The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-30
Pay us what you owe at once, and
save cost. STONE & MILLS.
''rfe Great Inland City Of West Ten
nessee."

neSSee.
The last issue of the Trenton News
Gazette, while delivering sharp lect-
ure to the old fogies of that town,
takes occasion to pay tie following
merited compliment to our enterpris-
ing little city, Our people are "alive,"
and believe in advertising their bust
ness and the advantages of the city
in every legitimate manner. More
than that, they have no idea Of 'look-
ing back" but intend to make this
one of the most important towns in
the South:
Evansville is preparing to build an
other railroad, to connect with import
ant Southern railroads and points,
and the Vice-Prcsident Of the new
company is now travelling over the
proposed route with an engineer, care
fully examining the country, and to
enlist interest in the enterprise on the
part Of the people Of the section
through which it will probably run.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
company was held at Evansville on
the 22d inst, at which they invited
all to be present who felt an interest
in the enterprise. Milan deems her
self interested in this new road, and
claims to be on direct line between
Evansville and New Orleans. She
had a meeting of her citizens called to
discuss the matter, which resulted in
the appointment of Judge Jno. l..
Williamson, E. A. Collins, Esq, and
DR.. NJ. d. l.. Jordan to visit the
meeting above referred to, and lay be
fore it the advantages of building the
road by that place.
Milan is fully alive to her best in
terests, and is one of the "livest" towns
in West Tennessee; and if she does
not allow fatal Indifference to the
spirit of progress and improvement to
fall upon her, will one day be the in
land city of West Tennessee. 1t is
useless to deny facts. Energy, enter
prise and liberality, with determined
and continued and united efforts, will
accomplish anything had almost
said anything reasonably but retract
it and say anything and everything cal
culated to benefit an individual or a
corporation or community. And if
this new road is to be built, and Milan,
eight or nine miles from this place, Is
an available point on it, and is willing
to spend her money for it, why We ad- |
mire her pluck, and as no other place /
of enterprise seems to wantit, see moth /
ing to prevent her from succeeding. /
But We confess establishment at the /
willingness with which Milan has for (
the last several years assumed heavy (
and the ease and prompt /
ness with which she has met them. /
During that time she has erected q
fine brick edifce for educational pur-
poses, one or two churches, greatly
her streets, secured the
crossing of the Mississippi Central rail
road at her depot with the Memphis
and Louisville railroad, voted hber-
al subscription to the Tennessee Cen
trail railroad, which is now being rap
idly completed to that place; and in
many other ways expended her money
and talked herself into Importance;
and is still looking about for some
thing new wherewith to increase her
growth and build up and develop her
resources and interests. We say We
are astonished at her audacity; for
surely she has not more wealth or ia
cilities than Trenton; and yet during
the same time in which she hiss done