The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-06
County Districts.
From our Special Correspondent.


tation has caused. But everywhere
the farmers are rallying with brave
hearts to repair the damage, and
every field is dotted with plows,
harrows and cotton planters, and
never before have l seen such evil
dences of determined industry, with
both white and black.
In travelling over the country
one sees many things to find fault
wiLh-the dreadful condition of the
roads, the many evidences of SLOW
emily farming, the dreadful gullies
one sees gashing the finest fields;
barns, out-houses, &c,
DC. Yet many beautiful scenes
arise to gladden. the eyes of the
rambler. Tidy little houses, some
times built with logs, with a neatly
enclosed yard, covered with green
grass, and dotted about here and
there with a rose bush and other
common flowers, showing that there
can be found love of the beauti-
full even in log cabin, and one can
see many evidences of progress and
improvement. Here and there one
will see new cottage peeping from
the forest trees, or surrounded by a
new forest, planted for the coming
generation, with a young orchard
on a hillside near by, improved
stables and barns and other out
houses, newly upset fences, and
the corners of the old ones cleared
of the briers and bushes, and better
gates, that you can open without
dismounting from your horse,
which, of all things that 1 know,
is best calculated to make one say
pretty words; and, altogether, there
are undoubted evidences that Giles
county is on the march onward and
upward.
But l must come to the crops,
which are the main thing that en-
crosses US at the present. In my
travels have seen thousands OF
acres of wheat, and 1 have OBJ
served it myself, closely, and have
taken great pains to inquire of the
best farmers whom l have met, as
to its condition and prospects.
My conclusions are that it is a fair
average crop, but the last few days
| have observed that in many fields
rust is making it's appearance,
which Is an alarming symptom, 50
early in the season. l think it is a
safe estimate to make, that at least
20 per cent. greater area will be
planted in cotton this season, which
L regard as a great mistake. l be
leve that it will prove blessing to
those whose cotton was de
stroyed by the late food, for they
will now be compelled to plant corn
and other crops. The plant itself
is doing remarkably well; farmers
tell me they have never seen it come
up better, nor look more healthy
and promising. The side harrow
and hoe are busy in giving it good
send-off, as the horse men say, and
they are getting the bulge on the
grass. The bulk of the corn crop
where l have seen, has been plant
ed and much of it is already up, but
it looks yellow and rather "shack-
ling" But few sunny days will
make it all right, for your corn is
not to be bullied by a few cold
nights or q frost or two. "You
may pile clods on his head"-&c.,
&c. L will reserve some items of
stock gossip which l have collected,
for a future letter, but there is a
particular matter about which ]
want to say something before /
close this. In the neighborhood of
what is known as Blows store,
there is a section of country which
is sadly in need of a postoffice.
This section numbers at least sew
families whose nearest
postof1ice Is from four to seven
miles, over the most despicable
roads in the county. 1t lies be-
tween the two post-routes to Fay
etteville, and these people have to
get their mail matter either from
or Brick Church, which
is a sore grievance, owing to the
distance and the miserable roads.
There is no help for them from the
government, for the reason that the
routes have all been fixed and con-
tracts made. Their only remain
ing remedy is to do it by private
which surely can be
done at q very small cost to each,
seeing that It is so populous a
height orhood. 1t would cost but
little to employ a boy to go to
Brick Church on mail days, a dis
lance of but four miles, and carry
it to Blows store, which is q central
point, where it can be distributed
by Mr.. Blow, who is a responsible
and capable man. 1 take the hber-
ty to make these suggestions to the
people in the vicinity mentioned,
and hope they will consider 1t for
their own convenience. l suggest
Brick Church as the point to have
their mail sent, because it is the
end of the line and a regular office
where the post master can always
be found.
Imet recently my old friend, Will
liam Kersey, one of the oldest ma
tive Tennesseans in Giles county.
He was born in Knox county, April
18th, 1900; consequently he is IN
his eightieth year. He is still
quite active and in full possession
of his faculties, except that his
hearing is a little impaired. / had
a pleasant chat with him about old
times, and heard from him many
things which would interest the
readers of the CITIZEN, if you only
had space for them. Mr.. Kersey IS
a contented, cheerful old man, and
the world is still bright to him. 1t
is we'll to cherish these old land
marks and learn from them the
philosopy of living, so that we, too,
may enjoy s. happy old age.
This is a poor scroll, Mr.. Editor,
but as apologies and excuses are al
ways stale / will omit them entirely