The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-23
CULLtOEA NEWS.

| CULLEoKA, August 2G.-We love the
! beautiful stars, the pale NOON with its
silver light, but henceforth the arching
dome viii take on additional interest 10
| us. The beautiful thoughts on Mars
recently in the HERALD, makes Us long
! to put aside the tilmy curtain to catch a
/ glimpse of his beautiful cities ana rs
! Inhabitants who, in imagination, are
supposed TO be so far our super iUrS.
The electric light" spoken of makes il
! possible that some time, some day. 1--WE
| may take the wings of the morning. and
| pay our neighboring planet visit. But
! we must postpone our preparations I'M
til we have written our items for the
HERALD.
| Base ball seems to be the all-absorbing
topic of the day. Even the fair maids
are interested in the games ami can con-
verse quite as tfuently i'll base ball lingo
| as even the captain himself. The Big
| byville team came over last Saturday
week and played the Culleoka nine,
! beating them badly. Our boys bore the
defeat bravely, and well they might, for
! the great victory they gained over the
! boys at hurricane the preceding Satur-
/ day shows that they are no poor players.
! They have done no practicing, and the
/ BigbyYille has a well-trained team that
she is Justly proud Of; we are not afraid
| for our boys to tackle them again.
| Joe Ballanfant, Jr, had quite serious
accident last week while playing ball.
! He and another fellow cOllided, Joe get
ting decidedly the worst of the clash.
! III. SmlSer put the teeth, the roots of
J which were badly crushed, back in
! place, and Joe seems to be getting along
very nicely.
! Last week the sad intelligence Of the
death OF Mrs. Nat Moore reached here.
! His friends here greatly SYmpathiZe
| with the young husband who has been
so sadly deprived of his young COM
panIOu when their happy lives had just
| begun. He will remain i'll Arkansaw
and continue the practice of medicine.
Miss Elvira Wilkes was called to
! Nashville last week to tue bedside OF
her daughter law, Mrs. Geo Wilkes
J who Is dangerously i'll.
Miss Lillian Love wa, out at church
! Sunday, bright and pretty as ever, tho
! a weeks Illness had left her with
roses little less blushing than usual
| Mrs. J. Orr and little daughter of Mt
! Pleasant, are visiting Mrs. NJ. Il. SmiSer
and Mrs. w. X. Stephens.
Miss Grace Williams, petite maid of
| Russell Street, Nashville, is rusticating
with her friend Miss Clabie Taylor, at
! HillSdale.
I Miss Sue Ramsey, of Florence, Ala,
1 is visiting relatives i'll CulleOka.
| Miss Bessie Wilkes, after spending
several weeks here left for home last
| Tuesday. a promise to come again
| next summer sufficed to make her de
| parture bearable for some of our boys.
| Mrs. Mary. Burk anu Miss ZOrh
| Wilkes are at home after a lengthy
visit to Brentwood.
viii Vaught is out from Nashville to
| see his mother.
Mr.. J. L. EdmondsOn, of RobersoII
! Fork, was calling here recently.
We had the pleasure of having
"Nerna Nilliers" aud her preacher, and
| Sinbad the Sailor" with us last week.
! OF course we spoke of the merits of the
| HERALD.
Miss Minnie Hewlett came over Fri
| day TO see the home-tolks.
Mrs. Tennie Thomas and children
! are at MIR. Will BallRnfanL's.
/ Mrs. P. Taylor, of Nash Vile, is with
! her father, Hon John Ballanfant.
Miss Sallie Hewlett is back from her
| visit to Paragon Mills.
! Quite number of our citizens at
tended the Democrats excursion to
Iron City.
| 1t may be of interest to some of our
boys 10 know that Misses Laura Taylor
| and Ella May Nicholson Will lie OUT
! this week. Two have already asked on
what train they viii come.
MIR. and Mrs. Taylor spent Thursday
in Lewisburg. BARBARA.