The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-11-04
LynnVille Items.


diets the idea that The attendance
cannot be kept up IN free school.
He commenced three months since
with 80 pupils and the daily attend
ance is now the same. The other
free schools dropped off after swo
or three months for want Of pupils.
The directors have decided to make
this school free for five months.
We are sorry that the serious i'll
ness OF her mother called Miss Hat
tie Townsend from our school to her
old home. We trust she will return
soon, as she is quite favorite with
every body. Her mother is repre-
sented seriously i'll, but her recov-
cry is hoped for. She lived here in
1872 8, and by her charming man
ners won the love and esteem of the
community.
Mr.. j. P. Boyd. one of our most
enterprising farmers and stock men,
has the boss Durham. He weighed
him recently, and he tipped the
beam at 2,240. He is about 3
years old, and 1 learn is for sale.
Miss Lorena Anderson, of Hay
wood county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Brooks Alexander. Miss An
ME Robinson, of Marcella Falls, is
visiting the friends and scenes of
her early childhood and attended
the sacramento meeting at Old Fix
Ridge last Sunday. Everybody
loves Miss Annie, and we know of
no reason why she has not mar
ried, except that she is too good
for any man of our acquaintance.
TIL. charming Mrs. Albert Shields,
of Columbia, formerly Miss Ada
Higdon, with her numerously
named babe, is visiting her father,
Col. A. H. Higdon. Mr.. Will
Shields, too, OF Columbia, was also
here attending quarterly meeting.
He is one of our young men who
can be relied ON all along the line.
He is now agent for the Narrow
Gauge r. r. Miss May Gordon
has been visiting at Colum Dia, and
brought home her esteemed aunt,
Mrs. Col. Walker, who is always a
welcome visitor. Terry Dickerson
has been shaken up with the chills,
but he managed to take in the
Wright reception Monday. Mr..
Jones Dickerson announces to his
numerous friends the arrival of
bouncing boy at his house. This
makes two boys and two girls
material for an interesting family.
We must state fact we have no.
where seen in botany. 1t is well
known that the elms bloom and
bear large crops of seed very early
in the spring. Last year and this
they have bloomed and borne large
crops of seed IN the fall. Is this
common with the elm?
1t is decided that the cotton crop
is badly injured by the frost. Some
think that half of the bolls on the
stalks will not open. We must
manage in some way to hasten the
maturing of cotton IN this section,
if we want good crops.
Last Sunday, the Presbyterians
held their sacramental meeting at
old Elk Ridge church. This was
the first church organized in Giles
county. 1t was organized in 1910
by Rev. - Gillespie. None of
the original members survive,
though some of their children, born
about that time, are here to relate
the events Of that early period as
they heard them from the lips of
their parents. The present build
ING was erected in 1912, and is,
without doubt, the oldest church
edifice in the State. 1t was re-cov-
cred. weatherboarded and ceiled
about 35 years ago, but the dimen
sions, height and location are about
the same. The floor was put down
with pins, and the holes made for
the pegs still remain. There was
camp ground in the immediate vi
cinity for a number of years, and
MANY date their spiritual birth from
the place. 1t Is related that the
father of Cows. Neill s. and John
c. Brown, when they were small
children, would come here IN wag-
on to worship. Has not the devo
ted piety OF the father had much to
do with the solid worth of the sons?
LYNN.