The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-10
CULLEOKA.

CULLEoKA, Dec. 7.-Howdy.do, to you,
every one didn't know we had been
away; didn't miss usp Well, that's
nice! mo Name" is that your fault?
Well, we haze been away, and had we
not been so busy enjoying the trip YOU
would have heard from us long ago.
Yes, we've been away out in the stock
raising and also in the best farming
section Of the biggest of states. We
had an idea that Texas produced not
much save drouths, sand-stOrms,
prairie-dogs, mustangs, cOw-hoys,
northers, and fort for refugees from
the law. We were mistaken. Rain we
had in abundance in BalliDger-tho' we
didn't need it badly, with the cisterns,
wells and fine system of water-works.
That fact alone makes you know that
crops were fine there this year, and that
the people will not want, even il cot
ton Is low. Sand-storms! [ believe a
letter did say they had a severe one a
day or two after left, but maybe that
was joke. Prairie-dogs? Thousands
of them-the cutest, brightest, sauciest
little rascals imaginable, and do no one
any harm. Mustangs? Plenty OF them,
but they just carried us sailing across
the prairie, and we didn't even think of
having our life insured. Cowboys?
Just like our boys, except for the extra
width OF hat-brim, big spurs, high,
heeled boots and strong lungs. North
ers? Pshawl They may be Unpleasant
sometimes, but those we had were as
enjoyable as a cherry-ice after hot day
at the Centennial, coming, as they did,
just after warm period. Refuge for
our outlaws? No, we found the people
made up of good individuals from our
best families in the East. Ballinger is
not yet a dozen years old and is the
cOunty-seat of Runnels county. She
has fine courthouse Tennessee can
get good ideas of building court-houses
from her western sister, ice factory,
good business houses, seven churches,
fine hool and habitatiOn of fifteen
hundred splendid people. The town is
on the Colorado River, Santa Fe Rail-
road, and is negotiating to have the new
Colorado Valley Railroad cross the
Santa Fe there.
that we saw more vine;covere1 veran-
dahs, yards full of all kinds of luxuriant
flowers, and better kept premises, than
we ever saw before. We attended the
annual Flower Display, Nov. II, and
shall never forget the beauty and mag
niticence of the flowers that surpassed
anything we ever saw in the floral line.
Chrysanthemums were made specially
and we were made to realize that Just
as truly as the sweet-scented rose is the
queen of flowers, is the superb chrysan-
themum the king of the same realm.
Our stay in the saddened home of our
brother and our association with the
people endeared all to us, and we feel
that our farewell was not final one
We skipped roundabout a days Jour
ney and arrived at Taylor, where we
spent ten days. 1t is lovely town, but
is big and old enough to need no intro
ductory word from us. Why, cores
pondents, our "Sinbad, the Sailorn of
former days, and the reporter of the
Excerpts" in the HERALD at present,
came over from Georgetown and spent
one day with us. 1t was one of the best
of the good days we had in Texas. We
are. proud of our quondam playmate,
and wish that Gus White may reach
the high aim he has set for himself, for
he deserves the greatest success.
| Vein this case we means "Bar-
Clyde Fowler-did not get here on
Thanksgiving, but the mother had
kindly postponed her "turkey-dinner"
one day for us. How we did enjoy that
good dinner.
| That dinner alone reconciled us to
the fact that we were too late to enjoy
the banquet given by the Hungry Club
Thanksgiving night. The club main
tanned its former-rieh hospitality.
! Wednesday night Misses Brownie
and Loutie Tomlinson. Neeley Aber-
nathy and Katie Henderson will enter
tain the Hungry Club" at Mr.. J. B.
Tomlinson's. We will report next
week.
, Ar Iohn yU;lLas oon,o 49,, s.or. d.,
mingham last Monday to visit relatives
here. On Tuesday he and J. b. Tomlin-
son went to Lewisburg to visit H. b
King and family.
Mr.. Howell has moved back to Cul-
leoka and re-opened his store. He is
building house near his store.
r. A. Wilkes is back from a business
trip to Kansas City and other cities.
There will be a number of moves
made in our town soon. Dr. w. p
Moore is having neat cottage built
and will move into it as soon as it is
completed. Mr.. Robt Maxwell will
move into the house vacated by Dr.
Moore, and Mr.. Henderson will move
back to his home here. Mrs. Campbell
will move to her farm, and Mr.. Tom
Williamson will move to the house she
leaves.
c. Taylor has decided Hillsdale 10
Bert and Erie Taylor. He will move tC
the house on the farm he purchased OF
w. X. Stephens few years ago.
Oscar Crews and wife will occupy the
house at Hillsdale; so Burt will not
exactly "keep BACH"
News comes to us that Miss Pearl
Hill will soon be married to Mr.. Sparks,
of Waco, Texas. Everybody, we arr
sure, joins us in wishing them hap
piness. No visitor to our town hal
ever been so gene rally admired anC
loved as has been Miss Hill.
The embroidery Club met with Mrs
Joe Moore last Tuesday. These meet
ings are indeed pleasant social gather
ings, where our young women cal
work as they chat, learning the mean