The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-03

CULLEoKA, June 30-The Culleoka
Academy was rented Saturday to par
ties who will at once proceed to pro-
cure proficient teachers. Mr.. w. b.
Turner, assisted by Miss Hamilton,
will continue the management of the
High School.
A number of our citizens and neigh
bors go to Columbia today to see about
the increase made on their taxes. They
only ask that justice be shown them in
the matter
Mr.. Claiborne Taylor has bought the
w. X. Stephens farm just south of Gull
'leoka. 1t is simply an investment, and
Mr.. Taylor does not contemplate NOV
ing his family.
W. S. Evins, Jim Thomas, Elem
Thomas, and Irvine PEBBLES attended
the elegant reception given last Friday
night by the Misses Campbell, of Lynn
willie.
Mr.. Fount Wade is spending a while
with his sister, Mrs Fayette Wilkes.
Their father came out from Spring Hill
Sunday and spent the day with them.
Miss Fanny Molloy is visiting friends
and relatives in Lynnville.
Mrs Lizzie Wilkes is visiting among
her children here. We are glad to have
her in Culleoka again, tho the home
coming is fraught with sadness to her
Misses Brownie Tomlinson and Nicely
Alternately are visiting the Misses
Alternately in Giles county.
Miss Loutie Tomlinson returns to-day
from Columbia, where she has spent
several days with Miss Katie Hender-
son. Little Jane Henderson will come
home with her.
Mrs. Triplet will return to her home
at Ennis, Texas, on Thursday. She has
enjoyed her visit to Tennessee.
Little Ella Craig is staying with Miss
Lena Convey during Mr.. Craig and his
son Emmetts illness.
Elite Reed, of Carthage, has returned
home after a visit at G. s. Williamson's.
Mr.. w. b. Turner spent from Friday
to Monday with friends here. He
attended the Teachers Institute last
week.
Mrs. Howell has been critically i'll for
several days. DR.. Wilkes, of Columbia,
was called out by her physician for
consultation, but the disease of the
heart could not be arrested.
Mrs. Benson Evins has returned from
a weeks stay at Roberts Bend. She
brought two of her little relatives for Il
short visit.
Quite an unusual little incident we
will tell YOU about. One of the boys
drove eight miles in a road cart that
had not been used for months. On
reaching home he removed the cushion
as usual and was surprised to find with
in nest of little wrens with wide-open
mouths. They seemed not the least bit
disturbed, but very hungry after tn cir
long ride. They were left alone, and
were soon big enough to fly away from
the nest in the box under the seat of the
cart
Potatoes sell for price that but lit
tie more than covers the expense of
putting them on the market. The
moderately good sample and yield OF
wheat and oats bring but the least bit
of clear money to the producer. The
corn depends on the rain to make It,
All this is true, but the hum of the
thresher, borne to us on the morning
breeze, the chatter of the potato hands
in the field near by, tell us that the
farmer is undaunted. lie cheerfully
goes on with his work. They will not
have heavy pocket-books when all is
told, neither will they be long-faced OF
hungry. Their energy has provided
them with plenty of vegetables, meat
and bread. 1t little matters to tho
country man how goes the money ques
ton, for money is commodity" strict
ly denied them, and they are simply left
to learn to do without it,
BARBARA.