The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
News From Prosperous Little Town
and Industrious People.


and Industrious People.
CULLEOKA, Tenn, Aug. lin adj
dressing a few items to your Valua BILE
paper, don't wish it to be thought that
| am presuming on the privilege of
Barbara" or that | am trying to usurp
her space in your paper. Such is not
my purpose. My object is to chronicle
a few Cuisines" facts, which | hope
may prove of some interest to the pub
lie, and especially to the citizens of this
community.
A retrospect Of the seasons shipping
from this point shows fourteen cars of
potatoes and twenty-three cars of
wheat; and, in the last six weeks,
twelve cars of stock, and in the past
ten days, fifteen cars of poplar logs.
It's both surprising and interesting
to note the produce business done at
our little town. Gresham IL Son, our
leading produce firm, have paid out for
butter, eggs and chickens since June
23rd, 1897, 1920. In addition to this
amount shipped, they have purchased
and stored in caye seventy cases of
eggs aggregating 2520 dozen.
Our public school opened Monday,
Aug. 8, with an enrolment of sixty
three pupils. This number has in
creased to seventy-fve, and promises,
from the present rate of increase, to go
much higher. The attendance will eX-
coed that of last term. All pupils could
not be comfortably accommodated last
term, and space promises to be at a
still greater premium this term. This
constantly growing school shows the
increasing demand for a larger build
ing. Seeing how inadequate our pub
lie school building is to accommodate
the pupils, f. j. Moore, ST., and Jesse
TOmlinsOn, ST., the other stockholders
conCurring, have decided to the directors
of the 9th district, for school purposes
only, five Of the six acres of the old Cul-
leOka Academy lot. This generosity,
principally on the part of two men not
directly interested in the school, shows
their public enterprise. 1t is to be
! hoped that the citizens of the COM
munity will follow their example and
join the directors in erecting such a
| building on this valuable lot as will be
an honor and an ornament to the town.
1t is grand work, the education of our
children, and we cannot afford to
neglect it.
Mr.. r. V. Kennedy has charge of the
public school, assisted by Miss Mary
! Beecher, of Columbia. Miss BeecheI
needs no introduction as teacher
She is we'll qualified to successfully fill
the position she now holds. Mr.. Ken.
nedy's home is in East Tennessee. He
comes to us highly recommended and
fresh from active school work at Dyers.
burg, Tenn. He shows thorough
knowledge of his word and the patrons
are, thus far, highly pleased with him
His work is thorough, his discipline
rigid.
We are very glad to learn that Miss
Pearl Tunnel, one of our most accom-
plished young ladies, has secured the
place of assistant teacher at Fountain
Greek. The patrons of the school are tC
be congratulated. Miss Pearl is 9
young lady of splendid ability. She
not only had one of the best papers a
the recent Teachers Institute of Maury
County, but also made the best grade
an average of fraction above seventy
seven per cent, of all applicants o.
Maury County for the Peabody Norma
scholarship. Miss Pearl has the bes
wishes of all her friends. AS a teacher
we predict bright and successful
future for her.
Miss Jessie TomlinsOn will soon leave
us to take charge of the ninth distric
school near COlumb ia, known as the Nc
DOwell school We are sorry to lost
such good citizen, but our loss is Co
lumbia's gain.
Mr.. j. w. Erby, of Robinson Fork
will soon settle in Culleoka if he car
secure a suitable house in which to de
an up-to-date general merchandise
business. We hope to soon number Nh
Erby among our citizens.
/ have referred to the gift of five
acres of land to the county for a school
In addition to this, the same partie
have decided the remaining acre to tn,
Cumberland Presbyterians. A hand
some church will, at an early date, b.
erected on the lot. We welcome then
to our community.
Mrs. w. X. Stephens has recovered
from her recent illness.
Mr., Jno. Hickman's youngest child il
very low with pneumonia.
w. X. Stephens left this morning TO
one of the lower counties on business,
VIM. Inman is back from "hyinI
trip" to Arizona.
Farmers are cutting the second crol
of clover, though it is hardly wortl
saving. A large wheat crop will b.
put in in this section this year
Preparations are already being mad
for 1t. No NAME.