The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-27
The Meeting Tonight.

There viii be an adjourned meeting
at the Court House to night of the citi-
zens of the town and county to hear the
report of the committee appointed TO
solicit Inscriptions for the South Vest
ern University, and to take such other
steps as may be considered necessary
to have the claims of Bolivar properly
represented to the directors who are to
select the location. We hope to see
every citizen of this community who is
imbued with spirit of enterprise pre-
sent at the meeting Ifyou think you
can aid the undertaking with money
come up and subscribe it. If you can
not spare the money a small tract of land
or a town lot will be acceptable
If you cannot give money or property,
you can at least attend the meeting and.
encourage those who are disposed to
give something This is by far the best
opportunity that Bolivar has ever had
to enlarge her borders and assume the
proportions of city. We do not ex>
pect Bolivar to make as liberal offers in
money as some other places, nor do we
think that the location will be controll-
ed by dollars and cents. In addition,
however, to her other advantages she
ought to make liberal offer, not on ly
because the institution designed TO be
established viii be in every way worthy
of 1t, but because the enhanced value of
real estate, in case we secure the Local.
ton for this place, will enable the eon~
tributors to more than get their money
back. We feel very safe in asserting
that if the citizens of the tow who own
real estate in the corporation or near it,
would agree to give one fourth of it
to the University, in twelve months
after its location here the remaining
three fourths would be worth more
money than the whole is now worth,
and then besides We should have q great
deal better town than We have now.
We repeat then, that we wish to see
RESP eetable offer made. As to health
advantages no place in West Tennessee
surpasses Bolivar. Her reputation in
this respect is almost national Thou>
sands of officers and soldiers of the Fed
eral army who camped here for weeks
and months gave it as their opinion that
this was one Of the most remarkably
healthy and delightful places they saw
in their march towards the gulf. This
vicinity is especially noted for its bounti-
full supply of good water, and it has new
er been visited by anything like an
epidemic There is scarcely a town
within radius of a hundred miles from
Bolivar that has less sickness from local
causes than we do.
Come out, then, TO the meeting to-
night aud let US see that you are not
waiting fer your more enterprising neigh /
Dor TO add to your material prosperity |
while you sit still and reap equal adj
Tantages. If you have nothing to give
but your good will, let US know by your
presence that the enterprise has that. /
This is the golden opportunity for Bolivar
and we shall be gratifed to see her citi-
zens take such action to night as will !
show to the friends of the projected uni |
versity that they are in earnest in their
efforts to secure it's location. The com
mittee have already received some very
liberal donations. We doubt not that |
they will be able to make n favorable re-
port to the meeting tonight Come and
bear what they have to say.