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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-02-23
BIOWtOWn.

There are only six candidates
out for magistrate in the district.
Rev. G. A. Harwell is rejoicing
1t will wear calico instead of boots
Mr.. Written and his sister were
visiting their newly married sister
in Marshal county recently.
Mr.. Bony Worsham has pur-
chased the James Willeford farm
from Monroe Smith and moved in
among us.
I hear of several horses dying
with the pink eye, hut it has been
said by some that the staryei' is
more prevalent.
Hiram Mcdowell gave the
young folks a sociable Saturday
night which proved to be a very
enjoyable affair.
Wheat is looking finer than l
ever saw it at this season of the
year. There is some talk of the
flies and worms damaging it.
Monroe Blow and family of
Odd Fellows Hall are staying at his
fathers, Willis Blow, esq. He is
running from the scarlet fever.
The Mcdowell mill firm sent
forty bushels Of meal to town last
week We are sorry to hear of pro
visions being carried out of the
country when they are so scarce.
Our community has two stores
and both are doing a good business
in spite of the hard times. j.
Crutch Youngs bonny clerk with
her beautiful blue eyes attracts
many customers.
Our preacher, Rev. a. n. Ezell,
has changed his appointments from
monthly to semi-monthly, which
pleases the church going people.
Sunday schools are starting out from
winter quarters.
Schools are commencing around
generally. Miss Matte Smith com
menced at Pleasant Hill academy,
Theo. Lee at Beech Hill. The citi-
zens of Mt Zion community are
building a nice school house and
have not had an applicant yet-a
good opening for teacher.
1t rainsl It rainsi The roads
The roads, How muddy they are
1t is all but impossible TO get from
here TO your town. The turnpike
proposition would meet with better
success now than any other time, in
the way Of subscriptions. Let your
energetic men go 70 work and test
this statement. Ne Plus ULTRA.
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OIL ON THE WATERS.
Giles County to the Front in Com
promise of Factions.

The call that is being circulated
for a mass meeting of democrats in
Pulaski next Saturday to take coun-
sci together as to the best means of
bringing together the discordant
elements of the party is meeting
with great appreciation. The pros
pect is very promising that animosi-
ties will be buried and an agree
ment reached as a basis for uniting
upon the troublesome issue that is
presented in the defeat of the 1908.
We have been assured that some
of the strongest leaders of the fac
tons have expressed a willingness
and desire to shake hands over their
differences and start together de
novo to settle the state debt upon
equitable terms and to formulate
policy that will be acceptable and
Just. Four or five months ago the
CITIZEN thought it saw IN future
the state of affairs that exists to
day and it urged then that meas
ures be adopted that would avert
the result that has given papers and
people all over the country an eX-
cuse to abuse us and damage our
credit and industries. Other coun
sci prevailed and the result will be
disastrous in the extreme unless
the people hasten to repair the
damage. That damage is not so
much because 1908 was defeated
per Sc, but in defeating it we have
given others a cue to berate us and
iniure us. The CITIZEN urged 5O-4
as a compromise upon which the
factions could agree and thus take
the 100 3 case out of court and
avoid the damage of a decision
against settlement. Giles county
now is about to take the lead in a
compromise movement of this char
acter, though after the event. 1t is
not to late too soften asperities and
bring abOuj peace and unity. We
have been asked to press it upon
the people that they attend the
meeting next Saturday that meas
ures may be concerted that will
bring our people together. 1t is
result worthy of our greatest effort
to secure and the courthouse
Saturday should show a gathering
of democrats that evinces the old
time enthusiasm and concert of ac-
ton. Every nsighborhood should
be represented and let Giles at
least show a united democracy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-02-23

In view of the disposition that is
gaining ground amongst the people
that the candidates be required to
have stated meetings instead fpro
miscuous riding, Mr.. Jno. e. Gilbert
proposes that this plan be adopted
until 1st June and then the candi-
dates be turned loose to roam as
they please. He says that the stress
of work will then be over and the
people better able to accommodate
the candidates. Juba says he is
practicing his speech to meet the
requirements of Scribbler and others
but we scratched this statement from
JUDAS letter for prudential reasons.
We are willing that all the candi.
dates may express their assent or
dissent to the plan proposed so that
an agreement may be effected one
way or another.
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paath Of the Oh Saxton.

Mr.. James Martin died at his
home near the cemetery at ] o'clock
yesterday morning. He was about
II years of age and had been in
feeble health for some time, recently
eliminating in paralytic stroke.
He was one of the most faithful and
efficient men in his sphere we know.
For years he has prepared the last
resting place for our loved ones
about Pulaski and has with tender
est care kept beautiful and clean the
gardens and evergreens that loving
hands have planted above their dead
He lies down himself now peaceful
ly amongst the lovely surroundings
he created. His faithfulness and
devotion to his solemn Office rears
for him a monument in the hearts
of those whose affections lie buried
with their dead meath the clods
upturned by his welI-worn shovel.
There can be no higher encomium
passed upon mortal man than that
''he knew his duty and did it WELL"
and in this instance its meaning is
intensified to those who have been
called to employ the services of the
faithful Old Sexton. Let the sod
grow green above him and let the
spot that marks his grave be in
keeping with the beauties he created
for US and our dead.
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LynnVille.

w. B. Clark is teaching pub
lie school at Elk ridge.
Miss Josie Mitchell visited
friends at CampbelPs station this
week.
Mrs. DIR. Clark and two daugh-
tiers of Petersburg stopped Off here
day or two with her son. She
took the tram Saturday TO 90 TO
her new home at Fayetteville
where the elder DR.. Clark, we learn,
is now located.
Mrs. Henry Stone of Moores.
vile and her little boy and girl are
visiting her many friends here She
was n charming girl and is now a
noble woman. She was in poor
health all last year but we are glad
to say she is now improved.
"A negro in the employ of J.
L. Kerr at Buford's, named Clabe
Harwell, while telling a tree Satur-
day last by some accident it fell on
him'and crushed his head. The
doctor, as l learn, thought his case
doubtful. 1t will be remembered
he crushed his son in laws skull
with n rock a few years ago, very
brutally numbering him. The ne.
gros think this is a Judgment sent
on him.
Esq. Chas. Devers desires
that thanks be expressed for the
generosity of the people at Bufords
in contributing so generously to
the family of j. ID. Mcintyre, a
poor man on Capt. Rhea's place
who is terribly afflicted with sick
ness. His wife and two children
have had severe attacks of typhoid
fever. The wife's life is dispaired
of. Some $40 or $I2 was made up
in few minutes at Buford's for
them.
Some star gazer or astrologer
has promulgated the idea that we
are drifting into tropical climate.
1t is verified so far. February has
been more spring like than many
Aprils l can recall. Flowers are
springing into life and the busy bee,
is on the wing, and the wheat is
spreading out and preparing to
joint whore it is early and not pas
tured. Perhaps, however, we are
only realizing that "God tempers
the breezes to the shorn lamb"
Want of feed is largely compensa-
ted in having tropical winter.
Mr.. w. G. Carter goes to Nash
vile this week to attend the meet
ing of the state association of
stock breeders. LYNN,
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RehObOth.

Butler Alternately commenced
his school with thirty five pupils.
Mrs. Minnie Rowland of Elk
ton is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Craig.
-Mrs.Sarah Pepper Of Lynnville
has been visiting her brother, DIR.
Harwell,
Pad locks are no good and if
there is a safe agent in Pulaski
please have us few sent out TO put
our corn and beans in.
The trouble of itemizing is hear
ing all the news. If any of my
friends hear anything new / will be
very thankful if they will tell me.
-Colston Alternately is building
new school-house on his place.
Ed. r. Cox expects to commence
school in it as soon as completed.
One of Lynnville's accomplished
young gents, Charlie Pepper, started
for home Wednesday. He did not
stay long enough to carry off two
hearts in one. UNCLE JOE.
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Prospect.

Wheat is looking very promis-
ing and it is being grazed for fear
frost may kill it, being rather for
ward and jointing in some fields.
The grazing helps the corncribs
somewhat. If this warm weather
continues and rain ceases, farmers
will soon commence operations
Corn should be planted very early
this season.
-Thieving is carried on here as
well as other portions of the county.
j. G. Potts crib was broken into
and several bushels of corn disap-
peared last week. The most of our
farmers have made the second story
of their dwellings the smoke-house
and corn crib.
Bob. Thompson, the night owl,
being disabled from an old gun. shot,
has been superseded a few days by
Mr.. Franklin, who, as the girls
say, knocks the shine from Bob in
good looks.
Manual Roberts is somewhat
angry at Juba for representing to
the people OF Giles that he is mar
ried, and says he will vote for the
candidate who will bring about such
a result.
DR.. Cardwell is confined with
his foot unable to practice. As
some doctor remarked after examin
ing the foot, he will have to under
go a pretty surgical operation.
Esq. Williamson came down
last Sunday, partly in buggy and
partly a foot, the buggy getting
tired crossing the mud holes.
We are making preparations
toward fencing the public cemetery,
having hauled part of tn fencing.
Let's lontinue until it is completed
substantially. JUBA.
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He Killed His Man.
To THE CITIZEN

10 THE CTrIZEN:-
L remember very distinctly an in
cident that occurred sixteen years
ago in Giles county, three miles
west of Pulaski on the farm of Will
liam Rose. 1t was the killing of
Levi Huse, col, by little boy
about fourteen years old, who was
at that time living with Mr.. Rose.
He was arrested about three days
afterwards at Lynnville station by
one of Gov. Brownlow's lackies-
the notorious Brink--and was car
ried to Pulaski and placed in the
little brick down the street, vulgar
ly called the Jail, for safe keep ny.
If remember rightly they added
to his comforts a huge pair Of
handouts, and very becoming pair
of shackles, after which he rested
very quietly. While he was lodged
in this commodious building, he
was minisUered TO by his many
friends. All Of whom he kindly re-
members unto this day After
about three weeks, if my memory
serves me right, he was arraigned
for trial, and was defended by ex-
Gov. Brown, Maj. Jones, Col. 5 r.
Rose and others. The states at
torney made feeble effort TO con-
vince the jury that the aforesaid
boy was guilty of murder in the
first degree, but the eminent coun-
sellers above mentioned tore down
his little argument in a very short
time. After the case was sub
mitted to the jury, they rendered n
verdict of not guilty in few min
utes. Maybe some of you think
that boy was not glad, or that he
does not love these noble gentle
men for defending him in his help
less condition. If you do, gentle
reader, you are mistaken, for such
kindness is never TO be forgotten.
Those exalted gentlemen, and the
scenes of that hour are still wildly
fixed in his memory. Perhaps
some friend would like TO know
what has become of this boy. He
lives in Cooke county, Texas, max
ing an honest living for his family,
which consists of a wife and two
children. If this does not find its
way TO the waste basket, 1 might
write again. Success to the ClTI
ZEN and its generous editors.
SEABoRN.
Era. Cooke co. Tex.
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Honors to the Dead.

Upon the reception of the new
of the finding Of the body of Capt
David Rhea, notice was given for :
meeting of the survivors of his regi
ment at the courthouse in Pulaski
The time for assembling was neces
sarily short, but large number as
sembled at the court room at II
o'clock
Upon motion, Lieutenant. David S
Martin was called to the chair anC
Charles Buford made secretary
The object of the meeting wa:
stated to be for the purpose of pay
ing suitable honors to the dead, ant
it was determined to attend the
burial in a body. The order of the
procession was fixed as follows
Lieutenant David S. Martin, senior
officer, in command; Co. G. in front
other members of the regiment
other Confederate soldiers.
The following members of Co. G.
were appointed pail bearers: E. G.
Buford, j. B. Short, S. G. Mitchell.
Jno. B. Kennedy,John Martin, Thos
j. Flippin, Thos. j. Wells, Jos
Flippin.
The commanding officer was in
structed to form the column upon
the square at a signal and march tc
the northern part of the city and
meet the funeral cortege, and there
fall in procession as above indicated
Immediately following the hearse.
The business houses were re
quested TO close their doors as the
procession moved through the
streets.
Upon motion, the chairman ap
pointed Maj B. F. Matthews, Capt
John S. Wilkes and S. d. Clack to
draft suitable resolutions of respect
and honor to the dead.
The secretary was instructed tc
present a transcript Of these pro
ceedings to the family of the de.
ceased, and the Pulaski papers fol
publication.
The following Confederate sol
diers were in procession:
Co. G. BIRD REG.-Lt. d. S. Mar
tin, Lit. Jno. G. Lester, Thos. j
Wells, Chas. Buford, E. G. Buford
Thos. j. Flippin, Jno. w. Dyer, N
G. Chambers, VIM. Chambers, w. II
McCallum, Joseph Flippin, Jno
Kennedy, E. H. Bunch, Geo. B
McCallum, S. d. Clack, j. B. Short
Jno. Martin, S. O.. Mitchell, L. E
Alternately, G. E. Short, yno. Phil
lips, G.. I. Buford,
Co. X. BIRD REG.--Capt. B. F
Matthews.
Co. H. BIRD REG.-W. B. Doss
Geo. NJ. Rothrock.
Co, f. BIRD REG.-Capt. John S
Wilkes, Dr. @. G. Alternately, surg
Co. F. 3RD RECT. B. Wade.
Co. A. BIRD REG. Sam Mccoy
Co. /. BIRD REG.-M. P. HARDWOOD
Frank Reynolds.
1st Tenn. Reg.-Jno. Sullivan
Jno. Woodbridge, Thos. II. Meredith
Milt Voorhees,.
SD Tenn. REG.--Capt. F. Arrow
smith, j. J. Phillips. G. P. Jones.
LIST Tenn. Alternately
Will S. Eel, A. j. Alternately.
AsHBY's CAV, % TENN.-Geo. L
Riddle.
9TH BAT u. r. D Williams.
9 REG. CAY.-Geo. w Jones.
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Stock Breeders, Attention.

A meeting of the Giles County
Stock breeders Association is to be
held at Maj. Stacy's office on next
Saturday at IL o'clock. This is a
matter that all good citizens are vi
tally interested in and we hope to
see a good attendance of our best
farmers. Live stock will stop our
gullies and make green our hills
faster than all else combined. They
will make our poor lands rich and
our rich lands richer. This associ-
alton has been in existence for
some two or three years with but
few members, but they are our best
people. They have not tried to get
others to Join them and have gone
on satisfied with their own green
fields and thrifty flocks, but seeing
that stockraising is u thing that
cannot be overdone, and that the
more there is of it, the more it is
worth, they now cordially invite
every good farmer of the county
to meet with them on Sat
urtiay next and unite with them.
Their object is to encourage the
breeding and improvement of all
kinds of live stock, and to make
such arrangements as will insure it's
sale at a good price.
They have already inaugurated
these annual sales and the object of
the meeting on Saturday next is to
determine what time this year their
annual sale will be held. They
have already determined to have q
sale, but on account of the scarcity
of food to get animals ready for
market it is thought by some that
il is best to hold the sale at later
date than usual. The time will be
fixed on Saturday and we hope that
many new members will be added
IN tho lief
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a PRISON Lax.

(The following touching lines, glow
ing in tender pathos and poetic fire, are
too good to be lost to literature. Beau
tiful in rhythmic RegIigee and Pro-
methean soaring above the sordid things
that pertain to mundane spelling-books
and vulgar grammar, they gather addi-
tional power TO entrance in the glowing
tribute they pay to one of Pulaskis
proudest boasts, her jail. Listen to the
bard as he scorches his tail-feathers In
his wild, weired flight through the blue
empyrean of fancy and lights upon the
sun-lit hills of the unsearchable, where
the gods sing peans to liberty, drink
libations to absent policemen, and cele-
brate with the loud jewsharp and wind
ing cOwhOrn the lack of warehouses
and bust-head whisky.)
iron TIE oTTIzEN.
Pulaski Jail the place of hardship
Steals my feelings from my heart and soul
Though l. try to have my guidship
Guirded by the golden rule of old
Sad weary and forsaken
This Jail it is the limb of hell
Where thieves murderes and ravishers
They alone should in it dwell
Every night you shake and SILVER
As you lay upon your bed
And you never have pillow
To lay your weary head.
To say bed was mistaken
For it Is but piece of straw
For every morning you awaken
You are shivering from your toes to jaw
If a man gets drunk in Pulaski
He is sure to get in Jail
For the Police is laying around each corner
Seeking drunken men to whale
We must not Forget Old Rainey
And the bloody county road
With his crowbar. pick and shovel
All, it is a heavy load
And there's friend Arrowsmith
A good kind clever Jailer
b1ce word against him l cannot say
For he is a christian gentleman
behaves well meet in Judi ement day.
GEORGE FooTE,
Athens Ala
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There is much sickness here,
principally whooping cough. The
children OF Mrs. Charley Harwell
have 1t badly.
Robert Mosely can smile, al
though it is girl, because it is his
first.
Mrs. Ed. Britton's health is bad
"A. Britton locks his barn on
both sides. He is determined 70
have corn bread at least for break.
fast.
John Clark has been quite sick
but is now better. John Abbott il
also low with consumption and his
recovery doubtful.
There are nine young ladies in
this neighborhood, all manageable
The boys should not ali come Al
once. Fal SANBo.
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immigration Meeting,

The committee appointed to pre-
pare an address for circulation at
the north reported at the meeting
last Saturday. The address is a
concise and careful statement OF
the resources and general condition
of Giles county, with all the facts
and figures pertinent thereto. A
few suggestions as to matters not
sufficiently brought out in the report
made it necessary to refer it back to
the committee and it was instructed
toiperfect it and have it published at
home and printed and distributed
throughout the regions whence i'm
migrants come. his is putting in
work in the right direction precise
ly. Whenever Giles county is de
scribed fairly and accurately before
those people some of them will Ger
tainY come here. There is no mis-
take in the assertion that this sec
ton offers more advantages to per
sons seeking good and cheap homes
than most any country at the
south or west, If we can make
them know it (the census proves it }
they must yield to such conviction.
To accomplish the purposes of the
association q lit c money is needed
The work is now accurately mapped
out and is delayed only for our cit
liens to respond to the invitation
to join in with it, pay one dollar
membership fee, (or more if they
desire) and thus enable the com
mittee to place the address where it
will be seen and read by those PEG
pie. We will not halt at this late
day to argue the necessity for and
Importance of this movement. We
remind our people. however, and
urge them to assist in the effort.
1t promises good-it will bring us
good-if we give it q fair opportu-
nifty. A solicitor should be put in
the field and we are sure that a few
hundred dollars could easily be
raised for this purpose. The CITI-
ZEN, recognizing the great impor-
lance of the effort, offers its col
umns FREE OF CHARGE. But its col
umns do not afford the requisite
means of getting this matter before
the people to be re lched, an d other
means must be had and of course
paid for. Can the means be had?
They must! Hand your name and
contribution to E. Smithson, esq'r,
the secretary, at once.
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Washinrton's Birthday.

Washington's birthday was cele
brated last night by a concert at
Martin College. The program
promised a rich entertainment to
those who attended. We were de
prived of that pleasure by reason Of
it being our press night, but we
know from the elaborate preparation
made that the affair was very enjoy
oI1a
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To the American.
PARIS, Tenn, Feb. Is, 1882 In
the American Of yesterday notice
an extract from letter written atAt.
lanta, TO the Savannah News, where
in the writer boasts of Atlanta hav-
ing "a live female shoemaker" who
daily works at the trade herself.
Now. Atlanta may excel Tennessee
in the way Of cotton expeditions,
"and sich," but Tennessee can beat
the world in the matter OF female
shoemakers. In Giles county. Ten.
ucssee, resides a widow lady, an in
valid, who has not been able TO
stand upon her feet or walk step
ia the last twenty years. About
fifteen or sixteen years ago her bus
band died, leaving her set of
shocmaker's tools and little farm
with a big mortgage on It, and she
borrowed enough money 70 buy
side of upper leather and piece OF
sole leather. and with only such
knowledge of shoemaking as she
had gained from binding shoes for
her husband, she commenced 10
make shoes. and she has sat upon
her bed from that time (some OF.
teen or sixteen years ago. 10 the
present, with her shoemaker's bench
beside the bed and made aud mend
ed boots and shoes. She has got
her mortgage about paid off and is
able TO pay her part Of the state
debt. / now have an excellent pair
Of Preach calf sewed boots which
she made for me. This lady Il
person Of intelligence and refine
ment and is the most remarkable
case Of self-reliance that ever came
within my knowledge. IL requires
an effort on my par. when wearing
these boots and hearing strong
healthy men saying that they can
not make a living. and that Tenues.
see cannot pay her honest debts, to
prevent these boots from kicking.
LFE.