The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-11-11
GILES COUNTY.
WHIT che is ar Wa al She sh,uld
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lbI rrIGfS0c6 10 THESE StaAi5tiCEB III
40 her column. It will be seen that
tt,i-s ranLs four,h 10 population,
rs. in lie number Of farms, and sec
TN the nun, Der Of Industrial eetab
li,hments This is a text from which
many valuable thoughts could be
draw and presented to the people Of
Gale 3 for their consideration. The
questions are, low did Giles county
attain 10 this slapding2 and. whar
course must she pursue 70 holi
er position in reference to her sis
IA; ceanties? The answer to the
hrrt is. that she attained 10 that rank
rardy beoauss her natural resources
~~re SO great that she could not Go
heIwiss. and again because her
,nysns of transportation by railway.
Trough abou, and assisted b. for
IN r,flsepor, has furnished her ex-
'ra"r linlry means of shipping AID
importing. Her lands are all good
az the very best-she is well water
ri througAoub and has every adsP-
Istion necessary 10 constitute her one
al tie first in agricultural worth
This.iDduced. .urdy men Of toll to
tetlIs within her borders, aud, as. M
richer lands were to he bad, to stay
THUS ithas been Il st We have pros
y red illus far. But i must no; be
corsidered thai her lanus are better
tnsn other sections in Middle Tenn
eS-ee. They are IS good, aadfor the
most part better, butthe facility with
which she can export her p oducts,
" hen hauled to her railway stations,
lbs k pt her ahead OF those counties
a. rich in soil but lack the means Of
transportation. Considering the fact
tha, Railroads are finding their way
through almost every county, and
tnar industrial sOcieti-s are encOHr-
aging rmmigration'and all manner OF
,nd strial pursuits all over the State,
akat must Giles county do to hold
ou TO the position in which good for
me has placed hei? First she
must throw OF the lelhargy AMI spa-
thy which arise from subtia and
dangerous reliant in natural resource
t 9 aud S 'rength, and remem Der that
1.-The grip to hold fortune mu be
harder than the gouglng was to OBJ
tain IT." Other counties have socie-
ties encouraging every work that will
ben, fl tntn. Other counties insis,
on their Counts making approPris
tons for the buildia3 OF Turnpik es,
bridges and Colleges, buff they re-.
fuse to see the benefit, or, seeing it,
are too st'ngy to encourage them By
appropriations, these things are got
ten ~ by subscription or otherwise.
NV, whsre does Giles county
lack aid what does she need? She
J rks. FIST, an active immigra. ion as
= 'o,atioa TO bring those men hers who
rril work for theif bread. who wis.,
make good citizens, not averse to pub
10 improvement. Size l.cks sud
reds. o, most woeiully f! a good sys-
tn Of turnpikes, Sc hat thsse men
wno ill the soil and moi5ten T.
III the sweat Of their brow may be
10 TO bring their produce 30 IA sla-t.
Tue success cf county requires
that her trade should so for the most
part throuyh Ter county 'jseat-it
must b. the root aud mart Of the great
huik Of her trade. 10 accomplish
this, then. these pixies must go oct
from Pulaski thFong hout The county.
penetrating the most remote recesses
of agriculture and Bringing it all to
hear upon building the county up
This eau be doue only BY entirely G.
! uring old fogy;sm, which would not
1--WE a dime to have every road in the
count good pike. Kick out all
distractions to progress, and build
Me7s al any cost! This mast BE- dope
or Giles falls behind. Duty says
Jaad ! Interest says build Prog
50 says GliLIi aud il they could
speak with the tong ues of men, the
word Juld Z would reverberate from
valley to valley. aud distant hill-tops
catching the accent would roll 1t back
la laundering ecnoes. aud like an up
,ootiug tornado. it would break into
p5rces and scatter to the winds the
,il,pidSted old bridges AID schOo'-
houses. and al Old fogy's eyes with
r.uI lroan lbs sinkboies in her public
Tyz1s.
Sc lacks again Male and Female
Colleges. Il 81 perfect shame that
rns eousty fourlb 10 population 10
her district sbcsId Be CO.. PEELED 10
send her Children of 70 be educated.
1 i perfect eLiE.e that. q i'g
gooI Mae CJiIe Sc, che should sliO"
the building to 90 10 rack aud tot
employ fuIi corps Of teachers 10 take
charge of il. We have The building
h no bal lack tue spirit to improve
The means al hand. Men Of GCes
~ho have the prosperity aad good OF
IA me at heart, We charge ye, look to
tnis thingl Build fence aroHnd
that College, plaster the bl4ckened