The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-30
SPRINGHILLTTEMS
ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

ANNIVERSARY MEETING.
At the time of the dedication of thu
Cumberland Church in this place, the
| venerable and lamented James B. Por'
ter, through whose agency and efforts
the church was built, appointed anG
requested, that as long as said house
should stand, a sacramento meeting
should be held therein on the fourth
Sunday in July, annually. This aps
pointment has been regularly kept up
even through the dark days OF war
without single failure. The Rev. DR.
Malloy, the pastor of this church, who
is himself growing old and very fee
bic, has given to the congregation the
strength and vigor of his manhood, and
who when lately near deaths door, evin-
ced in that trying hour his undying de-
votlOn to this people, has never tOrgOto
ten the dying request of his sainted
brother Porter, but has kept up this
anniversary, thereby bringing to rec
objection from year to year, the virtues.
the labOrs and the sacrifices of this good
man, who did more in his day and gen.
GRAFTON for building up the Cumberland
Church in Middle Tennessee, than any
other minister Ofthat communion. This
is said with all the due Difference to the
Donaids, the Kings, the Harrises, the
Burneys, the BOrrOughs and the hosts
of other able, jealous and laborious
vi bhbbG carly udNs
REV. DIR. ADHESION, OF CORNERSVILLE.
By invitation of the pastor, this learn
ed and able divine, filled the pulpit on
Saturday and Sabbath last at the Gums
berland Church, this being the anniver-
sary meeting. His style of preaching
is peculiarly his own, and is not only
instructive but full of humOur, often
causing his hearers to greet him with a
''hOly smile" His sermon on Sabbath
VGytaC cRNIn adj "A Co.
the churches. A most beautiful theory,
and an object greatly to be desired,
but better suited to the dawn of millen1
NAL day, than TO the times in which we
live. DR.. Adkisson is a large portly
gentleman, and is thought by many, to
resemble our neighbor Mr.. William
Harrison. His ministerial labours were
highly appreciated by our entire COM
munity, who turned out largely TO hear
the distinguished minister. whose fame
as pulpit orator, has been spoken OF
by our people for years past.
REV. ROBERT GRAY,
The popular pastor of the Presbyte-
rian Church in this place, together
with his most excellent wife, is off on
a visit to their old home, in Western
Virginia, where they propose spending
portion of the hot season, enjoying
the balmy breeZes, healthful waters
beautiful region of country.
THE WEATHER,
That ever prolific topic, which never fails
to come to the relief OF those in want of
to talk about, has forced it,
self lately upon the owners of steam
threshers and the raiSers of wheat, eX-
cept the favored few, who were so for
tunate as to get their wheat out before
the rains set in. The latter part of the
past week, has given us almost contin-
uOus rains, at times pouring down in
torrents. Notwithstanding the extras
ordinary wet weather, the damage to
the wheat seems comparatively light,
and as the week opened up bright and
clear, it is hoped that the injury will
prove much less than was feared.
MESsRS. PORTER AND BAILEY'S
Steam thresher, one of the finest in
the State, with Alsa Lee at the engine,
entered upon Mr.. S. A. Pointers six
hundred acre crop Monday. With every
thing kept ready to hand for them,
they can easily knock out thousand
bushels day.
COL. NJ. r. CHEAIRs,
Whose health has not been very good
recently, has gone off to the springs,
where it is hoped that the free use of
the salubriOus waters, interspersed
with his favOrite sport-fishing, for DIR.
Green himself was never fonder of an
fully restore him to his won>
ted health.
During the absence of Presiding FL
der Mooney from his homo in this place,
at his last Quarterly conference, a fai-
ry like little beauty, took up her abode
in the family circle, and upon his re-
turn she greeted him with music, such
as parents only know how 10 appreci-
ate.
Mr.. Eugene Greenlaw, of Memphis,
and his family, are on a visit at this
time, to kindred and friends in this
place and vicinity, where he still owns
and keeps partly furnished one of the
lOveliest residences in Maury.
Mis- Dora McLemore, who has been
engaged successfully in teaching music,
in the Female Institute at Sweetwater,
East Tennessee, is spending her vaca-
ton at home and in visiting her rela-
tives in this neighborhood. What a
noble example Mrs. Bishop Polk left
for the matrons and young ladies of our
beloved South, and how nObly many
of them are responding to it.
THE HERALD IN TEXAS.
A letter from this far off cOuntry says:
1--WE get the HERALD every week, and
enjoy it so much. 1t is better than let
ter, for it tells us about everybody we
LETT behind"