The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-06-07
FROM WHY

H. NJ. Lockhart reports his crops
i'm good condition, and be Is in ex-
cellent spirits, so TO speak.
II. W Barnes and =. j. Herrin
have purchased a new self-binder
harvesting machine. They have
fine crops of wheat and oats this
season.
j. R. Herrin has purchased @
new self-binder 30 take care of his
wheat and oat crop. The latter is
| in the lead, and will do 10 harvest
/ by the 10Th Of this month.
J.. A. Wyatt has his machinery
lin shape and al ready to pull the
throttle wide open if he can get q
crew of hands to handle it. He
burnt ont J. b. Herrin and Holden
Rushing last week, and is out to-
day searching for hands at 81 per
day.
! Wbileona trip to Big Sandy last
! Friday we saw JohnA Barnes har-
vesting the finest crop Of clover we
! have seen this season. We learned
that he and A. j. Warmack have
purchased a new self-binder har-
vesting machine TO save their fine
grain crops.
Business in this locality is on a
. lively boom. Farm labor is in de-
mand and $40 per month, including
board and washing, is offered for
good hands. The saw-mill men are
largely responsible for the high
, wages, and it is pie for those who
? want to work.
Leonidas Rushing is managing
7. his fathers farm this season, and
. he is a regular hustler from away
+. back Lon began laying-by corn
. last Friday, and says he has decid-
edly the earliest corn in the Cor
!; ner. He also has some very good
wheat and oats.
r The wheat crop has improved
n several points within the past ten
= days, and the indications now are
that the yield viii average from 6
to l2 bushels per acre or more. E.
N. CULLEN has ten acres in wheat
,s that is the best in the community,
/ but it is in danger from laundering
d or beading down. 1t is somewhat
le tangled already.
"a Your humble correspondent at
le tended Sunday school at Bakers
N Chapel Sunday forenoon and took
5v part in the interesting work super
v intended by j. III. Hudson, esq,
n who was ably assisted by Rev. j.
ID p. Baker. In the, afternoon we all
o. attended Sunday school at Barnes
v. School-house, where we met quite
TO- numberof people from Cuba and
oe the surrounding community. The
at house was crowded almost to suf-
so location, butwe went to work under
~ the supervision Of Rev. j. P. Baker
ld and assisted by Uncle David Alsup
The lessons were very interesting
and instructive.
Now, Mr.. Editor, il you will be
,e SO kind as to give us the.space, we
will sayin reply to your Eva cor
,ss respondent that we extent the righ
es- hand Of fellowship and invite hin
ad to come to the Corner the Fourth
h of July Independence Day. anC
as bring his judges with him. The1
us I'VE can settle the matter for tht
IN present and future as to where tht
nut garden spot of Benton County is
M The latch-string is on the outsid,
al Of every mans door in the Corner
S a the weary and wayfaring can Sc
ne refreshments and a place to lay hi
lu- head. Understand we.dO not pro
at pose to blow any more for fear o
MS that terrible tax assessor, but ther,
is are men who have travelled almos
,er all over the South and West il
IN search of good land who are nov
ter living in our midst, contented ant
in happy, and they will bear us out il
ta- what we say. Again, we will refe
he him to the tax books for compari
rs son of the valuation, etc, Of land
ace in this county. There are thirt
65, families residing in thiscommunit
ed (known as the Squirrel-eaten Coz
ry- ner) J, and we have neither a phys
en- clan, attorney, minister or justie
ted of the peace in our midst How
no. ever, there are two each Of the fol
var mer and the latter who reside 0
9rs. the line, who are always at our SCI