty, whis~
ky plenty, and we are all as happy as
a big spnfower, ALPHoNso'
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has been something near twenty years
since one of its variety exhibited here, and
consequently 1t created a sensation, more
or less among all classes. The heart of the
enthusiastic Negro was surchaTged with joy
uuspeakable at the gaily tinseled wagons
and horses, with their peculiar and fiaShy
trappings. The spirits of the male edition of
"Young America were raised to the seventh
heaven; he took particular pains to view
with a critics eye the performance of the
trapezists that he might take items, which
often now causes him, sundry bruises and
dislOcation of bones, which he gets by try
ing in his smaJtRess to utilize said items on
his own private gymnastic pole. a good
portion of the crowd were old people and
preachers, who were along to take care of
the children. There was Fellow among
the Snowman, who had three peculiar look
ing cards. There was among us few wise
acres and sharpers that thought they had 2
sOontake in a little of the Snowman smoney
as not, but 'yOu bet" he taught US thing or
two. These same sharpers would not now
risk a v, on picking up the cold woman"
if she were laying face upward and had all
four corners turned up, instead of one.
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Last Wednesday night, about midnight
we observed a fire i'm the direction of Ruth
crford's Creek. 1t was James p. Moore S
barn, set on fire by an incendiary. 1t was
discovered by c. II. Nevils about o'clock
1t was a total loss. Five mules were burnt
40 death, two of which e. II. Ncvils had been
offered 500 for. Three of the mules belonged
TO Mr.. Moore and two to Mr.. NeYils. Four
Ions OF forage was destroyed. Total loss
Tie Patrons OF Husbandry and the Good
Iemplars gavea barbecue last Friday at
Blanton's Chapel. There was large crowd
IN attendance and everything passed Of
The first blood for \. ]. Fly! AS we
write, Saturday morning, We see before US
on the liable a beautiful 4, large B9Tmp lda
Yam, raised this year by Mr. Fly. He has
four acres in sweet potatoes. He says he
has an eighteen month pig that Will weigh
four or five hundred pounds.
Remember as King Charles said when
he was about TO be Deheaded. Remember
that very important event Will take place
al EwelI'S Station on the 18th of August.
ON that day Messrs. Gibson, johnson and
Brown will offer tor sale large number OF
highly bred trotting ana saddle horses,
Short Horn, Devon and jersey cattle, South
down and Cotswold sneep. An opportuni-
ty is thus offered our farmers to get the
very best stock of all kinds, right at their
own doors and at greatly reduced prices.
Let every farmer attend this sale.
The County Court has refused to let the
MessrS. TimmOnS have the bridge on the
santa Fe pike without paying for it, and
these public spirited gentlemen have given
up the road they were building, and which
promised to be of great value TO the people
of the 18th, 18th and 10Th districts. Esqs.
Withers9oon and Gordon acted in good
faith no doubt as friends and servants of
the county, and while they are men of
strong common sense, we are very sure
that their action in this case will prove of
great disadvantage to the county, and es-
pecially to those citizens who would have
been benefited by good pike to Santa Fe.
The spelling at McCain's church took
place on the night of the DIST. There was a
very large crowd in attendance. Miss Car
I1e Wtlburn and Miss LCOra Nelson were
captains. DR.. Murphy, Walter Brandon
and Mrs. Lizzie Davis acted rs umpires, and
have the thanks of alllfOr the manner in
which they discharged their duties. Prof.
AydelOtt, Of Columbia, was enunciatOr, and
gave out the words So distinctly and clearly
that it was no trouble to understand them.
The spoilers numbered near fifty, being the
largest class that has ever spelled in the
county. Miss Annie Alexander missed
plea; Miss WIlburn went out on pre-
tense, spelling il ''Tretence,. which is al
lOWable. Jonas AmiS and Robert Me-
knipht were the last left on the floor; and |
Jonas went out on "ragOut," spelling il |
ragOO.' Jonas Amis is a young boy, much |
younger than his competitor, and has
shown himself worthy of his accomplished |
and talented mother.
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RenYernam Springs.

TO the Editor ofthe Herald and Mail:
We have quite a gay crowd of about
seventy persons, spending the cremating
season at this most delightful resort. We
give the names as near as is possible for
US to do without being able to consult the
various Hotel Registers. Capt. NJ. Johns
son and family, Jack Moore and family,
Mrs Bolton and child, Misses Spindle,
Zollicoffer and Whitthorne and Mrs. John
B. Bond are guests Of the Maxwell. The
families of w. j. Dale, +. j. Hendly,
Col. S. w. Fitzpatrick, Frank Moore,
w. j. StrayhOrn, Joe Tor rather Joe's
Mothers family Joe being like yourself
an old bach,) ID. A Craig, j. S. Bin
CHAM, Capt Alternately, G., W. Gordon,
Abe Looney, Chris Looney, Ed Wilson,
John Walker, Hammond Webster, Alex
Titcomb and last but not least Col. Wiley
Embry, of your city. We confidently
expect an early and rapid advance in the
price of bqtter-milk, huckleberrles and
yellow-legged chickens. Please say to
"Uncle Old Reliablep that ordinarily we
would be very glad to see him, but owing
to circumstances over which we have no
control must ask him to postpone his visit
until another brood of chickens are
grown,
We dislike ever to give advic" iii nn>
Soup'' , ~... wnen we witness such dis
appointment as we witnessed last Sab
bath. we cannot afford to he silent-think
Mr. Editor of two lovely, beautiful young
ladies sitting for twenty-four long hours,
with hands encased in buckskins, their
front locks (the natural hair rolled on
bits of paper $50 tightly that tnotwith-
standing the everlasting black gnat) an
eye cannot be closed, anxiously looking for
and expecting-boys, you know who. Is
not this too bad? Now boys take the ad-
vice of an old man, of one who has felt
the effects of cupids cruel dart; Keep
your engagements though the sky fall.
Now young gentlemen another failure to
keep your engagements, and we promise
you to be more personal; might possibly
be provoked to give names.
We are expecting the families of Col.
Webster, Maj. Dick Gordon and James
c. Hickman soon; and have heard that
Capt. Hamilton and many others are try
ing to get accommodation.
We trust the managers of Beaver Dam
Springs, will exert themselves by ne xt
summer TO accommodate everybody. So
that whosoever will may partaAe of this
pure air and healthful waters:
ASH SPRING.
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st. Ledger White Ottnls city placed upon
our table yesterday, q bonanza pea, which
measured three feet In length. tie says ne
got the seed while cnmpcd near the FOto-
mao TiyeT, during thc war 80 Ledger calls
- ~ phL I,ttt 'iy ah ububi OF MS old
colonel, Gen. VIM. Il. Bate of Nashville.
The case OF VIM. FaulS, Cheap Johns
clerk, OF This city, was tried yesterday, I'm
u counterfeit i've dollar bill. The case was
mol pros.
We understand that Collector Mckinney
viii be removed, because lac is "a uon-resi-
OF the district. We presume some 81 tho
republicans of this county Will apply for
the position,
-tTiminnl Court virtually AL iuurncd yes
terday. Many cases have boon dIspus,,d Of
and the Judge has not let anvil body connect
ca win the Court, IN tIg pay of the people,
eat idle bread,