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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-01

Withthe sinner, but Jesus ChrlSt, as inter-
ccssor, pleads the cause of the believer with
God The Holy Spirit speaks for Christ in
the hearts of men, by revealing Christ to
them and recommending him as precious to
their souls.
AS the representative of his people, Jesus
Christ presents himself in the presence Of
God His simple appearing in the presence
of God is enough. He appears as the once
crucified but now exalted Saviour. On the
palms of his hands are written the names
of his people. The high priest, when he en-
tered into the holy place within the.veil, was
provided with breastpate on which were
engraved the names of the children of Is
rael. The design of this'most probably was
to impress deeply and constantly the mind
of the priest that his special duty, at the
time, was to..present the cause OF. the chill
dren of Israel. before God, In Is. t49:16,
Jehovah saws Of the Church, that he had en-
craven it upon the palmsaf his, hands We
will not: :und ertake to say positively to what
ancient custom, ,7if~ to any, this language; re-
fers. 1t is certainly true that BY the nails
which fastened Jesus Christ to the cross the
names of those for whom he gave his lifea
ransom were engraved upon the palms of
his hands. The idea designed to be commu-
nicated to our minds, both by the breast
plate worn by the high priest on the dayof
atonement and by the engraving on the
palms of the hands of Jehovah, is that Je-
sus Christ never forgets his people. Their
cause, is his cause: ::4{.s'.... fs<s;s:
When Jesus Christ died upon the cross the
demands of Gods law had been fully met.
Justice was satisfied. 1t is, however, in ac-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-01
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD.

JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
A Woman With Four Tongues.

One of the most unoalled-f for
mistakes that nature could make is
reported from a neighboring town.
Guess there is not an experienced
married man in Pulaski who will
not agree with US that nature could
do no worse thing for mankind than
to increase the talking capacity of
woman, yet she has commenced that
work in Decatur. The News says
there is a girl there who has four
tongues, and can use them all.
She will be woman some day, and
it will take fourteen drummers, three
book agents and a life insurance
man to say one word to her in an
hours conversation, and its hard to
tell how long it will take for all
of them put together to court her
single time. Before all the women
have four tongues we want to pass
through the pearly gates and hire a
Nashville man to defraqd Better out
of his keys and skip with them
across the great gulf to Mexico,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Lynnville CONGRATULATED.

DEAR CITIzEN:--I see from sever
al of your recent issues that Lynn
vile seems to be on a boom. 1t
got on q boom last summer. was
forcibly impressed with that fact
while there. Allow me to eongrat-
ulate you, Lynnvillians, as being
the representatives of town whose
growth and prosperity gives such
proud assurance of future power
and progress. Born as have been
within her limits, no heart beats
with greater pride at her sure and
steady advancement than does mine,
and 1 feel assured by its associa
tions so auspiciously begun that
you bring hearts no less proud and
willing to the work before it. No
town In Middle Tennessee
during the past year has made such
tremendous strides toward high
state of prosperity and affluence as
it has. New buildings going up
on her business thoroughfares and
the goodly yellow poplar timber,
brick and mortar are coming active
ly into play in the construction OF
large edifices for trade and traffic.
Very Resp'y,
LEE GORDON, ESQ.
Townsville, Ga, Jan. 26, 1883.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Vaccinate.

The board acted promptly and
wisely in providing for the vaccina-
ton of our people. Drs. C. A.
Alternately and S. S. Sumpter will
canvass the town and vaccinate
every one. There need be no ap-
prehension of inferior or poisonous
virus, The matter has been pro-
cured direct from DIR. Clark's vac
cine farm near Nashville and is
taken directly from the COWS and is
therefore pure and has no human
faint. Every person in Pulaski is
required to vaccinate whether you
have scar or not. The doctors all
unite in saying that it is only a
question of time when the smallpox
will appear in Pulaski. The chances
will be very strongly against it if
the people are vaccinated promptly.
1t is the only safeguard and moth
ing else can stop or prevent it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Remarkable longevity.

The Cofey family of Maury coun-
ty appear to have honored their ia
Their and their mother with amazing
reverence, Judging from the follow
ing facts which. reveal remarkable
life-tenure. They were born in
South Carolina and came to Tennes
see in 1917, very poor and scarcely
able to buy lands, as cheap as they
were then, settling near Campbell's
station, Maury county. Mrs.
Caskey, the sister, lived long in
Giles but now lives in Texas, and is
in her 8Sth year, VIM. Cofey is in
his Seth year, Fl. Wiley Coffey in
his S4th and S. w. Coffey in his
SD, and as spry and active as many
at 60. These four constitute the
entire family, unbroken by the ruth
less hand of death, and we doubt
not that this case is without paral-
lei. They were all born in the
months of September and October,
Notwithstanding it is said that per-
sons born between September and
March attain greater age. They
are all democrats and never voted
any other ticket,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
The Hazers Taken In.

The boys were taken badly in
Monday night. 1t is customary
when they see particularly green
looking stranger to try to scare him.
Monday night they thought they
had one and they made arrange
ments to take him serenading and
brighten him. Some thirty of them
procured pistols and shot-guns and
lined the inside of the fences up to-
ward Martin College and awaited
their victim. Those who were to
accompany the greeny let him of
and took one of their own number
to play scared. In due time the
firing commenced and the substi
tute started on a run and passed
through the avenue of pistols, groan-
ing and pretending to be terribly
frightened. When the crowd got
back to town they told many anus
ing things of how he jumped fifteen
feet at the first fire, his eyeballs
nearly starting from their sockets,
his coat-tails tapping in the wind,
and his unearthly meanings, and
they had lots of fun talking 1t over.
The next day it leaked out that the
sellers had been sold out at less
than half price and they were all
down with the dry giins. The joke
was so neatly turned ON them that
it is thought it will be some time
before they venture to play an un-
fair game upon another unsuspect-
ing stranger.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.

Capt. E. G. Buford and Mr.. Jno.
j. Sullivan of the hook d. ladder
company announced to the board
that such an organization had been
perfected and they came before the
board to ask the cooperation of the
city authorities in providing the
company with apparatus and such
assistance as the wisdom of the
board would dictate.
A motion was made and carried
turning over to the company the
fire extlnguisher, but the motion
was reconsidered and rescinded up
on the suggestion that if the cor
poration exercised such ownership
in the extinguisher that it might
lay itself liable for the balance OF
the purchase money which the au-
thorities had long since declined to
pay because the eXtinguisher did
not come up to representations.
The original amount agreed to be
paid for it was 81, 500. Of this
about $465 has been paid and the in
terest on the balance places it near
ly 81, 500.
On motion Aldermen Alternately
and Sumpter were appointed to IN
vestigate the matter and ascertain
what property the corporation had
in it and the status of the debt and
report at next meeting.
The lnayorwas instructed TO have
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Corporation Finances.

The report Of the proceedings OF
the board and the reports printed
Herewith develop a healthy condi-
ton of affairs, but the balance Of
So, 1927 now ON hand is too large.
We cannot see the necessity of high
taxes to accumulate money in the
treasury just to say we have it.
There is every evidence that the
board just gone out did its work
faithfully. The recorders work
has been singularly well done and
we are satisfied that Mr.. Dyer will
keep it up, as he is an efficient and
reliable accountant. The mayor
has also been ceaselessly busy and
the aldermen have done good work
for no pay. If the taxes are to be
kept up to 70 cents we recommend
that the amount spent on the
streets this year should exceed the
paid in salaries. The
board came near recommitting it.
self to the payment of the balance
due on the fire extinguisher. We
have accepted the popular opinion
as correct that the extinguisher
was worthless and we have always
thought the board had good rea-
sons for declining to pay for it, but
now that the thing has run on for
three or four years and no demand
been made for the balance of the
purchase money, it suddenly comes
to light that it is good thing, and
there has been a suggestion that the
corporation plead the statute OF
limitations and seize the property.
That proposition is too odious to.
waste words in opposing. Pulaski
cannot afford to repudiate a debt if
she owes it. Mr.. Sullivan informed
the writer Monday night that the
extinguisher is a good apparatus and
will fill the demand for fire engine
in Pulaski. He is a good Judge of
such things and if he is correct the
debt ought to be adjusted bonora-
bly,. The committee will look into
It and if it finds that q mistake has
been made it win doubtless recon-
mend the proper action. If the
hing is worthless a conference
ought to be had with the makers
and its ownership determined so
hat our part of it may be either
turned back into money or used to-
put out fires.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Spare the Mules.

If you knew what fate was to be.
fall your mule you would not sell
him to trader. You spend the
best years of your young life here
raising him in the lap of luxury and
making yourself target for his
playful heel-practice, until your
life is wrapped up in him, and in a
moment of poverty you yield to the
seductive offers OF red headed
trader and send dim south to toll
his life away. Did you ever see
him down there? If he goes to
New Orleans he is hitched singly
to street car about the size of your
smokehouse and drags it around
over the stony streets all day long
loaded with lazy half breeds, while
the driver caresses him now and
frequently with a twisted rawhide.
If he goes on farm he is hitched
on to a squeaking sugar mill or
treads ceaselessly up and down a
four-mile cotton row, while his
bristling roach shat you took such
delight in training is suffered to
grow out in tangles and his paint
brush tail is hid in mass of vul-
gar hairs that hang down like
wires. Survey your pet now. His
tender is SCARED by the cruel
thongs, his knees all bruised and
swollen where he slipped on the cob
bles, his ears once so proudly erect
flap over at half-mast as if in
mourning for his former estate, his
cheek bones are blistered with the
scalding tears strained out in his
efforts to drag some monstrous
load, the tendons and muscles of
his once supple legs that used to
twitch and dance when you came
up in his rear and then grab him
up behind and shoot him off at you
in terrific playfulness are now
toughened and stiff, his hip bones
stand up like monuments Of grief,
and the whole mule stands before
you worn, detected, limp and lifeless
as a Detroit Free Press joke. That
is his fate if you send him south.
Keep him here. There are many
of our fellow citizens who may be
spared to us for years to come yet
if we do not keep a few of these
sad-eyed sons of dynamite with us
to thin them out occasionally.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
BED ROCK.

We suppose that many Of our
readers do not know that our vener-
able correspondent, Gully, has
moved from this place to Culleoka
and is engaged in business there
We are trying to fill his place to the
best of our knowledge.
The last few days are looking
very much like spring. The farmers
are blowing with vim and the grub
ak is not idle. IfProvidence should
favor us with a few weeks such
weather there would be great prepa-
rations made for our next crop.
Wheat is looking considerably bet
ter and there is much better stand
than was apprehended.
The great prophet, Prognosti-
Gator, has aw akened the Lynnvill
ties, but unlike the Ninnevites they
fail to take heed. The Lynnvillites
seem to have been boasting but a
short time ago about the SUPERIOR
ty of their town, but from what the
great prophet says their doom was
first sealed.
We are glad to know that Rev.
Mr.. King Of Maury will move into
our community soon. We always
welcome such additions to our
vicinity. He has charge of Mt.
Moriah and Lynnville churches.
Miss Alice Parker has returned
from a pleasant visit, to friends and
relatives in Pulaski.
Maud Story of Lynnville was
down on a visit to his fathers one
day last week.
Bruce Cosby of Bethel spent
the night in our town last week.
Miss Alice Warden left Satur-
day to attend school at Lynnville
for the next five months.
Mr.. Hughes of Columbia, the
revenue officer, passed through this
place Monday, enroute for Warren's
distillery in this county.
Misses Maggie and Ruthie Ray
of Campbellsville came down from
school Friday on visit to relatives.
Some of Prof. F. X. Warden's
pupils are confined at home with
mumps.
Miss Jennie Parker of Brad
shaw passed through our town Sum
day on her. way to her grandfather's,
Mr.. Shular, where she will spend
the week. Willie Cosby of Boden-
ham came up Sunday ard babe us
all a kind goodbye. He left for
Birmingham Monday.
Mrs. Harriet Parker has been
very sick for several days past.
UNo az INo.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

An old gentleman rode up to Mr..
LIZARDS shop near Cornersville one
day last week and asked if he
could get some work done and was
answered in the. affirmative. Mr..
Lillard turned around just as the
stranger was about to alight and he
heard a rock fall from the fence
where the man was getting down,
and he looked and could see moth
ing of him. He went out and
found the man lying ON the other
side insensible, with small contu-
sion on his forehead. He threw
water in his face and revived him
and got him to the house and
placed him on pallet. DR.. Hay
wood happened to pass and was
called, and he thought that his
symptoms indicated that he was
bleeding on the brain. 1t was
found that his name was Pettus
and his sons were sent for. He
went off to sleep and could not
be aroused and died that night
without q spasm.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Golden Gulf Cotton.

DIR Brownlow has left some splen-
did samples of this new cotton at
this office which you may see by
calling. He has also received some
seed. 1t is getting close on to
planting time and if you want to get
into the seed this year you had bet
ter order from him at once. 1t is
said to be immensely superior to
our cotton. 1t will do you no harm
to examine it and it may pay you.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Lecture To,Nirht.

Rev. David Tatum, a minister of
the Society of Friends, accompanied
by his wife, will deliver Q temper
ance lecture tonight. The Banner
thus speaks of him:
Rev. Mr.. Tatum, of the Society of
Friends, from Ohio, delivered most
entertaining lecture at the Central
Baptist church, last evening, on
temperance. He presented many
new arguments on this hackneyed
subject, and impressed every one
with his forcible, clear and logical
arguments. All who heard the lee
ture pronounce it a most excellent
presentation ofthe temperance ques-
ton.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
MONDAY NI6Hg.


Recorder Dyer presented his bond
of S., 900, with w. A. Gilmore and
Harris Solinsky as his securities.
Mayor Smith presented his bond
of $4,000 with j. S. Childers and
Jno. A. Richardson as his securities.
Fifty dollars was appropriated to
purchase uniforms for the constable
and policeman.
The auditing committee reported
as follows:
To the Mayor and Aldermen Of the toton
of Pulaski; The undersigned special
committee appointed by the board to
examine the report of r. Winship, the
retiring recorder, and the books and
papers of his office and make settle
ment with him, report that we have
performed the duties assigned to us to
the best of our ability and find that his
report to the retiring board, dated Jan.
%, 1888, is substantially correct. The
receipts from all sources with which he
is chargable amount to $l2,260.S2, and
the sums paid out by him for the cor
poration for which he holds proper
vouchers and orders of the board d.
recting payment amount to $6,521 90,
and leaving balance in his hands on
the date of said report of $5,729.27. We
take pleasure in reporting that the
books and papers of the retiring recor-
der have been well kept and give evil
dence of faithful and efficient officer.
Respectfully submitted.
A. j. ABERNATHY)
Jno. w. DYER Com.
j. s. CHILpERs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
THE NEW soARD.
A Healthful Exhibition Of Corpora
ticn Affairs.

The old board of Aldermen met
last Thursday night, Mayor Smith
presiding, and after auditing a few
bills and winding up the affairs of
the year, adjourned sine die.
Immediately the mayor called the
house to order and Recorder Win
ship called the roll of aldermen
elect and read the certificate of the
sheriff showing the following to be
elected; P. Smith, mayor; Jno. W.
Dyer, j. S. Childers, A. j. Aber-
nathy, E. r. Sumpter, j. E. Jackson
and +. Winship, aldermen; VIM.
Pinkerton, town constable. The
oath of office was administered by
Esq. W. F. Alexander, and the
board proceeded to business.
A motion was made to fix the
reco: der's salary at $175 per annum.
A motion in lieu to make it 5000
was carried.
Jno. w. Dyer was elected recorder.
The salary Of the town constable
and policeman was fixed at $40 per
month each.
Jos. Flippin, W. Fl. Porter and F.
Mcbride were nominated for police
man and Jos. Flippin elected.
The salary of the horologist was
fixed at $50 per annum and L.
Godefroy elected.
A motion prevailed prohibiting
the street committee from doing
any work upon the streets except
by order of the board when the ex-
penditure should exceed $40.
p. Smith was elected chairman of
the street committee and he APP
pointed as his aids. Messrs. Aber-
nathy and Childers. He also made
the following appointments.
Finance Committee-Sumpter and
Jackson.
Auditing Committee-Childers,
Alternately and Dyer.
Tax Assessors-W. F, Alexander
and F. Winship.
The bond of the recorder was fixed
at $4,000.
A..G. Rainey was elected mana
ger of the work house hands with
salary of So per month.
A petition from B. S. Cheek to
have the candy tent removed from
the public street was received and
it was so ordered.
A communication was presented
from &. G. Rpford, captain of the
hook and ladder company, asking a
conference with the board, and a
prevailed to hold special
meeting Monday night for such con
ference.
Constable Pinkerton presented
his bond for $4,000, with A. F. Fin
ley and VIM. Pinkerton as seouri-
ties, and it was accepted and he was
sworn in.
A resolution was carried requir
ing all the people in Pulaski to be
and the board employed
Drs G. A. Absr1athy and S. S.
Sumpter at compensation of $50 |
each and instructed Alderman Stump |
ter to procure $25 worth of bovine |
virus from the Nashville farm.
The recorder presented his report |
IN substance as follows:
REPORT OF RECORDER wINsHIP.
For tarTn andinn Tanuarv Ok 1899 |
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

a coal oil lamp post erected at the
corner Of the street at Willis Bran
let's and another at the colored
baptist church, the persons in that
neighborhood agreeing to keep them
up. He was also directed to erect
a gas post near VIM. Malone's resi-
dence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Moved to Giles,

DIR. G. D. Gray, half brother of
our Mr.. John D. Reynolds, has
moved to Giles from Helena, Ark,
and has rented the Rankin farm
four miles north of town. His
brother had not seen him since the
war until he prevailed on him to
come to Tennessee. He is a ply
stefan of long practice and has a
wife and four children and their adj
vent into Giles is worthy acqui-
sition which we hope may be re-
ciprocally beneficial.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Provision must be
made for that debt due
us Immediately.
ArrOWSmith g. Jones.

Mr.. Atha Baugh is very agile, as
well as gallant and handsome young
man, but there are two young ladies
in town who bear witness that he
can't jump across a certain gully on
west hill, and his Sunday clothes also
attest the same fact.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01
Mr.. Ed. R. Sumpter has on {

Mr.. Ed. R. Sumpter has on ex-
hibition at his drug store live alli-
gator lately shipped from Florida.
He is about six feet long and
weighs one hundred and sixty
pounds-Ed. does. He can catch
dies like q plate of molasses-the
alligator-and could swallow dog
without grese, if the dog was no
bigger than fly. He, Ed, will
take pleasure in showing you his
proportlons--the alligators--any
time YOU call.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

Mr.. j. NJ. Hardy tell from house
he was working on near Brick hurch
last Monday, falling distance of
about ten feet right on his head and
shoulders, rendering him insensi-
BILE and producing conclusion of the
brain. He was hurt seriously inter
nally and was splitting up blood and
it was feared he could not survive
the injury, being some sixty-eight
year of age.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

Mr.. HI. d. Puryear of near Vale
Mills was married on the 18th inst.
to Mrs. L. A. Turnkey, at Martins
Mill, Wayne county. We learn that
she is a very estimable lady. Mr..
Puryear has gone to Wayne to live
until fall in order that Mrs. Puryear
may wind up her business affairs
there.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

A case of much interest to stock
dealers was decided by supreme
court. A licensed stock dealer of
Davidson went to jackson county
and bought some mules and the
clerk of that county brought suit to
force him to pay license, and the
supreme court held that to be a
dealer in live stock within the mean
ing of the act of 1881 the person
must not only buy, but buy stock
to sell as business in that county.
1t would seem from this that a per
son who buys stock in Giles to ship
to Alabama is not subject to the
tax. We expect this legislature
will repeal the act. The growing
disposition of our people to get out
of cotton into stock raising ought
to be encouraged rather than taxed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-01

Senator Edmundson's amend
ments to the road law places the
collection of road tax in the hands
of the trustee, and the commission
ers in each district have discretion
airy powers as to the number of days
to work-from to II. AS the law
is, every road must be worked six
days by all hands. Some need it
worse than others and this provision
seems wise. The amendment also
requires a persons disability to be
inquired into yearly. Sen ator Ed
lnundson fears the law will be re-
pealed.