The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-04
SPRING FsE5EITE7FG
TEMPERANCE.


| The convention of Good Tempiars,
| which met at Concord on the ZlSt q
| May, with delegations from some
| half dozen different Lodges, was
grand affair. The dinner, speeches,
ana excellent order, were worthy OF Ill.
glorious cause in which they are $"
warmly enlisted. Let il not be forgo;
ten. their next meeting is 10 be at BIan-
tons Chapel. a few miles 5 Utn OF his
place, on Friday the 23rd OF July. VIII
not OuT town send out strong d3Ie+a>
tiCn to this coming convention? What
docs our old friend Esq. Ephraim But
Ior, Of CullnOka, say to meeting lis there?
\ better friend TO the Temperance
cause than he was, when a citizen OF
Ills 'Iurg. does not live, and as he is
strong believer IN final perseverance,,
YOU may c iuut him all right yet. Oar
old friends JnO. B. Hamilton and W.
Z. Cant were among the prominent
actors in the Concord celebration, and
Lee Bullock with his trenchant blade
was there leading the hosts against the
forces fixing Alcohol.
The venerable Henry 3. North
preached at the Methodist church in
Ibis place on last sabbath, 2 sound
practical discourse, upon the tour LIST
verses OF our Lords Sermon upon the
Mount. Mr., Jord an, the pastor, preach
ed At night.
Mr.. John White. the son-in-Iaw of
our friend Mr.. J. NC. Blair, died o.
last Friday after several weeks OF So
we're illness. HiS funeral O9sequics
were performed by Prof. Robert Gray,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, OF
which communion Mr.. White was a
member.
MIR. Jno. l.. Dunlap, lady and daugh-
ter, of Columbia, came out last Suu>
day on visit to their old home and
attended services at tho Presbyterian
church, OF which he has been an elder,
from It's first organization iii this place,
dutil he renewed to Columbia. City
life seems to have had no evil influence
on him as yet, and the only noticeable
change in him, is that he looks vouE-
ger, haudsOmer, and wears Il "Bee Gum'
hat. II any Of our people should have
occasion 20 go to C0lumbiatO buy goods,
they will of course call at J. J.. Dun
| lap Il Co.'S, where they will find, in ads
diiiOn TO the proprietor, our handsome
Young friend, David Chapman, ever
ready to show and sell their fine stock
of goods. The best evidence of their
good taste is, that they pay for, and
read the HERALD and advertise their
wares and merchandise in its columns.
ANOTHER FISHING PARTY.
\ large crowd OF our lovely young la
dies and beauX, started ont on last Sat
turdav, to try their luck fishing, il the
classic WATERS Oh JLlOIl, DuD upon IGtCaI-
ing the hOSpitable mansion of Mai.
Ben Rogers, halted to rest awhile.
Mai. Rogers las beautiful cottage,
eW powered in shade trees and ShrubbG-
~, presenting such an in vitiUg appear
auce to the say and festive party, tn t
it did not require much persuasion On
The part of the Major and his accOm~
plishCi lady, to prevail On them, to
change their programme and spend the
day there. House, yard, garden and
town, were all thrown open for the
enjoyment. As at Cap. ThOmpS3n'S,
the fishing baskets OF dinner were
brought together, and from them 4 ia
BILE Otrare luxury, and embracing many
dalicacIGs, was spread. and around this
board, joy and happiness, in riches
eXub6rauce, prevailed tor an hour; va
riOus games and amusem9nts enliven~
ed the afternoon, while here in Sc
QueStCred spots, might be seen various
couples engaged in sweet and animated
conversation. These pic~nics are great
! places tor enkindling the flame OF love,
! and the fishing done here, like that by
| some Of those brilliant parties from
| Columbia, is doubtless more for perch
/ than for trout. Clarence McLemUre,
whose heart is still his own. went to the
| creek, taking Wellborn Mooney with
! him, and caught long string of perch
and cats.
| CROPS.
! We are now within a week of the be~
| ginning of wheat harvest and the pros
| pcct is II altering. There is some APP
! pearduce of rust on the blade. and in
! some fields hundreds OF stalks have
! been recently cut down near tho ground,
! by era. sloppers, but they do not appesr
| IS vet sufficiently numerous to threaten
| material damage. Some fields OF cotton
| have been injured by a striped bug, but
| il is hoped that hot sunshine, with ge-
| NAL showers, will abate this nuisance.
The beautiful chandelier in the Pres
| byterian church fell few nights ago,
| Just after the sexton had eXtinguished
! the lights, breaking nearly all OF the
| lamps and saturating the pewS and
| floor with coal oil. 1t was moro Orna>
| mented than useful, as they never have
night services in that church, except Oh
| sacram mental occasion. Tne damage,
! however, viii soon be repaired.
OUR SCHOOLS
| Ii is a lamentable fact, that our
| schools are not patrOnized As they
| ought to be, and as the sessions are
| now drawing to close, it is al oppor-
| tune time for reminding the fathers and
! mothers OF the county, and especially
| Of this town and vicinity, Of the impOr-
| lance and the necessity of keeping up
! good schools, for our children. The on
! lN way 20 secure good teachers, IS TO give
/ them liberal patronage and if the
| small numbers which are at cur schools,
| is attributable 10 dis satisfaction with the
teachers, Just say SO, and make the
! trustees select others. There are more
! colcrei children at school here, than
4 white children This state OF things
! must be changed or else we are on
i down grade that will lead to io----
vice and rain, so far o. 4-sorance,
I Grafton &c - - Une rising gem
90 Concerned. 1t is only the
,ored few who have the means to
send their children of to boarding
! schools; the masses will have to depend
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