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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
That 5000 Subscribers.

Why not make it 5000? If each
subscriber in Giles will insist ON his
neighbor taking the CITIZEN, lie will
do that neighbor great benefit and
help that much in sustaining an en-
terprise that works for the up-build-
ing of home interests.
We have not used our columns to
blow ourselves with for months, but
now we want 5000 subscribers, be-
cause we believe the people ought
to take the CITIZEN, there is more
money now to pay for it, and it will
do us, them and our county, town
and people good.
Insist on your neighbor taking
the CITIZEN and let's rush the list
right up to 5000 at once.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
MURDERED A WOMAN.
A Fiend Emptiss a Shot Gun into
a Woman's Side.

One of the most horrible crime:
ever enacted was committed jus
over in Alabama at the State Line
on the n d. D. railroad, last Satur
day. John Bowling shot and killed
Mrs. Blakely, emptying one or both
barrels of a shot gun loaded with
buckshot into her side The reports
as to what was the provocation are
conflicting. One was that Blakely
had sworn out a peace warrant
against Bowling and that he be-
came incensed thereby. Another
was that the wives of the two men
had had a difficulty. At any event,
Bowling went there with gun to
kill Blakely, and not finding him,
he got into a quarrel with the wo-
man and shot her while she was in
the act Of making up the bed. Two
OF three little children were the only
witnesses, and they alarmed the
neighbors. AS soon as he had
killed the woman he went to an
other house and left his empty gun
and took another and went out into
the field to hunt for Blabely. For
some reason he did not find him,
and then he left the country. He
was heard of few miles off where
he met a man and sold him the gun
for four dollars, allowing him to try
it several times at target and &C
companying him to the house to get
some squirrel shot to try it with.
OF course the country was aroused
and vigorous pursuit was instituted,
but was unsuccessful up this writ
ing.
The crime has no paliation, what
ever the offense given by the woman
and no matter what her character
was. 1t was not very distant from
a similar scene of a year or two since
when Bales killed his wife, and
also near the scene of the terrible
of young Grigsby. Ii fur
nishes additional proof Of the hell
ish propensity of men to initiate
each other in crime. Whenever a
mailman invents q new method of
suicide it seems to awaken a desire |
to emulate his example and others
speedily end their lives in a similar
and whenever a peculiarly |
lienous crime is perpetrated you |
may be sure that some similar at
,empt will soon follow. If Bowling |
IS caught, and he will be, the good |
people in that country will see to it
hat he meets the speedy fate so
'ichly merited for such a cowardly |
rhine. There is but one way to
stamp out such an unnatural mania
md that is no mercy or quarter for
.uch devils.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
90 Lbs. Coffee to be Given
Away.


To every person who buys one dol
lars worth of coffee from us we will
give guess at how many pounds of
coffee we will sell from this date to the
lst OF January. The person guessing
nearest will get 50lbs. coffee free of
charge. .. {. q HENRY JONES
To-day is National Turkey Day.
If any of our highly-respected
friends are going to decorate their
festive boards with this stuffed
bird of liberty they have failed
to acquaint us with the fact. We
have sometimes imagined that in
such contests lies our best holt, and
We have rejected somtimes always
occasionally that it might be the
muchness of our gastronOmic holt
that contributes TO our henceness
when scented invites were hunting
out friends with Liliputiau appe-
tites. We always feel sorry for a
turkey that Is left unprotected In
our reach, and very sorry for the
other boarders also. We feel like
falling in line four deep and charg-
ing the breastworks and knock the
stufling, right out of the enemy, and
then. like the mule that pulled up
the post by his hitch-rein and
turned and kicked himself to death
at the hole, we sit down, Alexander
like, and weep over the sacked cita'
del. We didn't intend to grow SO
pathetic, but simply to say that If
any dear friendtis going to have
turkey to-day he wiltcouier price
less boon upon US il she will permit
us to come and sit out on their back
fence and gobble.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
A DINING.

At dining lately given at the house
of Mrs. Economy in Giles county, the
following conversation ensued:
Mrs. Tasty QaGy friend from Ala
bamal MY dear Mrs. Economy what
nice tea; where did you get iii
"From o. C.. - Henry Jones, 90 cts
per 10. and you can get real good cot
lee 10 lbs. for $l.Co ut o. c. s Henry
Jones "
Mrs. Tasty--"O, yes; l heard way
down in Alabama you could get 10 lbs
white clarified sugar for sl.O0 from y,
C. & Henry Jones'"
"Yes," says Mrs. Economy, "tht
cheapest house in Pulaski is o. Z. &
Henry Jones', and besides you can gel
all sorts OF nice things, such rs
Fresh soda and cream crackers,
a" waiter cracknelles,
alphabet and animal crackers
- oranges,
And the incest line of fancy candles
you ever saw, cheap. Call at
o, Q. 81 HKNRY JONES'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

1t will be seen from the census
table in another column that Ten
nessee stands 9th in illiteracy in
the states and territories. 1t is
noticeable that the slave states stand
lowest and that is the reason for it.
Although it is the illiteracy of the
negroes that gives us such an I'M
enviable position in the list, yet it
is asserted as fact that the blacks
are redeeming themselves faster
than the whites. They are Jealous
in acquiring rudimentary knowl-
edge and utilize every means they
have, while the whites do not
This ought not to be. Our white
people ought to set about remedy
Ing this shameful state of things.
A complete public school law is of
more Importance to Tennessee than
all other questions combined which
she permits to distract her. At the
north, in addition to their grand
system of free schools, the people
universally read the papers and
periodicals. and every family sup
plies itself or is supplied with them.
1t ought to be so here. Men ought
to find out whether their nei6 hbors
read or not and whether their chill
dren are being taught or not, and
they ought to argue and insist with
them and show them the advantages
and lead them up to a correct ap-
probation of the priceless boom
How many of us realize the situa-
ton? If we did, we would set about
for the remedy more vigorously.
How is it in Giles? The CITIZEN
list furnishes the best means of
judging and you may be astonished
to know that less than one-fifth of
our voters, or -thirtieth of our
people, take the CITIZEN. Each
community in Giles county ought to
hunt out its people who are callous
upon this matter and the first good
they can do them is to insist that
they take the CITIZEN, and then in
Sist that our lawmakers give us
more comprehensive school system,
with compulsory provisions.
1t is not a desire for gain alone
that prompts us to urge the reading
men of Giles to help to extend the
circulation of the CITIZEN. We be
heve and kRo1V that it will con
tribute more than anything outside
Of schools to the education and
elevation of the non-reading people,
because it pertains to matters that
interest them and they will soon
come to read it more closely and
from that branch into other lines of
knowledge. Let us set about RENE
dying this crying evil and not per
NIT the children of the people to
gruw up in the ignorance that
ailicts their fathers. Giles is less
llIiterate perhaps than most counties
IN Tennessee, and these reflections
may be unpleasant to some of us,
but that there are hundreds of men
who cannot and do not read and are
making no provision to redeem their
children from their lamentable state
Is fact too apparent to be concealed,
and 1t behooves the balance of us to
seek every means to do away with a
state of things that holds us back
and places us in bad odor with the
outside world. Induce your neigh
bor to take the CITIZEN at once.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
To Subscribers.

Subscribers come in every day
and say: 81 am an old subscriber
and don't want to go to the trouble
of hunting up a club-agent just
put me down as if [ was in a club
and I'll say nothing about it." II
we do one thus we must do all. We
must therefore request that you dc
not ask us for club rates unless you
come in a club. Here is our offer.
and we cannot in future vary from it {:
In clubs of 10 or more, $1.5O each,
cash in ADVANEE
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Farmers begin to realize now that
the cotton crop was greatly injured
by the.frost \ large proportion
of the hollis that they expected
would make cotton were killed. If
the general crop was not a good one
and the prices low in consequence
this misfortune would not be felt
So spnSihlv
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

#Women that have been bedridden for
years have been completely cured by
the use of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
sit is the common observation that
the standard of natural health and nor
NAL activity, among American women,
is being lowered by the influence OF
false ideas and habits of life, engen-
dered by fashionable ignorance and
luxurious living. 1t is happy circum-
stance that Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham has
come to the front to instruct and cure
the sufferers of her sex,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Our Mr.. J. L. Pearcy is an APP
plicant for one of the three principal
appointive offices to be filled by
Gov. Bate. He will have the un-
qualified endorsement of his entire
constituency as a testimony Of his
fitness and faithfulness to duty, and
coupled with his excellent ability to
administer an Office of responsibility
and clerical intricacies, he stands in
a deserving attitude before his party
by reason of his unremitting and
telling work for the party in both
the recent canvass and the one pre-
ceding. No man ever worked the
political mine in Giles half so as
siduously and effectively as he did
the one of 80, and in the recent can
vass he rendered invaluable services
at home and in his capacity as one of
the state committeeman. Gov. Bate
will do a hondsome thing in recog-
nizing these matters in his appoint
ment.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
6 A Parsons Dies

The oldest citizen of the Sumac
neighborhood, Esq. S. A. Parsons,
died Sunday last at 3 o'clock
\. NJ. He had been sick q
month but he was not considered
dangerously i'll by his friends until
his physician, DR.. Howard, informed
some of them he could not live. He
had a combination of diseases, cul-
minating in a rapid case of con-
sumption. Mon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
Lactnra at BRICK Church

Rev. A. r. Holderby will begin a
series of lectures at his church for
the benefit of Brick Church on next
Friday night, 1st. Subject, "The
house we live in" The ladies of the
mite society have made the admis
sion fee very small so that all can
sttend the lectures. Admission
fee 15 cents-children 10 cents.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
Call On Than
To Clrh A giants

Subscribers who intend to get up
clubs for the CITIZEN will please
drop US a postal so we may pub
lish their names and help them.
Esq. j. c. Dickey will get up a
club at Bedrock, j. f. Holt one at
Bunker Hill, j. A. Burrow and w.
@. Carter are our agents at Lynn
vile, A. W. Moore at Elkton, D.
Reagin at Bethel, Col. w. D. Orr at
Diana, W. S. Fogg, Aspen Hill.
Let others send in their names.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Negotiations are pending to have
the NJ. E. church lit with gas. II
ought to be done. 1t seems to us
that such places ought to be made
as attractive as possible so as to be
inviting to the public. If stran-
ger were to step out Of our bril-
liantly lighted stores and start into
the church, the dim, sad-looking
prospect would necessarily repel
him. The Presbyterian church
is already piped and the Others
ought to be.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Miss Mamie Samuels of Sumac,
who is attending school at Martin
College and who has been very i'll
with typho-malarial fever at Mr..
Neil Allison's, is we are glad to
learn much better.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr.. Rush Williamson died at his
home near Pulaski on Wednesday
of last week, from the effects OF a
wound received in the rebellion
He was a brave confederate soldier,
and after these many years he sleeps
in the grave with his comrades, who
gave their lives for the lost cause
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

One of our young men was
aroused from sleep the other night
by his room mate who came in to
retire at a late hour. He sat up in
the bed and after gazing at his
companion for some time calculated
"By George, / thought that was
met What could have been the
matter with his friend to cause him
to think such a thing we are unable
over, tn imagine. -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Fall has taken its leave of sum-
mer and tunbled to the racket of
clustering winter. Or, winter has
crawled down out of the lap of fall
and arrayed itself as bride for Il
sleighride. Or, Winter to Fall:
"Will you give me leaf?" And she
wilted. Or, ''Mr. Morgan, drop of
load of coal at my office, will
YOn2n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The best authority calls for a
rise in wheat at an early day. Those
having a surplus yet remaining had
better watch the markets and learn
the usual course of the price. For
fifteen years the average price has
been higher late IN the season. The
larger the crop, the better the
prices, averaging up higher as the
season advances. This year can
scarcely be an exception, but it
may be.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

We heard of men all over the
north who threatened to leave their
states if they went democratic. The
reason the covered wagons are not
seen in caravan is because the poor
fellows had no state to move to
that hadn't done like theirs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr.. Simpson, a gentleman who
came here prospecting last week
from Howard county, d., on Tues
day bought the 125 acre tract of
land belonging to Mr.. Robert Rodes
which lies on Richland one mile
west of Pulaski, paying $22.5O per
acre for If
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The snow, the snow, the trouble
some snow, coming so softly and
gently and slow, freezing the check,
the finger, the toe, biting the nose
so one has to blow-came yesterday
in all its abominable splendor.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
a CARD.

To all who are suffering from the er-
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
&C., l will send a recipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great rem
edy was discovered by a missionary in
South America. Send a self-addressed
envelope TO the REV. JOSEPH II. INMAN,
Station d, New York City. nv3O-1y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Messrs. W. S. Rose q Son in
tended to move into the new store
house on the southeast corner of
the square, which is now ready for
them. yesterday, but the snow pre-
vented. They will move as soon
Is the weather will permit.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
25cts. Cashmeres for IS cts. at
W. :. ROsE & Sons.

Messrs. w. II. Alternately II Co g,
owing TO the immense stock of cloth
inc they bought this fall and the
small demand tor winter goods up
to the present, propose in their
advertisement in the CITIZEN to sell
goods at greatly reduced prices for
the next thirty days. They will
make it to your advantage, doubt
less, to call at their clothing store
for any goods Won want in their line.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

1t is said that Gov. Hawkins had
eight brothers to vote against him.
When they 90 down into Egypt af-
ter corn he'll show the blood-spots
on his toga and send them back
for sixty.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr. McClave from Northern IL
linois has been in Giles this week
with a view to buying land here.
He is staunch looking gentleman
and would be an acquisition of val
ne to our citizenship.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr.. Grundy Gibson and DR.. Ed.
McKissack chased n thief several
miles in the country on last Thurs
day and captured him in the woods.
viii Brunson, colored, whom Glib
son IL Alternately had employed as
porter for their store, was discovered.
to be wearing a pair of their boots
for which they had received no pay.
Finding that his theft had been de
tecteI he fed and was pursued
Mr.. Gibson caught him after a foot
race of about a mile, but he refused
at first to surrender and made at
Mr.. Gibson for fight Mr.. Gibson
was unarmed and knew the negro
could easily whip him, but he pre-
tended to have pistol, and scared
him into submission by threats, and
brought him back and put him in
iall. The felon will have to wear
out his shoe leather working in the
chain gang.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The Madison Square Theatre
played Esmeralda to a small house
last Wednesday night. 1t was pro
nonnced by witnesses to be about
the best play ever witnessed on these
boards. The small saudience was
on account of the high price of adj
mission and lack of sufficient ad-
vertising.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The editor wrote the following
guess on the wall of Arrowsmith d
Jones counting room before the
election: Bate, $4,000; Hawkins,
$4,000; Beasley, 5000; Russell,
1000. 1t was almost literally
verified.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
Come and Get Them

All parties having bought trees of the
Tennessee Nursery located at Murfrees-
boro from A. j. Officer, w. r. Cops,
K. g. Edwards, T. w. Smith and w. r.
Allen, are requested to come to Pulaski
and get them at once, else suit will be
brought Immediately.
+, w, SMITH,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Last Sunday night the world
seemed lost in the caliginous penum-
bra of the Stygian orb of darkness.
The unilluminate obscurity was
so palpable that one could almost
squeeze ink from it by clutch at
the dark, and pedestrians groped
and lodged lest they knock their
noses Off against the jagged edges
of the crowding shadows. And in
all this murky, hueless, beamless,
sombre, tenebrious, Cimmerian
pitch that wrapped the world in a
cloak of cleaning, glaring, glowing
gloom-there stood the gas-posI
unlit, unlucent and undone.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Miss Laura DuBose arrived in
Decatur from Mississippi yesterday
afternoon on her way to Pulaski to
visit her brother, Mr.. W. T. DuBose.
She is to reach here on the early this
mnrninU
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Sells Brothers show disbanded
at Troy, Ala, Saturday and the
actors passed up the road Sunday.
One of the actresses lost her purse
just before they reached here, said
to contain five thousand, dollars
worth OF diamonds.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The Session of the Pleasant Hill
church will meet on Saturday be-
fore the second Sunday in Decem-
Der, at o'clock sharp. Every elder
and deacon will be expected.
J. NJ. ASHFORD, z. c..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr.. J. T. Cakes has recovered
from his long illness and is at his
store ready to receive all monies
that come in response to his card
in this issue and attend to any 9TH
er business. He still looks a little
pale and thin, but will soon be as
robust as ever.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will have a bazaar and oyster
supper OF time and place to be ar
ranged for the week before christ
mas. They furnish an occasion for
much enjoyment and an opportuni-
tv TO contribute to n worthy cause.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

There was no preaching at any of
the churches Sunday night because
of the meeting of the auxiliary bible
socie ". All those who would have
gone to church attended the meeting.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Mr.. Tai. r. Morgan shipped
three car loads of stock this week,
one each of horses, sheep and hogs,
the horses and sheep to Montgom-
cry and the hogs to Louisville.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
Friday night Elder Slime CLOSED

Friday night Elder Slime closed a
series of interesting and instructive
sermons which he preached at Odd
Fellows Hall The attendance all
five of the nights that he preached
was very good considering the small
membership Of his church at this
place, and his eloquence and logic
did not fail to elicit the profound
attention of his hearers. He is an
able minister, and his brethren here
are delighted to know that he will
preach for them frequently during
the coming year. He will probably
have regular appointments at this
place for the next twelve months.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

The New York Weekly Tribune
says in regard to the Noyes Die
lionary Holder, manufactured by
L. w. Noyes, 80 West Monroe St,
Chicago: I'VE know of but one
satisfactory holder; that, however,
is so good that second is not
needed" Mr.. Noyes sends to all
applicants a handsome illustrated
circular. Prices reduced.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
THANKSGIVING Day,

To day is set apart by the presi-
dent of the United States and the
governors of all the states as 4 day
thanksgiving and prayer. Our
country and people never had more
to be thankful for.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
Creditors mako NOTICE.

lam needing money and must have
it. My creditors are earnestly urged to
come forward and settle at once. II my
health permits I will BE- Ia my store
from this time on. IL not Esquire
Bumpass will receive the money.
ny3O-2t. - j. T. CAKES.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Some merchants insure their stock
and houses and neglect their children.
Why not save the mothers heart and
life 10y carrying the baby a box of Or.
Moflett's Tccthina (Teething Powders p
Other fathers do it,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Never try to raise family without a
good newspaper, provided it contains
the advertisement of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup; for this valuable medicine is
necessary to keep your children in good
health
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Messrs. J. 7. Bowers, L. H. May,
and Walter Vaughn visited Elk
mont Sunday and were so much
smitten that they made an engage
ment to 90 back again next Sunday.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30
COUNTRY CHURCHES.

We have a lot of secondhand
chandeliers, etc, some as good as
new, taken from parties who have
fixed to use gas, that we will dispose
of very low. DUBosE N EzELL.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

Thorton's Cough Cure or Compound
Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry for
coughs, colds and bronchitis, gives re-
lief every time. Excellent in incipient
cOnsumDtion
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-30

SHILOH'S VITALIZER is what you
need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite
Dizziness and all symptoms OF Dyspep-
STA. Price 10 and 70 cents per bottel.