The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-22
SPRING HILL ITEMS.

! DIR. +. C. WILKES.
This able divine entered upon his du-
! les as pastor of the Methodist Church
! in this place, on last Sabbath morning,
! in sermon of rare beauty and apprO>
riiateness, from Acts 10th and 29Ch,
! which in substance reads, Therefore
| I came as soon as was sent for, why
have YOU sent for me?' 1t is needless
| to say that he meets with cordial
welcome from the church and commu>
nifty generally, both at this place and
| Thompson Station.
PROMPT ACTION.
| The joint Board of Stewards OF this
! place and Thompson Station, met on
! Monday evening, the 18th inst, at the
! house of Thomas B. Bond, the halfway
ground between the two charges, to
| consider the question of salary of the
pastor, which after a pleasant iDter-
| change of views and opinions between
the mem bers of the respective boards,
was fixed at eight hundred dollars per
aunum. Several of those present, made
noble and liberal offers towards raising
this amount, while all exhibited a CONS
mendable determination that the claim
should be fully met.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Robert Gray, the pastor, being
absent at synod in Pulaski, the gifted
and popular Mr.. Stoddert, preached on
last Sunday morning in this church to
an appreciative audience. There is an
originality and freshness in his dis~
courses, which always interests his
hearers, while as a critical and analysts
cal eXpounder of Gods word, he stands
almost without rival.
CUMBERLAND CHURCH.
The Rev. Dr.. MalIOy will hold a sac>
ramental meeting at his church on Sste
urday and Sunday next, the Esd and oath
inst, and expects Rev. jeff Dixon and
Rev. VIM. Tyler to be present on theoc-
c'siOn, and to assist in conducting the
exercises. On this. account there will be
no services at the Methodist OF PresbyS
terian Churches on next Sunday.
There was much regret felt at the
failure of Jno. B. Bond, ESQ to appear
and de6iver an address to the Metho-
dist Sunday school in this place on last
Sunday. 1t is hoped that at some tu~
ture day, he will find it convenient to
come out and deliver the promised adj
dress.
MIR. Montgomery, of East Tennessee,
a relative OF our highly respected fels
low~citizen, DR.. James O. Hardin, is
spending short time here prospecting
through the neighbOrhood, in search of
a suitable piece of land with good i'm
prOvements upon it, with a view OF
purchasing and setting himself among
self in place, as we need him with his
young and interesting family and many
more just like them, to aid in building
up the material resources of our neigh-
borhoOd. The large land holders of this
country are Dot only willing but anx-
ioUs to sell off portions OF their large
tracts, to good settlers at fair prices,
which is certainly the very best policy
that could be pursued.
In response to the request of our Rail
Iy Hill confrere, we state upon the au~
thority of his Honor, Justice B. G Wells
that the statement in regard to the lack
of blooms on Mr.. Jim Wells eight acre
cotton field is true. Although the stalks
are very large and at least six feet high,
and not bloom has appeared upon it.
Cause, land too rich
We regret to learn that Mrs. Wallace,
the beautiful young wife of Mr.. Tom
Wallace, of Thompson Station, is quite
sick. Anxious friends are hoping for
her speedy recovery. She is under the
judiciOus treatment OF young DIR. J. G.
Core, who is chip of the old block of
the same name.