The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-11
PULASKI.
Her Past, Present and Future.

a ZION OF the OUTSIDE WOfld. Although
5 she possessed no particular feature
q superior to any other county seat,
J yet the situation she occupied as the
n centre of an immense scope of fer
tile lands, and the reputation her
people had attained as enterprising
and wealthy, won her the esteem Of
all who became acquainted With
? these facts. Recognizing her i'm
: pOrtanee, the proprietors of the
> Nashville and Decatur Railroad,
? aided by the capital and enterprise
OF her citizens, took Pulaski in the
line Of the road twelve or fifteen
years ago, thereby enhancing the
value her real estate and giving
an impetus to the schemes of her
progressive people, from which time
she has rapidly grown in CONNER
Eeial Importance, making rapid
strides toward a brilliant future and
the goal which awaits her. One
would think that she has suffered
great deal from fire, but when the
fact is considered that the buildings
burned have given place to better
and more modern houses, it is read
lily seen that, although owners of
property have suffered to a great /
extent, the town itself has been ma
terially benefited by it. We had
old-fashioned and announcement
houses, and the town had the APP
pearance of a regular country town,
but the destruction of these institu-
ted a spirit Of improvement l. build
dings, and we can now boast of
business houses that would do cred
it to a city of more professions than
Pulaski yet assumes. Along with
this came an enterprising spirit in
almost every trade and profession,
and the opportunity afforded by the
building Of the railroad for the
of produce, etc, gave an
impetus to trade and encouraged
and manufacturing Of all
staples. The following sum-up of
the trades, occupations and profes- I,
sions Of our people viii give a more :,
correct idea Of the present status
Of the town than anything else ne
could say: In the corporation Of
Pulaski there are Is dry gosds z
houses, Il grocery stores, 3 drug
storess 2 hardware stores, l book I
store, l tin store, 1 furniture house, F
+ drinking. saloons, watchmakers n
md jewellers, l printing Office, v
banks, 20 lawyers, s physicians, .
lentists, 1 photograph gallery, . &;
establishments, , millinery
tailors, . hotels,
eating saloons, 1 bakery, , livery
tables, 2 tanyards, l cotton factory,
gin and machine shop, ? planning ~
Mills, 8 carpenter shops, black a.
NTH shops, 3 shoe shops, l wagon ol
hop, butcher shops, barber 'e
hops, l stone yard, 1 bucket facto-
Y, cotton ware houses, 2 coal
ards, theatre, white and col
rcd churches, besides many others
f less importance. There have
ecu built in town since the war
yer one hundred dwelling houses,
ONE of them very fine, thirty-si
rick stoi e houses, most OF which
QUILL c, mpare with the best in any
ity, besides a great number Of
anne business houses and base rla
tent stores, and the incest theatre 10
f any town of its size in the South. NC
aking them altogether, it may be WI
lfely said that Pulaski has been an
approved more since the war than n IN
~ town in Tennessee or the South. Go
This is what Pulaski is. Now we 10
)me to the question, what do these -
lings indicate? What is in stole p
r US? As cause follows effect, the
lswer to this is found in the ten !
,ncy of events. Hitherto energy !
IS marked the conduct of our PEG :
G, enterprise and improvement has
.en the watchword, and to-day we I
and upon the margin of a great
ange. We either occupy the ID l
~ highest position we ever shall Bla
tain, or stand at the foot Of lad Coz
+ whose rounds are unbroken to Can
e acme of greatness, and fortune Cap
tiles from her lofty perch, and. Can
forth a hand laden with oys
r horde of honor, wealth and G 2ioi
satness, she beckons us up. r
all we heed the Invitation so cor y
lily extended, and avail ourselves Bag
the opportunity fortune has IA lies
red MS with and renders so easy b
be consummated? is the ques- q
n. Excellence is not without Sbot
or, but energy has its reward Tob
tive, energetic, decisive steps S lSIti
Z ~ DC IahEA 81 OANC VI VIC lsAAl [ Al3ii
X in the list Of the villages by Id
way-side, and lose the fruits OF So
labor and capital already ex- WOO
ded. The Memphis and Knox was
c Railroad must pass through Leaf
town. This is the pivot upon III
ich turns our fortune. If it goes Cott'
Columbia we are left to die. II
ONES through our town it makes shee
railroad center and thereby qua Gu.
zes our fortune. Pulaski is Wral
rly on an air line between Mem Pred rcd
ana knoxville. The project Appl
of this road intend to make it -,
air line road when it is not mate seed.
" to their interest to run to one Bl'
J. Now if Columbia offers in Tir
ements superior TO ours the -
I will most certainly go that a