The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-27
SMALL CHANGE.

hciS h'eI OUhua1 waning W bO COih
pressed.
Look out for counterfeit silver dol
lara They are Ii, circulation in this
section.
4 world of cotton can be seen here
every day. We never saw the like in
West Tennessee.
A number of our young people
think of going to the Mckenzie ball
tomorrow night.
Butter is worth 20 cents per pound
in this market. Eggs are selling at
ID cents per dozen.
Mr. I. ]. McCaslin brought to this
Office an ear of corn 123 inches long
which was raised Oh his farm five south
of town.
Owing TO rush of new suhscrib>
ers, we send only half sheets to our
exchanges this week. We hope they'll
pardon us.
Presiding Elder Hays will begin his
first round of quarterly meetings at
this place on Saturday, the 18th of
December.
To-day is thanksgiving. Let us all
go to church and return thanks for
the many blessings we have had be-
slowed upon us this year.
Prospero lodge, X. p. elected four
new members last Thursday night
all good and true men. Hardly a
meeting passes without one or more
petitions.
Immigrants will find the neighbor-
hood of Milan to be the best fruit.
grain and cotton country in West
Tennessee, and our people will vel
come all newcomers.
If you want to please your children,
subscribe for the Nursery for year.
1t is the best child's magazine we
know of. Only $50 year. Address
John L. Shorey, Boston.
Again we urge our agricultural
friends to sow more wheat. Don't buy
your meat and bread. Ifyou do, you
will soon be in as badscondition as
you were three or four years ago.
On Tuesday, December 10th, the
people of Humboldt viii vote on the
proposition to levy 25cts on the hum
dreddOllars worth of property, and one
dollar on the poll for school purposes.
The deer hunters returned from
Dyer county last week disguised with
the weather they had while out. They
Hlled seven or eight deer, but could
cave none, on account of the warm,
rainy weather.
We hear through different sources
that man was badly crippled by a
srain on the Northwestern road near
Mckenzie, few days since. He was
attempting to board the train, when
he fell and was run over. His name
is said to be Sartor.
There have been shipped from here
since the season opened ~ car loads
ofcotton seed, averaging "a, 900 pounds
tn the car, making an aggregate of
1920 bushels. Average price, II
cents per bushel, making the hand
home sum of s362S.SO paid out for
cotton seed here.
A large party enjoyed a hop at
Welch's hotel Tuesday night, where
they danced until an early hour next |
morning. We understand that sever
al Of our Milan beaux was devotedly
attentive to a charming young bride
from Middle Tennessee, not knowing
that she was married.
A. Jordan's statesmen were kept |
going at lively gait last Saturday. |
Their sales summed up 500, and it
was not so busy day as they have !
had, either. We are glad to know |
that this excellent house is dong so |
heavy business. A better place to
sell your cotton or buy goods cannot
be found in this section.
Cade's big cotton compress being
erected as fast as the workmen can
handle it. 1t will have capacity of |
eight hundred bales per day when in
working order. Some of the parts
weigh as much az twenty-six thous-
and pounds, the heaviest lifting ever
done here. The gentleman superia-
tending the erection is an old sailor
and has had long experience in hand~ |
ling heasy machinery. The negro |
roustabouts look on him with supersti.
tious awe, and say he can jump from
one rope 20 another Ike cat. !