The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
What Our Correspondents Have
to Say.
Little Items of Interest from Every
Part of Maury.
If You Wish to Know the DOings of Your
Neighbors, Read the Contents of
This Column.
LASEA.

LAsEA, May ct has been so long
since / wrote anything for the columns
of Columbia's "onliesp paper that it
may be that many of our correspond
ents have forgotten almost that | was
ever counted among their number.
But ! remind you that / am still in the
land of the living, and hope to be for
some time yet.
Farmers are moving along with their
crops, though somewhat hindered by
rain. believe it is generally said that
the stand of corn was never better, and
it is growing nicely. Glover is exceed
ingly fine and promises an abundant
yield of hay. Pastures are excellent.
Wheat and oats both looking nicely.
Wheat beginning to head.
Since our last, uncle Sam Daniel (coD,
whose age | mentioned sometime ago,
has passed from earth. 1t is claimed
by some of the old white citizens that
knew him furthest back, that he was
l04 years old. Others say perhaps not
more than 50. But at any rate he was
an uncommonly old man for this age,
and possibly the oldest in Maury
County.
DR.. L. G. Chisholm, of Spring Hill, is
expected to preach at Lasea the first
Lords Day in June. Everybody in
vited to hear him.
Two years ago, sometime in this
month think, had just caught cold
Lie" after dinner and started to plow-
ing corn when / saw some one coming
to the lot where was. did not know
who it was, but soon found it to be Bro
Joe Foster, now so Familiarity known to
the HERALD as captain joe" We had
pleasant little talk for short time, in
which he told me that he was working
| Go, . ha II Nm A n nd nj a1 70 he.
come a correspondent from Lasea
Now you know the way Capt. Joe can
talk, so in few minutes | had given
him my promise to do the best could
And SO | have had the pleasure of try
ing to give our many readers few
| lines occasionally from that time. OF
course you need not tell me that my
effort to give interesting matter has
been a weak one, because that I've
known all along. But | am glad that
I've had the privilege of being num-
bered with the family of correspond
ents for this length of time, for I've
enjoyed the pleasant association. Be-
sides trying to give neigh bOrhood news,
sometimes when questions of public
interest have come up, have Ventured
far enough to give my views. L have
spoken plainly few times about
things that had more or less to do with
our country's general good from a
moral point, as well as otherwise. For
some OF these things | have been criti-
cised to some extent. But l have no
unkind feeling for any one on this
account. | only spoke what l believed
to be the truth, and l think everybody
Justly entitled to that privilege, especi-
ally on questions effecting i'll general
way the moral welfare of any COM
munity. What have said against any
immoral conduct at any time, | don't
remember word of it that | wish to
take back. l have my convictions on
most all subjects and am willing for
them to be known. No man will ever
lose any friends by this. He may lose
those who were his pretended friends,
but they are only pretenders.
So the only thing that | wish Is that
in the future | may only be ready to
speak out more boldly in regard to
some things, regardless of what Others
may say, do, or think. | am glad to
know that the paper which generously
admitted me to its columns as one of its
correspondents has been 50 outspoken
along this line. May it continue to
fight for the right
But, lest l make this article long
enough to become wearisome | must
begin to look for a close. | would be
glad to continue writing, if / only
knew that what | could say would be of
interest to the readers of the paper
But circumstances as such now that
will not have time to continue even
the feeble efforts that | have been max
ing heretofore. In fact, l now expect tC
be out of the county good
part of the year, and possibly among
people that are known to but few OF
the HERALD's many readers. SO the
neighborhood dots that might gather
would be of but little interest. So tax
ing all into consideration l have de
cided to close my regular correspond
ence with this contribution. Hope thai
the field editor can visit our neighbor
hood soon and secure much more in
teresting contributor from this part, al
| think it could be easily done. If
can be of any assistance in the matter
am ready.
With best wishes to our editor, thu
entire force, and many readers, an
yours truly, ZEBULoN.
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