The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
HICKORY VALLEY, Tenn, Dee. I'd 1877

HICKORY VALLEY, Tenn, Dec. I'd 1878.
NJ. Editor:
1t has been a considerable length of time
I have seen any thing in your worthy paper
from this place, as it seems that "Neulo"and
you and y and some others that once
wrote from this place, ARE altogether silencod
Oar litde town is in healthy, prosperous
condition. Trade has been very good this
season and think will continue so, our
merchants have full stocks and are selling
goods at very short profits quick sales and
small profits" seem to be their motto; we
have three business houses at this place.
For the past six or seven months until
lately, not a drop OF intoxicating liquors
was kept for sale (only for medical pur-
poses in this place, but am sorry 10 say it
it is not so now, two or three business houses
here keep whisky for sale. The members OF
our Christian Temperance Union kept their
! pledges very well until whisky was brought
to this place, and they being brought in con
tact with il; some could not resist the tempta-
tation, l do not aIIude to any in particular
nor do l know of but few that went back on
their pledges before their time was out. A
good many Of our citizens took the pledge
| for only six or seven months, their time be,
/ ing out, of course they were no longer under
obligation but there is no doubt in my mind
/ that if whisky had not been brought to this
place this fall our members to-day with q
very few exceptions would be entirely free
from the use Of intoxicating liquors as a
( beverage although their six or seven month
/ pledges are out. do not want to be mis-
understood in this matter,I do not mean thai
We have drunkards here, for we are as free
from them as any community in the county
/ but ! mean that some Of the members o
our Temperance organization take an occa
sional dram since their time of six or sever
months has run out, but while l regret to say
these things as regards some Of our larg,
membership reioyce to so say a grea
many have moral courge to resist the temp
tation, and to-day are free from the use of
whislley and have been SO all the time, since
they took the pledge, would be glad to hav,
you among us again to talk TO the people OF
this important subject.
The crop in our neighborhood the presen
year has been an average one, at least If no
more than an average Corn is worth from
two, to two dollars and fifty cents per bar
rel. We hear of dressed hogs offering a
low as four cents per pound. William Wes
ST., one OF our neighbors, recently bought i
this neigbhorhood a lot of Beef Cattle anC
shipped to Memphis, this shows that W
had a Surplus Of stoek, lift is true that cotto
is low. There seems to be sufieiency {
; meat and bread in the country Tor nom
consumption. Our merchants have been pay
lug full prices for cotton this fail, think Il
market here equal to any in the count
There has been a considerable amount
wheat sown this fail, the crops are all gait
cred and the cotton being rushed into ma
llet, there are three cotton gins very me-
this place and they are kept busy all Il
> time,
! agree with a Correspondent writil
lron Grand Junction in your last Issue, IL