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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Trade is looking up.
A large crowded. people was in town
Saturday.
We saw two bales of cotton in
town Tuesday.
See nonresident notice-W. b.
Dickinson VS. Jos. Page.
Are you going to take your girl to
the theatre next Wednesday night?
Mr. w. NJ. Shepherd has returned
from Hot Springs, considerably i'm
proved.
Another base ball club was organ
lied here Tuesday. Now, boys, for a
match game!
Hon. r. p. Cole, candidate for
Floater, spent few hours here one
day last week.
Demorest's Fashion Magazine for
August has reached us. 1t is an ex-
cellent number.
Mrs Burns, the crazy woman who
has so long on our streets, was car
ri,d to Trenton Jail last Tuesday.
And still its hot; but nothing to
compare with the torridity of the
climate about New York and other
northern cities.
We will receive almost any kind of
barter for the EXCHANGE. Every
body ought to read it during the ex>
citing campaign.
Mr.. Ed. Watson, the handsome
local editor of the Fulton Times,
called on us Tuesday. We are glad
to learn that this sprightly paper is
in a fourishing condition.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Col Taylor, candidate for congress in
the Eighth District, while in McKen-
zie Tuesday. He was Il gallant CON
Tolerate soldier, is anable gentleman,
and is very popular in his district.
His chances seem to be very good.
On last Sunday, the 14th, while at
church, Mr.. Lewis Wahps house was
broken open, the Bureau drawer
searched, and out of a pocket book
So. 90 taken and two tobacco twists out
ofanother drawer Before the win
dow that was forced up, were marks
of steps of the foot of ayoung man
about II years of age.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Eigh tn District Convention.

The executive committee of the 9Th
congressional district met in Mckenzie
Tues day, for the purpose of calling a
convention to nominate a Democratic
candidate for Congress. Henry, Car
roll, Benton, Hen derson, Madison and
McNairy counties were represented.
1t was recommended that primary
meetings be held in she civil districts
on the 26th of August, to appoint dele
gates to the county conventions which
will assemble on Monday, Sept 4. The
county conventions will appoint dele
gates to the Congressional District
Convention, which will meet in Jack
son on the 14th of September. The
committee recommends that delegates
be appointed representative of the
strength of each candidate in district
and county meetings, so that full and
fair expression of'the will of the people
may be had. The committee issued a
patriotic and stirring address to voters
of the district, urging unit of action.
We have not time or room to publish
it this week.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Rough. ON Carroll Radicals.

The following interesting letter
came out in last weeks jackson Sun.
1t was sent to the Huntingdon Repub-
lean for publication, but no attention
was paid to it. No wonder the RAIDS
In that county are uneasy, when the
negroes are going back on them.
IRRELEVANT, Tenn, june q '76.
E. G. RIDGELY Esq,
Chm. Rep. Ex>Committee.
Dear Strive have learned from
the published list of the Republican
Executive Committee for this county
that we were appointed in connection
with the white citizens, as members
of the committee for the 2nd civil
District. Your party has so long
used the colored race as tool, as its
peculiar property, that you seem to
have reached the conclusion that We
are your slaves, and that all you have
to do is to command us what to do,
and how to vote, and we will obey.
We were not consulted about this
appointment, and we venture the as
sertion that not a half dozen Of all
the blacks on the committee ever
heard of it"until after it was done.
You seem to pesume from the color
of our skin that we are Republicans,
but you will find that the thinking
and intelligent men of our race have
been imposed upon too often and too
grossly deceived by the Republican
party, to again become a cat's-paw
for hungry Republican office seekers.
The time has come when we must act
with those who are our real friends,
and cut loose from those who have
not only taken advantage of our po-
litical power for base purposes, but
have betrayed our confidence by rob-
bling our race through the Freedmans
bank swindle, of their scant earnings.
Republicans in this county white and
black, are opposed to Civil Rights
and social equality and in their hearts
the white men who have been appoints
ed on these committees despise the as
300. ZION Nth the negro. They will
pay no regard to him, only to make
him feel that he is honored by the
appointment, and with this unsub-
stantial bait you hope to capture the
colored vote Of this county. We are
opposed to this sham social equality,
and if the white members of the
committee feel that they are bound
by it we do not, and We beg leave to
decline the distinguished position as
signed us. Please scratch us out
with black mark, and write oppO-
site our names mot to be caught with
chaff." We are going with the DEM
ocrats this time, feeling confident
that the change will be cool one.
They will at least deal honestly with
us, and we think that you will find
in August and November that the
colored people of this county are no
longer to be made the blind instru-
ments for the the promotion of the
selfish aims of the Republican party.
As you have done Us the injustice to
publish US as your moneyed commit
tee, you will please do us the justice
to publish this, and set us right.
ALE. PATTERSON.
DICK PORTER.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
FIOateriaI Convention.

We wish to suggest to the chalrIneE
of the different county executive COM
mittees in this t1Oaterial district the
propriety of holding convention to
nominate a Democratic candidate for
that position. We don't kleOlC Of more
than one candidate now in the field
Mr. Cole, of Henry-but we hear
rumors that Carroll and W eakly coun-
ties will both probably present the
names of gentlemen. We must not
allow a sweepstake race, but must
keep up the organization of the party.
Gibson county has no candidate, and
consequently wouldnotmake a wrang-
lie for the office. Milan is about the
most convenient point in the district
to hold the convention, on account of
our great railroad facilities. We are
amply able and more than %ltllng 10
take care of the delegates, and there
fore ask, in view of all these consid-
erations, that the convention be held
here. If our proposition meets with
favor, we suggest that the convention
be held as soon after the State con-
vention as possible-say about the
22d of August. By that time the
people will know the platform adopted
and what course to takein regard to
State questions. What say our con-
temporaries in Paris, Dresden, Tren"
ton and Humboldt? Gentlemen let US
hear from you.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Dramatic.

The Milan Thespian Club will
give an entertainment at Clark's Hall
next Wednesday night, on which oc-
casion "The Gunmaker of Moscow"
and zone Night in a Bar Room" will
be played. They are both fine pieces
and are being actively rehearsed.
The cast of characters is first-rate; the
seats in the hall have been raised so
that all can see, and the fine new
scenery is simply magnificent. Mr..
Vogel, the Manager, deserves great
credit for his untiring efforts to make
a success of the whole affair, as do the
members of the club generally. The
programmes have been printed,
which see for particulars. Arrange
ments have been made for reduced
fare on the roads, so that Ou> neigh
bors in the adjoining towns can attend
with little cost. We hope to see a
large crowd.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

We have been informed by persons
in whom We place implicit confidence
that the instruments manufactured by
Mr.. Daniel T. Beatty of the Beatty
Piano and Beatty's Golden Tongue
Parlor Organ nOtoriety, at Washing
ton, n. j., are constructed by corps
of skillfull workmen, who have been
in his employ for years, and ale noted
for the great interest they take in
promoting and maintaining the al
ready enviable reputation Of his in
struments. His advertisements APP
pear in this issue of our paper. 1t
would be well for persons interested to
examine them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

James Davenport and James Faun
were brought into town last Monday,
charged with stealing a shawl from
3. j. Mayo, who lives four miles
east of Milan, and with whom they
had stayed the previous night. Faun
was discharged and Davenport bound
over to court.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Senatorial

Mr. \. G.. Hawkins, of Huntingdon,
candidate to represent Gibson and
Carroll counties in the State Senate,
was in town last Saturday, mixing
with his many friends and making
new ones. In obedience to the call
of large number of our citizens, lie
made short speech in the afternoon,
giving his views on the main question
of State interest now agitating the
minds of our people. In regard to
the State debt, he takes a very con-
sentative ground. He is not for re-
pudiation-far from it; yet he is OPP
posed to an increase of taxation so
long as our people are so harl-pressed
for money. He thinks the bOndhold-
ers can wait for their money, or COM
promise the debt, just as individuals
do. He also takes a middle ground
on the dog law question. Personally,
he said, he had no preference in the
matter-was willing to do as the peO>
pie wished. He thought, though, it
might be well enough to allow each
family one dog and tax the balance,
dogs and bitches the same. Then
take the proceeds and turn over to the
county where collected, for school or
other purposes He had large and
attentive audience, and we believe,
gave general satisfaction.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
A Cross MARK

On the margin Of your paper indi-
Gates that your time is cut, or will ex-
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CAsH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
If not renewed, we take it FOR granted
you do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
Hest paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers We get the bet
ter We can make the paper. Let eve
ry one renew and bring another with
him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
M'KENZIE.

Our Mckenzie letter reached us too
late to publish.
Mr.. E. g Ridgely, of the Hunting
don Republican, was in town Wednes-
day.
They have a bald bead club at
Mckenzie. DIR. Crawford is Presi-
dent, and Mr.. Kelly is Secretary.
Their heads are as slick as peeled on
ions.
Mr.. 6. w. Harris, OF Trezevant,
candidate for the Legislature in Car
roll, and Mr.. B, A. Enloe, of the
Jackson Sun, were in town Tuesday
and Wednesday
The "Centennials," of Huntingdon,
and "Colemans," of Mckenzie, played
a match game Saturday, but, after
two innings, had to stop on account of
the rain. They were to play again
yesterday.
F. II. Henderson, Esq, dropped
dead at the dinner table at his resi-
dence, five miles east of Mckenzie,
Tuesday last. He had been a magis-
trate for years, and was one of the old
est and best citizens of the county. His
death is supposed to have resulted
from apoplexy.
The Mckenzie Hotel still keeps up
its excellent reputation as first-class
house, and receives a good patronage,
we are happy to state. Guests are
charged only fifty cents for meal
which other hotels charge one dollar
for. The hosts, Messrs McClintock
and Mckenzie, are both polite and
attentive, and make every one around
them feel at home.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
DOn'a he Deceived.

We have changed our wrapper to 4
beautiful green color and placed the
likeness of ORA. Q. Simmons upon it,
that you may know Of the change and
not be deceived in buying the original
and genuine Simmons Liver Medicine.
Call on Coiey d Dickinson, Milan,
Tenn, and have no other. NJ. y.
Thedford d Co. Chattanooga, Tenn,
sole prOprietors.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
DeaIh of John Greencr.

Another fatal accident happened
at Jones Station last Wednesday. Mr..
John Greener, the engineer Of the To-
connective which jumped the track the
day before, was en- his engine, which
another was pulling. A sudden jerk
threw him off-the tender not being
attached-when he was run over and
crushed to death. His remains were
taken to Water Valley for interment.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Ohio has the champion sagacious
dog. At all times very savage on the
approach of strangers he recently as
tonished the community by joyOusly
welcoming a man in light wagon
who tied up at the hitching post be-
fore the house. The dog had never
seen the man before, but something in
the light wagon put him on his good
behavior. 1t was "Light-Running
Domestic" and the man a Domestic"
agent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
County Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. B. ArnoIl. SheTiG.
NC. Holmes, County Court Clerk.
r. f. Rainss. Chauccry Court Clerk.
WIN. Moore. Circuit Court Clerk.
ions. Williams Coroner.
J. c. Long. Trustee.
G.. j. Witt, Tax Collector.
Josiah Cooper. County Surveyor.
Woo liver. Superintendent Public Schools
". Il. Cox. Register.
CITY OFFICERS.
A. Jordan Mayor and Recorder.
]. L. Williamson, City Attorney.
!. l.. Mcdonald, City Marshal.
s H. Hale. r. II. CLARK, Wilson Williamson.
z. L. Edwards. W. NJ. Mccall, J. Il. Dickin-
son. Aldermen.
CHURCHES.
Bartist-CNwreh street. j. T. Weaver. Pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning and evening.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Sunday
school 3 a. IN.
Methodist-North Main street, J. NJ. Scott,
Pastor Preaching every sunday morning and
evening. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening.
Sauday-school 9 a. m.
Mcthodist-At Friendship, three miles east Of
Milan, }. ". Jones pastor. Preashiug first
Sunday in each month, at II a. m.
Old School Presbyterian-Dr. !. Z. Bright,
pastor. Services "a sunday in each month.
Cumberland Presbyterian-At Friendship. 3
miles east Of Milan. J. A. Dunlap, pastor.
Services fourth sunday in each month.
]. O.O.F.
Hasn Lodge. No. l55-w. Williamson.
E & John W. Blankenship, Y q. J. II.
piekenso1.- Secretary. Il + IIaun. Treasurer.
Lodge meets every Wednesday night.
MASONIC.
Milan Lodge. W. lsl-Meets W Wednesday 10 a.
a.. after each fuu inoos- Or. NJ. d. L. Jordan.
Master. o. Lonter. Secretary
LaVinia Chapter No 5s-Neets Friday night
al ar before each full neon ~ u. l.. Jordan,
81. p o. 4>sats-. IeeorIer-
Lavinia Council Ne 9-Neeis Friday night
on or before each fnu ue~~an ia March. June.
September and December N d. L. Jordan.
l. NJ. S. II. Hale. RoesEsor-
PATRONS OF HIlSBANDRY-
Milan Grange No. S5-Meets Saturday 6efore
the third Sunday. at Masonic Hall. 5. II.
lla,e. Master Robert Nesbit. Secretary.
New Hope Grange Ma 9O-Meets ID " ed sday
in each moasS ~ Friendship. A. j. Hurt,
Master. e. = unningham, secretary.
Walnut GrOrc iirs8ge. Ma. 42-Meets Friday
evening before the laird sunday in each month.
r. H. Goodman Master. l. " II Ames. See
Rotary
Friendship Ledge. NJ SN-Nsets ri FrienG-
,hip. 3 miles east OF Milan. every LIST and ID
Saturday, ct p. M. James Lessenberry. ".
q r Z. l.. Atkinson. Secretary
s,-inia Lodge No. NS.-Meets every lSt and
Al Saturday nights in each month. J. b.
J...nes. ". 7. DIR T. A. MeNeal; Sec.
Hope Hill Lodge. No 'ol-Meets the seeIRa
4 ChiIdrcss, ". < 7. John W. Bum, Sec
CslIY
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Good Threshing.

Mr.. Sterling Johnson, last Wednes-
day, run his steam thresher at Mr.. 5.
Cooks. He had steady work about
half the day and turned out FIVE hun
dred and nineteen bushels. Part of
the time it run two bushels minute.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

The Milan Hotel continues to be
the great popular house with the ira
yelling public, where the smiling host,
Mr. Duffy, is ever ready to 90 all in
his power for the comfort and pleasure
of his quests.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
HUMBOLDT.

Owing to the Centennial Celebra-
ton on the 4th, at Trenton, the third
quarterly meeting of Gibson County
Oranges waspostpone1 until Saturday,
jelly 22nd.
journal: Wonders will never cease!
Some hands working ON the farm of
Mr. J. A. Falles, near Gadsden, two
weeks since, struck at a snake and
knocked the top part of its head off.
They noticed that it ran from them
without turning around. They then
caught it and found that it had two
heads-one at each end. Mr. Falles
is a reliable man, and assured us that
the above is true.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Highest Market Price Paid.

Parties who wish to subscribe for
the EXCHANGE, either for the cam
paign or by the year, can pay for it.
with wheat, leaving it at Nesbitt 4
Turner'S mill. Highest market price
allowed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
The Green wrapper.

with the likeness of DIR \. Q. SIM
mons upon it, contains the only origi>
nal and genuine Simmons Liver Medi-
cine, and warranted or no pay. Coley
& Dickinson, Milan. Tenn, sell it.
Buy none except in green wrappers.
Established in 1915. Manufactured
by NJ. A. Thedford & Co., Chatta-
nOoea, Tenn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
LOCAL NOTICES.
Sensible Advice.

Hou are i ed.cyery day through the columns
of newspapers and by your Druggists to use
something for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
that you know nothing about you get discOur-
aged spending money with but little success.
Now to give yuu satisfactory proof that Green ;
Avg iSt Flower will cure you Of dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint with all its effects. such
Sour Stomach. Sick Headache. llabitual Cos
tiVeness, palPitatinn of the Heart, heartburn,
Mater brash. coming up of food after eating.
low spirits. &c. we ask you to 90 70 your
Druggists toley * Dickinson. and get Sample
Bottle of Green's August Flower for 10 cents
and try it. or Regular Size for - cents; two
dOse. will relieve vOu.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
10000 bushels wheat and corn
wanted in exchange for goods.
Williams, Smith 4 Co.

Just received from New York, all
the latest STYLES of hats, bonncts and
other millinery goods. Will sell as
low as the lowest. o II Hallstrom.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
KENYON.
July II, 1876
Editor Exchange:

The race for the Office of magistrate
is creating so much excitement here
that the people can't think nor talk
about anything else. The excite
ment increases as the election ap-
proaches. We still have gve candi-
dates. One is a lawyer, one a mer-
chant, one teacher and two are far
mers. The canvass has been con-
Quoted peaceably until last week. 1t
was discovered then that serious
difficulty was about to spring up be-
tween A. T. Phillips and G. w.
Combs. They and some of their
friends met and adjusted it.
Last week some boys, while fishing
near a drift in Rutherford's Fork of
Obion river, one half mile below Gar
rison's mill, found shoe that contain
ed negro's foot. 1t is thought to
be the foot of negro man who dis
appeared in mysterious way last win
ter, when the river was flooded. The
citizens living near the mill met
yesterday to seine the river for the
body, but when it was discovered
that all the candidates for magistrate
were present, the subject of resurrec-
ton was discarded entirely.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

HalIstrom has all the latest and
most fashionable STYLES of calicOes,
dress goods, etc. They were bought
for cash, and can be sold rcry cheap.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
CARROLL ITEMS.

Camp.mceting viii be held at Shi-
lob, seven miles east of Milan, includ-
ing the third Sunday in August.
The Republican party Is strong
and respectable in Carroll county,
Republican.
Which is the strong and which the
respectable part, neighbor?
judging from the leading editorial
in last weeks Huntingdon Republi-
can, the radicals Of Carroll county are
hard-headed lot, and are inclined to
think and act for themselves in polit-
ical matters. After using the "party
lash pretty freely, that paper does
not advise can abject covering" to that
instrument; but says that some of its
members do too much work with their
mouths. 1t is very evident that the
party in that county is badly democrat
lied, and the prospect now is that the
Democrats will elect every candidate
they have in the field.
The Huntingdon Republican has
for good while been trying to make
capital out of the fact that A. G.
Hawkins was an adjutant of a Com
federate regiment during the war, and
has had a good deal to say about
"Adjutant" Hawkins. That paper
has however recently very suddenly
stopped its squibs, and we will tell the
reason. Adjutant Hawkins not long
since made a speech in Huntingdon, in
which he said the editor OF the Re
publican and he were boys together.
When the war came up they were
sound, able-bodied young men, but diff.
fered in their opinions on the question
ofsecession-one went with the South;
the other was a strong Union man.
Adjutant Hawkins went out and
fought for what he believed to be
right; the editor of the Republican
stayed at home and hid out in the
woods during the war, and would not
fight for either side, until the war
was over. Now he is a gallant cham
pion for the Union, Hayes and Vince
Ter. The "Adjutant" has silenced
that battery efectually, and is ready
to rout the whole column in NOvem>
Der.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
IIorsg oF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Fellow Citizens of the Ninth Congressions
District:

NAsBlSGTOS. June. 1876.
FcllowCitiHens of the Ninth Congressional
District:
With profound gratitude for the confidence
heretofore extended me. and with the hope
that II will seem to you not to have been viii
fully abused. ] announce myself as a candidate
for reelection, subject Ia the will Of the Demo
cratic party.
The imminent probability of = deadlock
between the two houses upon the leading ap-
preparation hills mikes the time Of adjourn
Inent "A matter of uncertainty, and imposes
upon every friend Of retrenchmcnt and reform
ia Congress the necessity Of remaining at his
post Of duty. / can. therefore, only promise
To- avail myself Of the earliest opportunity
after adjournment 90 wait upon and confer
with you nPOn the grave issues pending before
the American people.
Your obliged and obedicnt servant,
WM. 7. CALDV ELL.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
Wood Wood !! Wood !

We want to secure our winter sup
ply of wood now. Will allow best
price for it, payable in subscription to
the EXCHANGE. Take the paper now
and keep posted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Bankrupt stock at auction every
Saturday. Ladies specially invited.
+. \. Collins, Assignee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

When it is known that Mrs Duffy
superintends the housekeeping and
ta6le 6hOte of the Milan Hotel, no other
recommendation is necessary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Bankrupt stock at auction every
Saturday. Ladies specially invited.
+. A. Collins, Assignee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

The Milan Hotel has comfortable,
wcll-filtcd-up rooms, and the table is
supplied with the best the market af-
fords
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
MARKET REPORTS.
oohnxc1rD WEEKLY ny uAlk ASHOok-

CORREcTED WEEKLY NJ UALE .NNHOoK-
Milan, July 10, 1876.
Good wheat sells here st SOC.
Gold closed in New York Tuesday
at 111s.
Tennessee bonds closed in New
York Tuesday at 49, for old and 46l
for new.
Cotton closed in New York Tues
day at 113@11 1916.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20

Bargains Bargains Bargains
Go to Hallstrom's for the cheapest
goods in the market. No mistake.