Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-04-11
Molino News.
Forths Fays,leviao Observe.
MoLINo, April 8, 1872

selves to give your readers some
items about our village, Inow pro.
pose, with your permission, to help
them. Our village is situated a.
bout l mile south Of the old Moli
no P. O., and s miles southwest
of Fayetteville, in a rich and fer.
tile valley, densely populated, with
every facility to render it and
surrounding community desirable
Our village has been entirely built
up since the war, and is now in a
fOurishing condition. We have a
number of business houses which
considering the financial crisis of
our country, are doing remark
ably well. We also have a post
office filled every week with the
OBSERVER. and we think If it's cir.
cuIation increases much more in
this part of the country, our mail
carrier will have to get larger
mail bags or employ another man
to help him carry the mail. We
have some trouble in designating
our village. 1t first took the
name of Pleasant Village, after
ward in establishing our post of
flee at the village which had
formerly been kept at Mr.. D. {,
Halls store, J mile from here, il
assumed the old name Moline
Hence our village is known by
two names. Our people have a
dopted measures looking 70 the
erection of an institution OF learn.
ing, to be conducted on the prin-
ciples of High School. The
funds for the erection of an edi-
fee for this purpose have been Sc
cured, and there is no doubt but
that the work will 60 on.
We have the soil, the territory,
and the population to build up
and support school of the high.
est character, and we intend to
build up one of the best schools in
Lincoln county.
The plan we have adopted will
appear obvious at once. We have
raised stock company allowing
each stakeholder to take as many
shares as he or she might feel dis
posed 70 do, which share is $25.
100. The amounts subscribed
range from one to ten. shares
The net proceeds after paying al
expenses, including teachers sala
ry, ETC., will be held for pro rata
distribution among the stockhold
ers, according to the amount of
capital eoch one has invested
The site upon which to erect oul
building has been secured, anC
there will be a meeting of the
stock holders soon to make ar.
engagements for prosecuting the
work. We hope the friends of
education will feel interested il
our behalf, and that some of oul
lofty SONS of eloquence will be 81
kind rs to favor US from time tC
time with educational addresses
SO highly calculated to give i'm
petus to the high and noble ell
terprise which We have underta
ken. y.tt.'
AS for Old Dull's S babies, al
under S months, | don't know
that we could find that number in
our immediate village iii he hat
said II months he would havt
had no trouble in making the mum
Der. But if be had ecen taken IL
as much territory as Young Sharp
be would haze had more than
that number under s months.
Young Sharp begins by saying
that Old Dull had SO imperfectly
described the inmates of Moline
that he thought a few words es
sential. Very WE'LL we'll SCI
how he runs it out. In Speaking
on the baby question, he confines
himself tothe business part of oul
village in order to refute Old Dull
but then it seems that his mine
begins to wander, and he takes il
a wide circle. After speaking a
bout the prayer meetings of oul
nelghborhood, he goes on to tel
us what transpired at the Rev. Mr.
Sloan's, II miles from the centr,
of our village 81 He then tells u
how far-i il is to Mr.. Sloan's church
and finally leaves off at the Rev
Mr.. Colemah's church, 2 mileI
from the centre of the village
Now, MIR. Editor, if Young Sharp
in order to describe the inmates
of Molino," has to take in all these
points, don't you think we have
a pretty extensive town. Tn,
fact of the business is, ] dom
think he's as sharp as he woulo
have you to believe. There are
other points that | might notice
but feeling that Old Dull is able
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