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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
Rocky Point.

Our schools have all closed out
in this district. We were fortunate
in procuring all good teachers
who gave satisfaction as a general
thing. 1t may be true things may
have been managed a little differ
emily or more satisfactorily at two
of the school houses, which we
hope will be the case next time.
Crops are beginning to look
better since the rain. The Ion g
dry spell gave the people a chance
to clean them out. 1t was a little
too long for poor farmers as they
let the ground get a little too hard
by not stirring the soil fast
enough, but every one now seems
to be in a hurry and if the seasons
are good we will make good crops;
and if we just had bridge at the
Persimmon Island on Elk river we
would make lots OF things to eat
and would haul it to you Pulaski
folks and sell it cheap. Give US
the bridge and try us.
w. F. Smith, one of our school
directors and road overseers,ls now
confined with the measles.
Crockett Bledsoe, cold, has
again made his appearance in ohr
neighborhood; he must have given
the iailer the slip. His mind has
improved some.
We like to hear from Anna of
ten. SEMPER IDEM.
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Character Concert,

We have been more particularly
informed as to the details of the
concert to be given by the Presbyte-
an ladies next Wednesday,; but
they have not been able yet to ar
range the program for publication.
1t has been gotten up specially to
please the tastes of a Pulaski au-
dience, selecting those kinds of
songs, ETC., as have taken best in
the past, and improving upon past
experience. 1t will be what its
name suggests Character Con-
cert-including the old and popular
songs and the newer ones, sung in
character costumes. One may i'm
agine what "The Dudes Lament"
will be. We fell safe to announce
that it will be very entertaining
The ladies are also making extra
preparation for their Bazaar. The
handsome church edifice that stands
unfinished on End street will re-
main for years a monument to the
tireless christian zeal of the Pulas-
XII ladies. 1t is an ornament to our
beautiful little city, and in patron
izing the approaching Bazaar our
people are not only helping a
christian work, but contributing to
the completion of public building
that beauties the city. The prep
arations are extensive and in keep
ing with the ladies' idea of Pulaski
liberaiity. They must not be disap-
pointed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
A cowardly Att empt.

Some coward made a surrepti-
tious attempt to injure some one in
the CITIZEN office last Friday night.
The. fiend concocted his vile scheme
in the darkness of night and ar
ranged to entrap his victim the
next morning, who would walk I'M
Willingly into the cunning and dew
ilishly conceived device laid for
him. Accident discovered the plot
and the internal, crafty continuance,
and we were fortunately saved from
the intriguing scoundrel who lacked
the courage to openly seek satisfac-
ton for his wrongs, but used the
insidlous arts of the assassin and
incendiaryEto wreak his revenge.
We are at a loss to know who we
have offended. We try to avoid
mentioning the names of those
whom we think capable of such
deeds, and we cannot conceive
when and to whom we have given
offense; but that we have tread up
on the tail of reptile is evident
by his attempt to sting. Even a
rattlesnake will warn a man before
he strikes him and the meanest
dog will notify you OF his approach,
but here we have a human being
with the instincts of beast with
out even q trait that mitigates its
meanness. Assassination and in
cendiarism are growing intolerable
these latter days. Crowned heads
are laid low and empires are made
to tremble, and with a redoubled
police vigilance the fiends are being
caught and the hangman is finding
boom IN his business. We do not
dread this wretch, and this is 10 adj
vertise him that we depise and spit
upon his treacherous attempts and
dare to DEFY him to his worst. He
may not escape so easily next time,
but it seems to us if we possessed
his lecherous soul we'd hurry the
that should hurl it
into its native element
where birthstone could feed it's hate
and flames scorch it into frenzy.
We are not going to place ourselves
in his power carelessly, but we have
means to detect him, and
we notify him that the next time he
is canght placing a banana peel up
on our office steps he'll get kicked
all around town by special REQ uest.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
ConntY Superintend
Rural nipples.

Farmers have been quite busy
during the past week and have
plowed some of their corn the second
time. Wheat has headed out nicely
and the prospects are very good for
an average yield. Cotton is looking
badly on account of the cool, dewy
mornings. Garden vegetables, as a
general thing, are doing very well,
especially Irish potatoes. Quite a
gale of wind passed over our COM
munity Sunday evening, doing con-
siderable damage to fruit trees and
fences; since then we have had
winter again.
The public school at Shorts
Academy now numbers SO regular
pupils.
Our Sunday-school has in
creased to so members. Come and
join us, one and all; come with the
idea that Sunday school is a place
where we meet to store our minds
with biblical knowledge, as well as
to enjoy ourselves socially, and
please remember that one of the
essential elements of good Sunday
school is good discipline.
SCRIBBLER
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

McKimmin's combination sale at
Nashville last Thursday was a per
feet success. $50 horses and cat
tie were sold for an aggregate price
in cash of over $4,000. Mr.. Nc
Kimmin himself bought a regis
tered Jersey bull; a thoroughbred
Shetland pony, $I55; Punch, dark
brown pony, 5000 Tai. r. Morgan
bought Buck by Slasher, $3.50;
black match mares, 5000; another
horse for $3.50. F. G. Buford
bought Susannah, bay FLY by LIE
Grand, 500; Grace Darling, mare.
10 years old, by Enfield, 500;
Capt. I. B. Wade bought haywood
by Blackwood, jr., $215; Prince,
bay gelding by Vanderbilt, 1926.
Z. r. Sumpter bought Alexander
by BlaclIwood, jr., $145. T. May
Jones bought Billy Button, Shet-
land pony, $45, and another horse
for $l55. E. w. Rose bought a
good horse for $I7O.
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DeRay.

If you will allow me / will write
briefly for your paper which L ap-
preciate very much indeed, for when
l am away from my old home in
Giles at my new home in Shelby
county Ala, it comes to me as letter
from home every week and tells me
of everything that has happened in
the county of my old home. 1 am
on visit to my fathers now, and
have met many of my old school
mates and friends which is quite a
pleasure to me indeed; several of
my school-mates are in business IN
your town and are doing well. 1
will return to my home in Alabama
the 29th for another twelve months
hard work, not so hard but very
combining. l am employed by S. 1.
Co. as a clerk in their store, and
have to be at the store at a. M,
get out at s p. M, but they are very
kind to their clerks and give them
a vacation of two weeks each every
year. We have a beautiful place to
live, population of $50, about one
third white and the balance black.
We have splendid Sunday school,
averaging 65regular attendance last
year, and have a splendid brick
building that cost $4,000. 1t is a
two-story, church above, school room
below. We have splendid schoo l.,
my brother. Rev. F. j. Tyler, prin-
cipal. He enrolled So pupils last
term which closed last week a term
of 9 months. Will open again the
first of Sept. and he expects bet
ter school still. With best wishes.
w. +. TYLER, JR.
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Old Friendship.

Our farmers are about done
planting and are making good
Roadway working their crops.
Corn and cotton look very well, con
sidering the cool weather. Wheat
and oats have a promising ap-
pearance. The fruit crop is very
light.
We have seven churches with
in five miles of us, fine Sunday
school at kedron, with j. L. Her
rim superintendent, Ed. Atkins and
L. A. King male teachers and Mrs.
Atkins and King female teachers.
So our religious advantages are un-
surpassed.
Il see that many of your cor
respondents advise farmers to quit
raising cotton, but there are two
thirds of our farmers who are COM
PEELED to raise it, for if they don't
they can't get in debt, and they
have no money to buy with. If
they quit, their clothes would not
fit them, their meat would spoil and
their meal get musty. So hurrah
for credit and the deed-in-trust
farming policy. 1t is this way and
always Will be so. 1t is no use to
say raise less less cotton. 1t would
be raised at 2 cents if meat was
worth 20 cents per pound, for
farmers are a class of people you
can't organize. 1t seems that they
know they are not smart enough to
beat the merchants, and they lay
traps to dead-beat each other. The
farmers could rule the world if they
had common sense.
Bill Bee said on the 18th that
j. o. Tate had cotton half leg high,
and you know it is so, as Mr.. Bee
always confines himself to the
truth.
Our friend and esteemed cor
respondent, Celia, was constrained
to leave us and take up her abode
in Elkmont, Ala.
Mr.. Henry Neil is moving his
saw mill from Prospect to our
Mr.. E. E. Edmundson says he
has the best plow he knows of, if
he only had seat to ride on.
We had more preaching in our
community last Sunday than Carter
had oats. Baptist association at
Old Zion, the Christians at lions
rest and the Methodists at Kedron,
all in a mile and a half of each
other.
Little Walter, son of G. M.
Roberts, had severe attack of bill
ious fever, but under the skillful
treatment of DR.. V. O. Edmundson
he is convalescing.
OESERU ATOP
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
Frank LeSlie'S.
RMONTHLY

The June number has the usual
abundant supply of charming, interest
ing and instructive reading, fully justi-
flying its claim to be among the best, as
1t is the cheapest, magazine in existence.
o. w. Riggs has fine article, "The
Port of New York;; N. Robinson, one
descriptive of est. Paul's Cathedral;
A. S. Southworth contributes "Guate-
mala"; Noel Ruthven, "Ancient and
Primitive Kitchens" An article on
"Sponges" is particularly interesting
and instructive. The above are pro-
fusely illustrated. There are several
illustrated stories, sketches, etc., and q
continuation of the serial, "The Beauti-
full Countess of ClairYille." Some adj
mirabIe poems, paragraphs, anecdotes,
etc, are scattered throughout this re-
markable publication, together with
handsome embellishments, and a colored
frontispiece, ''The Unwilling Model"
a single copy is % cents only; So a
year, sent postpaid. Address, Mrs.
Frank Leslie, Publisher, SO, 30 and 81
Park Place, New York.
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Our Public Schools.

AS the present scholastic year
will close on June the 3Oth, and
the law requires the scholastic
population to be (. taken dur
ing the month of June, will state
that / have the necessary blanks
for taking scholastic population,
directors reports, contracts, alb
stracts, DC, and request the clerks
of boards to call for them as early
as possible, so they can make their
reports in the required time. See
that each teacher returns his alb
stract properly filed 50 that l can
make my annual report accurate
and complete. There is one other
subject to which 1 will especially
call your attention, the employment
of teachers and the salaries you
pay them. / don't think we make
just discrimination between the
trained professional teacher and
persons of other pursuits who are
applicants to teach our public
schools. We are too greatly dis :
posed to take the cheapest man,
when in fact he invariably becomes
the dearest. We are too poor in
money and time to waste either. /
think it more eXtravagant to pay
a farmer thirty dollars per month
to teach than a real teacher sixty.
In truth every true teacher is worth
sixty dollars per month, and if we
don't pay it to them other commu-
mites will gladly do it. Many of
our best teachers are driven from
the school room every year by the
false idea of some of our directors
of a teachers worth. Gentlemen,
thirty dollars per month is wrong.
1t is ruinous to us. Our children
must be educated and we must pay
for 1t. The only cheap way is to
employ none but professional teach
ers of acknowledged scholarship,
and pay them a reasonable price,
not less than fifty dollars per month,
and we will educate our children
for one fifth the cost that we could
in any private school.
S. d. CLACK,
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Messy Glen.

We are sorry to note the death
of one of our most esteemed friends,
Mrs. Sarah Lewis, wife of A. j..
Lewis, who died Sunday morning,
goth, at 3 o'clock, of pneumonia,
age 81 years. She was only con
fined to her room few days, and
was a member of the Methodist
church. She was liked by all who
knew her. We extend to the be-
reaved family our heartfelt sympa-
thies. She was buried at Pettus-
vile, Ala, Monday.
Farmers are progressing finely
with their work; some have chopped
their cotton over the first time and
it is looking well; corn is doing
very we'll; wheat, where there is a
good stand looks well, hut there is
some fear of it being damaged by
the rust.
The new school-house in Elk
ton put up by Messrs Hughey d
Young will soon be completed.
MIR. Perkins Carter, who has
been engaged as salesman in one of
the business houses of Nashville,
returned home a few days ago. He
is always welcomed back among his
many friends here.
Mr.. William Lewis of near Elk
mont, Ala, is up visiting relatives
and friends here.
Prof. S. j. Biles Of Kedron was
married to a Miss Biles of Blanche,
Lincolnscounty.
Rev. Mr.. Funk will hold a
sacramental meeting at Liberty
church embracing the first Sunday
in June. Rev. Mr.. Holland will
preach at this place next Sunday at
IL o'clock, a. m. LIRPA.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
How is IT,

The streets in the corporation are
having rock broken on them before
receiving the gravel while turn
pixies are being built in the coun-
try without any rock at all. The
streets have already had a rock
bed while the turnpikes never had.
1t looks to a man up tree as if we
are either going to have some pref
ty cheap pixies or that a good round
sum is being wasted on our streets.
CITIZEN
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COTTAGE School Ezhihition.

The annual exhibition of Miss
Sallie Shap ards Cottage School
will be given at Antoinette Hall
on Thursday night of next week,
May 31st. The high character OF
these entertainments never fail to
draw large crowds to witness the
rich performances by the well
trained children who attend the
school. The programe for this ex-
hibition viii be as varied and inter
esting as usual.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

Tine June number of the North
American Review opens with an article
by Joseph Nimmo, jr., Chief of the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, on
" American Manufacturing Interests,
in which is given singularly full and
instructive historical sketch of the rise
and progress of manufactures in the
United States, together with q very
effective presentation of their present
condition, and OF the agency Of tariff
legislation in promoting diversified in
dustries and encouraging the inventive
genius of the people. Should this
authors advocacy of protective legisla-
ton prove distasteful, the reader finds
the needed corrective in an article by
the Hon, VIM. Springer, on 'Incidental
Gree Trade" d. G. Gilman, Presl-
dent of Johns Hopkins University,
writes of the "Present Aspects Of Col
lege Training, as affected by the in
crease:of wealth and luxury, the devel-
| opment of natural science, and the In
| fluence Of larger religious liberty
Edward Self presents some weightY
considerations on the "Abuse of Citi-
zenship', as exhibited in the machina-
tions Of the dyanmitists against neH-
trality. Prof. Isaac L. Rico criticises
some of "Herbert Spencer's Facts ana
differences" in social and political
science, and Christine Nilsson con-
tributes ga Few Words about Public
Singing. Finally, there is sym
postum on "The Moral Influence OF the
Drama, the participants being, on the
one side, the Rev. DIR. j. NJ. Buckley
well known as an opponent of the stage,
and on the other, John Gilbert, the
actor; A. NJ. Palmer, theatrical man
ager; and William Winter, dramatic
critic. 90 cents a number So a year,
Published at 30 Lafayette Place, New
York.
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GlenwOOd, Texas.

DEAR CITIZEN AS we sit in our
far-of western home, our minds
wander back over the hills and far
away to dear old Giles, the land of
corn and wine and sorghum candy,
and we naturally want ito write
something to our old friends and
know it will be spread abroad if
published in the CITIZEN. Iempus
nauItas res nautat. That regiment of
prodigals has back slidden; the
officers have all resigned. We
have all concluded, as no one will
come to meet us, that we will live
on husks while. We have plenty
Of dew berries, beans and potatoes
now and grapes and water melons
will be here soon. That prodigal
son is having a fine time playing
croquet, attending fishing parties,
picnics, literary clubs, etc, and
sings "no home like this for me-"
and believes that pleasure is a shy
nymph and can he caught only by
duty.
--Glenwood is a large church
same size of Old Pisgah-4Ox6O
feet, and nicely finished, and has q
large membership, mostly Tennessee
ans. The Sunday school is hardly
excelled, even by Pulaski. We take
all the Methodist S. S. literature,
the Christian Advocate and a great
many the CITIZEN, but some Of us
read borrowed paper. This place
is situated on Onion creek, Ellis CO..
in q very rich and thickly settled
section, surrounded by good peo-
pie, mostly from Giles and Maury.
We would say to all who want to
come to Texas, do not fail to come
to Ellis county and Onion creek.
Every bitter has its sweet, and this
is tbs most delightful country at
this season that eye ever beheld.
The roads are fine, no mud, and
these may be regarded as the Hal
cyon days, and this county may be
called the Giles of the west. Ellis
contains nearly 1000 square miles,
nearly all high, rolling prairie, heal
thy, rich and productive. The pop
ulation is about $4,000, about two
thirds of which are from Tennessee,
and very few negroes. Taxable prop
ertY of this county is 100000.
We are panied to record the sad
death of Mr.. A. J. McCaskill,
a young man from near Bohemian,
Giles county, who was out blowing
last Monday afternoon, when he
was
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
and instantly killed. He had
sought his fortune in the west and
was trying to do something for him
self, but was summon away to that
cline from whose bourne no trav.
eler returns. His life was consis
tent here and when that sad song
"Where is my wandering boy to
nightr' is sung, we would say, gone
to rest. We extend our heartfelt
sympathy and coincidence to hi:
mother andE relatives.
Capt. Holt has a fine school a
Garden Valley and thrift and en-
terprise are abroad in the land
The crop is very fattering at this
time. tom Resnover's little to-
is well. We are all distressingly
healthy. Love to all. Write soon
"All is well that ends well" Very
respectfully. H. c. WoRLEY.
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To the Town HOG

Oh the hog, the beautiful hog,
Cprving his back as he watches the dog
Defying the law for his bread and meat,
Remaining at large through every street,
Hunting, grunting, nosIng around
Till the opea front gate is sure 10 be found,
With its hinges broken aud ruined quite
By the lovers who hang there Sunday
night
1t wort stay shut, it won't hang level,
So in walks the hog and raises the devil /.
Borrowed by the P. f.
Specially for George Woodring,
his venerable friend, the above lines
are dedicated for the pig he prom
ised that stands yet unredeemed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

The report of the committee on
the state of the church at the re
cent Episcopal convention in Clarks-
vile was encouraging. 1t showed
an increase in the offerings last
year, over the previous year, of $l7-
600; an increase of commandments
of 2O2. Two new churches, St.
Anne's, Edgefeld, and the Church
of the Holy Cross, Mt. Pleasant,
were built. A church at Fayette-
vile and one at South Pittsburg are
being erected, and st. Luke's
Church, Jackson, has been rebuilt
in splendid style. At Cumberland
Furnace four acres of ground has
been contributed for the site of a
rectOrV,
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Giles College.

The closing exercises of this
school will be held at Antoinette
Hall on Friday night of next week,
June 1. Thursday is the day for
the public oral examinations
Written examination have been
going on and will continue until
close of school. Full program of
Friday nights exercises will appear
next week.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
Dr. Thos. B. Harwell viii maxi

DIR. Thos. B. Harwell will make
a grange address at Brick Church
next Saturday at l o'clock. The
doctors research in agricultural lore
and vigorous powers of expression
make his lecture valuable and inter
esting. With more men like him
to bring to light and practice the
science of farming, and this coun-
try would at once awake to better
times and larger and better crops.
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A. E. MAY.

Mr.. T. H. Carter, of Kirkby,
Ohio, has been prospecting in Giles
county this week with a view to
buying a farm and moving here to
live. He has good stock of general
merchandise which he proposes to
trade for land. Mr.. Carter says
there are quite a number of his
northern neighbors who think OF
locating in Tennessee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

Old Bob, a we'll known setter dog,
the property of Mr.. S. G. Mitchell,
died Monday night. He was decent
ly buried in neat wood coffin. All
huntsmen in town regret his demise,
and if the wretch who poisoned him
could be apprehended he would be
roughly dealt with.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

Two passenger trains went up
Monday morning and both were so
heavily loaded with passengers for
Nashville that those who went from
here could take no baggage with
them. If they change they will
have to buy clean shirts in Nash
vile we presume.
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People's STOCK Yard.

Sales last Friday-S0 head of cattle t
2.50a4; 80 sheep 3 25a4.l5. Prices
steady this week.
Bring your stock to our yard, where
they may be sheltered from the rain
and sun. New scales, new stalls and
plenty of good water. We guarantee
satisfaction in every particular, and al
ways have buyers present who pay the
top market prices.
WHITE s. PORTER.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

Pulaski is determined not to be
behind the world, so she had lit
tie cyclone of her own last Sunday.
1t was confined to the premises of
Mr.. L. w. McCord and spent its
force on an old fashioned dam
son tree which it most numerically
uprooted. No lives lost.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24

Mr.. Flournoy Rivers speaks in
glowing terms of the warm hospi-
tality of the people of GAINESVILLE
since his recent visit to that place.
He says the delegates expressed a
regret that all the conventions could
not be held there.