Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-02-02
HOOkerS Bend.

Mrs. Allie DeF0rd mas erected
q nice monument at her brothers.
grave, Mr.. Ed White a promising
young attorney, who died last
year. 1t has the emblem and in
sigma of the Knights Of Pythias
in relief on IL
Esq. John Harrison who was so
low with typhoid fever, is up
again.
Quite a number of families
have moved into our community
OF late.
There is large amount Of fine
land in our Bend but largely own.
ed by persons living in Savannah
and other places who take no in.
terest whatever in the betterment
of society and look only TO what
money they can get out of their
farms, and so they oil our neigh
borhood with good, bad and in.
diff rent, mostly bad and indiffer-
cnt, and hv Ibis means our school
society and churches have gone
down TO II low tide, not one OF
tGOSc band owners will help in
building up church or school,
though some Of them are church
members, but what do they care
for he welfare of these peoples
souls or morals, 80 they get the
money. Sometimes it seems that
they would rent out their inter
est IN the promised lsud If they
could get the money. To know
what a good community we once
had and could now have we're it
hot for the land grablers and
money lovers, and we are not tho
only sufferers by such acts.If men
loved God az they do filthy lucre
how happy we could all he.
Dick Weller and Charley Ross
often pass through our neighbor-
hood enrout TO Saltillo, where
they seem welcome callers.
Dick Weller has gone and le.t
lis girl behind him.
Shelby Dickey has some fat
yearllngs which he will soon car
ry to market.
About go gallons of whisky
came across on Onr side of the
river daring Christmas and new
year. Some old gray haired men
members OF the church went wag
ing on with jugs and kegs, t.
celebrate the birth Of Christ
What blasphemy, what an insult
offered the Savior. How will
such men meet him at the judg
ment day? Shall he, whose birth
the angels came to earth to re
joice, be thus treated, reviled ant
blasphemed by even his profess
ed followers? Some church mem
bers spent 4 or 5 dollars freely
for whisky, and with difficulty
could be induced to pay 90 cent
or a dollar to the preacher wht
had toiled and labored for tbeil
spiritual good, and also for thei
children's salvation. Think Of /
dollars to aid the devils cause
aud cents to help theLords cause
Whom do they love most ant
whose servants are thcy7
Mr.. William Newman OF Sal
tillo, and others have gone t,
Nashville to the meeting of tn
Grand Lodge of Masons.
| have learned something iron
the Courier lately. 1t seem
that there is blank year or
leap year some where. Away
supposed when one year ende
another began and also when on
century ended another began, bu
as this is he first ono | ever sa
ended | must be mistaken.
Ii seems to me that June in tn
first year was the sixth month
the year, and that June next wi
be the sixth mouth in the 19t
century instead OF the 9th mont
: III the blank century.
2nd. That the battle of Ne
Orleans was fought after the ire
ty of peace with Great Brittai
: but for lack Of mail or telegral
!. facilities, jackson nor Packinha
I bad not got the news. So, tn
Jackson's victory was only vi
, tory over the British forces
New Orleans. and had nothing
do with the treaty IF peace, as
g had already been made.
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