The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-30

rlonced teachers Will be at thell
posts to assist in training and devel
Oping the plastic minds of the young.
The pupils of the different schools
have enjoyed three months of unal.
Logged pleasure and should reenter
the school room next week with a
steady determination to bend every
energy towards the acquiring of that
knowledge that viii be of so much
use to them in years to come. Boil
iVar is known far and near not alone
for its many schools but for the un-
qualified exeellency of the same.
Men and women now occupying
high positions of trust and honor in
various parts of this broad land, are
living examples of what the Bolivar
schools have done in the past and
can do in the future.
"A barn, belonging to Mrs.
Mary Lewis, who lives one mile
east of Bolivar, was struck by
lightning last Saturday afternoon
about l.3O o'clock and burned. Mr..
William Duncan, who lives upon
Mrs. Lewis place, was the heaviest
loser by the fire. In the barn at
the time he had two horses, one
yearling, fifteen barrels of corn,
three wagon loads of hay, one load
of shucks, 500 bundles of fodder,
wagon and harness, plOws, farming
implements, ETC., all of which were
consumed. His loss will amount
to at least $4,000. Mr.. Duncan
is hard-wOrklng, industrious man,
and one of the best citizens In Har-
deman County. In view of the fact
that he is in bad health and can i'll
afford the loss, some of his friends
decided to assist him. At the union
meeting last Sunday night in the
Baptist Church, Rev. J. NJ. Clark
mentioned the loss to the congre-
CATION and $500 was quickly con-
tributed. In addition to this con-
tribution, we understand that about
$4,000 has been raised by subscrip-
ton.
MIR. w. T. Sheets and Miss
Mittie HazlegrOVe had an expe-
rience last Sunday that they will
not soon forget. On the day men,
toned, they started to Enon Church
in a buggy. During the day
heavy rain fell. About 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, the rain having
ceased, they started for home.
Arriving at "Cheshier's Branch"
which is on the route, they discov-
cred that the stream had been con-
siderably swollen by the rain. Mr..
Sheets got out of the buggy and
made an examination of the place.
Deciding that they could safely
cross, he drove the horse into the
water, which proved to be between
six and seven feet deep. In a mo-
ment the horse began to swim, the
buggy capsized and the occupants
were thrown out. Mr.. Sheets held
to the buggy top, and Miss Halle
grove held to Mr.. Sheets. In this
position, they flOated a distance of
about 20 yards to a water-gate,
where, by the aid of some logs,
they managed to reach the bank.
The animal Mr.. Sheets was driving,
a fine mare, belonging to Mr.. N. G.
NuckOlls, was supposed to have
been drowned, but was discovered
Wednesday morning near the scene
of the accident uninjured. The
buggy was completely demolished
After emerging from the water,
Mr.. Sheets and Miss Halle
grove went to a negro cabin near
by, borrowed dry clothes and were
brought home.
Mr.. John Z. Low, of Sauls-
bury, was in Bolivar Saturday and
called on the BULLETIN. Mr., Low
has recently erected a oslo" on
his place. When asked to give
some description of the ''Silo," he
informed us that it was an alright
building for the preservation of
green food during the winter for
stock. His building is 40 feet long,
l6 feet wide and Is feet deep, and
is divided into three bins. These
bins are constructed of double plank
on inside and outside, with paper
between, and are perfectly air
tight. Each bin has a capacity of
70 loads or so tons of green clover
and corn. The proper time to cut
the corn for storage in the bins is
when going out of roasting ear;
the clover should be cut when ripe.
The entire stalk, including fodder
and corn, mixed with clover, is
run through a machine, bought for
the purpose, and cut into half-inch
pieces. 1t is then slowly packed
in the bins by tramping, giving it
plenty of time to become heated.
If too dry when cut, the corn and
clover should be dampened by |
throwing buckets of water upon it
until the temperature rises to
1876 degrees, at which point it
will remain during the entire win
ter. In feeding, it should be taken
off evenly from the top to a depth |
of about three inches. Mr.. Low
says that there are only three
''Silos' in West Tennessee. The
cost of construction is about 1928,