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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

The news is, indeed, startling
which reaches us from Tennessee,
that Treasurer Polk of that state, is
a defaulter to the amount of $400-
600, but it only shows that chickens
will come home to roost. It is only
a few days since it was reported
that this same treasurer refused to
pay the interest on the refunded
debt, and large part of the people
Endorsed his course. And this same
class have been virtually in favor
OF repudiating the state debt. Mr..
Polk might naturally conclude that
II 1t was not morally wrong for the
state to rob its creditors he could
not be considered very bad man
if he robbed the state on his own
account. The atmosphere that pre-
walls in repudiating states is not
conducive TO official integrity. If
the law could reach and deal with
the state of Tennessee, as it may
with Treasurer Polk, the former as
well as the latter would be fugi-
tive from justice.--Com. Gaz.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

1t is said that by filling the
bowl of a pipe one third full of
salt, packed firmly, that the bad
effects of tobacco smoking will
be avoided. The salt absorbs the
oil and prevents the pipe from be
coming foul or any poiso1 taken
with the smoke. The salt should
be renewed daily.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

In the house Saturday Mr.. Cox
delivered a carefully prepared
speech, giving a detailed account OF
the navigation laws. He said that
amid the divided marine do
minion in which one power alone
has half the rule of the ocean, Amer
lea sits sceptreless and forlorn, de-
oned,ignoble and disgl paced. The
symbol of our nationality taking it's
stars from the vault of heaven, by
which brave men sail, is an unknown
emblem upon the sea. Our enormous
surplus which feeds the world is
for others to bear away. We are
the leviathans of commerce, enter
ing our harbors and darkening our
sky with the pennons of smoke,
but the thunder of the engines is
under another flag, and the shout
ing of captains is in an alien
tongue.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
Consuming Ignorance.

There is a man living in Giles
county who has raised two families
of children, numbering about eigh
teen, and owns farm of about I5O
acres, and yet never sent one Of
them to school. During Christmas
he paid fine of 500 for a family
row. What a p 'nderous argument
in favor of compulsory education.
No man has right to affiict his
fellows and damage the commune
ty with such a family of ignoramus-
es. Ignorance generates feuds and
fights and crime and cussedness,
and at the same time drives off the
virtuous and repels good, seeking to
bring all to its level, and a man who
would deliberately foist upon the
world Il whole squadron of such be-
ings is guilty OF a monstrous crime
against society and against those
be creates into such lowly estate.
The accusation of shameful illitera-
cy preferred against us by the cen
sus returns is intensified by such a
revelation of facts as these and
should awaken us to effort. We
have recently dwelt at some length
upon this very point and suggested
remedies, and we have reason to
believe that some of them are being
effectually employed. Our superin-
tendent thinks that the free schools
will be able to run the year through,
but we should not stop at that.
They are very deficient. The
course of study is too limited and
the accommodations are too stinted.
They should be equal in all res
poets to pay schools and the regu
lations should look as much to the
pupils moral and physical com
fort as to his mental advancement.
remedy we suggested is
now being employed. Several
prominent, philanthopic gentlemen
have taken hold of the CITIZEN and
are strenuously inducing men to
take it who are not used to reading. |
This will certainly lead them in the
right direction, and, by creating a
thirst for information, invite them
10 seek other means. Reader, it
IS your duty to your fellows to as
sist in this anelioratlon of the con-
,uming ignorance that disgraces
Tennessee. If You put one man ON
he right track you may lead a fam
ly from ignorance and save a soul
rom crime. Let your voice be
'aised in favor of fuller, freer, bet
er school facilities and try to in
luce your neighbor to take some
hing into his family that will ele
ate them and lead them away from
heir ignorance. The club rates of
he CITIZEN place it within reach of
II, and if we were convinced that it
7ould meet with the cooperation r
f all our people, We would place it
ven lower for that special purpose.
t is to our advantage and yours TO
ring these people into a higher
phere of thinking. The CITIZEN O
his year goes into many new homes !
here it has been a stranger before
nd in many of them it will stay, {
nd the effect is certain to be bene ..
cial and the reflex action will ben
fit the community. The facts re-
tied in the beginning of this arti 0
lie are strikingly appalling and
lould be known in every house
old so that the example may be
t.oiAal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
Governors Message.

Gov. Hawkins sent ia his last
message last Thursday. The finan
cial condition of the state is sum
married.:
Bal. in treas. Dec. 20, 80. S 222, 424.S9
Amt reed to Dec. 10, 81. 1,S70, 224, 02
Total ............$2, 029, 64S, 81
Ex'd during that period. 2,5s4, 63s. 80
Bal. in treasury .......$ 50S,Ol5.5S
He recommends that the defective
assessment laws be remedied so that
all property may bear its just pro-
portion of taxation.
He reprints most of his last mes
sage and renews all his recommen-
dations in reference to the peniten
tiary, schools, supreme court and
the debt. He urges that laws be
enacted to hurry up the trials Of
criminals and that the courts be so
organized that they may be con-
vened at any time when it is neces-
sary to try person. at is not the
severity, but rather the certainty, OF
punishment that deters men from
the commission of crime.
He recommends the establish
ment of a reformatory school for the
reception of convict children.
He urges the reformation of laws
touching the manufacture, sale and
use of Intoxicating liquors; and the
establishment of an intermediate
court to relieve the supreme court
docket.
He recommends larger approPria-
tions for public schools, calling at
tention to the fact that other states
offer fuller inducements to immi- |
grants and they pour into them from |
all directions, while our own native
born people are driven from US to
places where they may educate their
or else stay here and let |
them grow up in ignorance.
He recommends extension OF the
COG act /
The message is very tame, though
there are some sound suggestions.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
County Court Sale.

DURsUANT to decree ofthe County Court
Il Of Giles County, rendered a. the present
term thereof,in the cause of W. r. Hodges and
wife, ct ais, VS. W. 7. and sarn'l N. Clay, l
viii offer for sale to the highest bidder, on
the premises,
On Thursday, Jan'y A, 1883,
the tract of land mentions aud described in
the pleadings, situated In district No. Of
Giles county, on the waters of Elk River and
adjoining the lands of G.. W. DAILY, J. 8.
Whitfield and others, and containing about
II acres.
TERMS OF SALE-Said n 10 viii be 30 d
free from the equity of rede 4 o..On. A cash
payment of $4,000 will re required and
the balance on a credit of one and two years,
with interest. Notes with good and APP
proved security required aud a lien retained
On the land for the payment Of the purchase
money. WILL. S. EzELL, Clerk.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Senator Symmetry is to be con
graduated upon his timely action
looking to the prohibition OF the
sale OF toy pistols. From one county
in East Tennessee comes the report
Of four deaths resul. ing through
wounds received from these
''toys." The prohibition of the
man ufacture, sale or importation
within the state of this ahomina-
bic play thing" is as much to be
desired as that of the revolver, the
derringer, and the dirk. The latter
absolutely do less mischief when the
number of deaths and character of
victims are considered. If the bull
lies and roughs are to be protected
from each other, surely the fostering
care of the state will be extended
to the innocent prattle and thought
less youth Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

The Cincinnati News says: Gone
of the saddest reflections upon the
death OF the old year is the fact
that with the new a dozen or more
howlingk legislatures are turned
loose upon as many unprotected
states. Though the bells joyous
ly ring in the glad new year, when
rejecting on this. oh, how can the
spirit of mortal be proud"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

The consolidation of the Cincin-
natl Commercial and Gazette was
not so great thing after all. The
Commercial simply gulped down the
Gazette and it was changed to one
cent thumbpaper called the Morn
ing Journal, and now the CONNER
cial Gazette is just exactly what the
Commercial was before.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia.
has lately returned from an ex
tended tour in Europe, and as is
usual with all sensible Americans
he is more than ever pleased with
his own country. In conversation
with a reporter the other day he
said, at is enough to make an
American proud to ride through
the stl eets of London, with it's civil
zatIon of two thousand years, and
see American implements, Ameri-
can sewing machines, American
tools and American goods displayed
on every hand and know that Ameri-
can watches are being sold in the
stores and American fields are feed
ing the English people and Ameri-
can factories beginning to clothe
them"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
Original Attachment.

Gilmore 81 Pittard Va. Thos. Ashley.
n this cause it appearing from the afiida-
L Wit of the plaintiffs that the defendant.
Thos Ashley, il a non resident OF the State
of Tennessee so that the oriinanary process
cannot be served on him and that he is in
debtet to them by account in tho sum Of
S43.73, and an original attach lent having
been issued and levied upon tho persona.
property of said Ashley, it is therefore or
fered that publication he made in the Pulas-
ri. Citizen, newspaper published in Pulaski,
Tenn, requiring said defendant to be and
appear before me at my Office ut Tarpiey's
shop on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1883, and G5fend
this suit, otherwise the cause will be pro-
ceeded with ex parte.
EP. TARPLEY, Up.
dec21-4t.
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
n GEAIsEsY At PULASKI.
JANUARY RULES, 1883.

GeOTg5 W bIIgRr vs.. AOu DI BE-
IN this cause it appearing to the satisfaction
i of the Clerk and Master. from an affidavit
TO the BILL that the defendant, Lou Briggs,
Is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
so that the ordinary process of this court
cannot be served on her, on motion 1t Is
therefore ordered that publication be inside
for four weeks in succession IN the Pulaski
Citizen, newspaper published in the town
of Pulaski, in said State, requiring tho said
defendant to be and appear on the first day
of the Eext term Of the Chancery Court 70 be
held for the County of Giles, at the Court
horss in pulaski, on the srd Monday IN Feb
mary next, and answer complaiaant's bill, or
the same viii be taken for confessed ~ to her
ianii-zt@ J. B. STACY, c. d NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

A convict at the Nevada peniten-
tiary says he was sent to prison for
being dishonest, and yet he is com
PEELED every day to cut out pieces
of paste-board, which are put be-
tween the soles of cheap shoes made
there and palmed off on the limo
cent public as leather.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Dick Liddel, convicted recently
at Huntsville of being one of the
Muscle Shoals robbers, is likely to
be pardoned. The authorities in
Missouri have petitioned the presi-
dent to pardon him so that his
evidence may be Used in convicting
Prank James.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

AS far as we know, the CITIZEN
was the only paper in Middle Ten
nessee that advocated the election of
Hon. w. L. Ledgerwood of Knox
vile to the speakership of the
house. We gave our reasons, and
that they were good is proven by
the fact of his election. 1t was a
graceful and proper recognition of
the manly and unselfish democracy
of East Tennessee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

An observing person says: Some
men are like an umbrella with a
crooked handle. They are always
hanging around in out-of-theway
places, and are never to be found
when they are wanted
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
CHANCERY SALE
Of House and Lot
at LynnviIIe Station.

J. NJ. Farmer ct ais, VS., u. G. Ussery and
wife.
Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
Court of Giles County, Tennessee, at it, Sep
tsmber term, 1882, in the above cause, | will
sell,
On Wednesday, Jan. 81, 1888,
1858 at public sale to the highest bidder al
Lynnvile Station. on q credit of l2 mont hs
with interest from the cay OF sale and free
from the equity of redemption, the House
and Lot mentioned in the pleadings situa-
ito in the 18th civil district of Giles county,
bounded on the North by the Lynnvile aid
Cornersville road, East by DIR. Pepper, South
by the railroad and West by W. G.. Smith,
containing about one acre. Purchaser re-
quired to execute note with persona al security,
and a lien will be retained until the purchase
money is paid. J. B. STACY, c q NJ.
Jana At.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

TheFebruary number OF the North
American Review is to contain an
article on "The Experiment of uni
versal Suffrage" by Prof. Alexander
Winchell; discussion of THE Re
version of Creeds," representing six
evangelical denominations; paper
entitled "The Decay of Protes-
tantism,' by Bishop McQuaid; and a
defense of the Standard Oil monop-
oily, by Senator Camden.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

An exchange says: Bankrupt
laws are good enough, perhaps in
their way; but law to compel PEG
pie to pay their debts is much
greater necessity. Laws to protect
people in lodging the payment of
their debts are not in the interest of
honesty or good government. The
tendency of legislation on the debt
question is in the direction of
shielding the dishonest.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

He rests in peace at last.
Polkberries his shame among the
Aztecs.
Polk is not candidate for re-
election.
Stolen kisses are the sweetest
and also bonds.
DR.. Hoyt got in his petition too
late for Col. Polk.
1t is rumored that the legislature
is highly indignant.
Polk promised to be back last
Saturday, but his leg got sore.
Polkstalks across four states on
one leg and none dare modest.
Polkberries grow spontaneously
on the sunlit slopes of the Monte
zumas.
Folks ore silver yields a thous-
and ounces to the ton and miles OF
it in sight.
To skip or not to skip, that is
the interrogatory. Or rather, skip
i HhNa ASo oh T..
Col Dune. Cooper has also gone
to Mexico and knows nothing about
the great defalcation.
If that detectives hands are ex-
amined we expect they will be found
stained with Polk juice.
1t is dangerous for man to stand
at this distance and guess whether
Polk is captured or not.
What makes the solons more in
dignant is that the colonel didn' t
leave anything to pay them with.
The Courier-J Journal says that
Col. Polk did not have courage to
kill himself. He had better thing.
The charitable view is that Polk
didn't intend to steal it. Charity
begins at home and ends in Mexico
Col. Horsley and Mr.. Carpenter OF
Columbia announce that they are
ready to contribute their part of the
bond.
The skipping Polka will now
supercede the dreary waltz, and the
slang will be paraphrased into
Waiting off on one leg"
If the state pays $4,000 for Polk's
arrest he ought to foot the bill.
The state will not have but hun
dred or so left after paying it.
A LITTLE ticket against Tom.
iO'Conner for $4,000 and small
note for $4,000 were found lying
around loose in the treasurer's safe.
Polkerdot bonds with cork leg
rampant and vignette represent
ing a volcano belching silver ore
will be issued to COG coupon hold
ers.
Folks mine is in the state of
chihuahua. When he got safely
there he rolled over on the grass
and gave vent to his gladness thus
'Chi-wah-wah %
The resolution instructing the
treasures not to pay the interest on
the co. bonds was mashed into
eminent uselessness, as it were,
when it leaked out that the treas
urer had already invested the little
spare cash on hand.
Polk and Cooper bought silver
mine in Mexico for $4,000. 1t is
in land of perpetual sunshine and
ambrosial shades and such like.
Polk will look better summing on the
side of silver bank than rubbing
whitewash off a penitentiary cell
wall.
The last legislature was so fathom-
lessly absorbed IN passing the 60 6
that they turned up their noses at
a proposition to increase Treasurer
Folks bond, and now that gent
has turned up his heels to the state
and gone bounding DER the lea with
$4O0,OOO in his pocket.
And now after writing all the
above and getting him safely into
Mexico to bask in the smiles of con-
genial greasers until the fell angel
shall come to refund his life into i'm
mortality, he comes Polking back
with a detective to Tennessee.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Pennsylvania losses $1,000, 900
also by an official agent. The man
who was appointed to settle her war
accounts with the,government never
turned over the money and it has
Just been found out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

In Cass county, H., there is not a
person of color and there never was
a ballot cast in that county by a
negro, nor a seat occupied in a school
bV cOlored child.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

no many man Will deny sympathy.
The sharks who involved him in
speculation, who promised that no
loss should befall, who fieeced him,
are the criminals. Polk cannot 90
free of deep blame for assuming
that he could honestly use funds
not his own if he was sure he could
replace them; but his was the lighter
crime, for there was not the intent
to defraud. Still, it was indefensi-
BILE, the highest crime under popu-
lar government, crime against the
people.
ESCAPED INTO MEXICO.
Gov. Hawkins telegraphed at once
to the detective to hold Polk at San
Antonio and requisition was dis
patched. He also telegraphed the
governor of Texas to hold him and
promised a liberal reward. The
detective held him Saturday night
Sunday and released him. When
the party got to San Antonio they
drove directly to the international
depot and Col. Polk told the con-
ductor he was capitalist from Eu-
rope and his leg was paining him
and asked to be permitted to go in
to the sleeping car and wait for train
time. The reason he could not be
held is because the Texas law re-
quires charges to be preferred in
person under oath. Polk registered
as K. Tate and his ssson as A. Var
| Leer. 1t is said the son carried a
valise of gold and another of green
back, and it is limited that the de-
tective was richly rewarded for let
ting him loose. He was Swallowed
on to Laredo.
RECAPTURED.
The latest information says Polk
was arrested while trying to make
his way horseback into Mexico,
having left the train above Laredo.
Van Polk and the Mexican got over
into Mexico with the carpetsacks.
1t is said Polk gave the detective
$4,000 to release him Sunday, and
he offered the last one $4,000. The
state will give $4,000 for his arrest.
PartleS have gone for him.
THE TREASURE BOX FOUND.
Col. Polk before he left the city
turned over to his attorney, John
W. Childress, his private box of
notes, certificates of stock, ETC.,
which he directed to be used to re
imburse j. E. r. Carpenter, A. S.
Horsley, r. P. Cole, VIM. Polk and
j. K. Polk for loss on his bond.
The list comprises ninety evidences
of debt from $5 up TO $33,81O.-
They are on various persons, mis-
friends, most ali for money loaned.
Thos. O'Conner's paper for SIS, O29;
Ex-Gov. Marks got $414; VIM.
Morrow got SIS, 931 .65; invested with
Horsley and Cooper in North Caro-
lima in walnut lumber, $2S.699.15;
invested in Mexican mines, $33, $40;
Is shares Nashville Caloric Brick
Co., $1,000; 9 shares Bostwick Fold
ing Iron Gate Co, so, paid
Thos. O'Conner for stock in Tenn.
Coal, Iron 81 R. R. Co, $4,000; paid
Spiral Hill fee in 1908 case S., 900;
loaned d. B. Cooper $4,000. The
whole amount is $135,573.S7. Some
of the parties have already paid
| Childress.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11
Judge 10. c. Guild died Monday

Silver dollars with holes in them
are painfully numerous, but they re
not half so painfully numerous as
holes without any dollars about
them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Lightning struck a Nevada man
the other day while swearing. 1t
would, however, take a mighty
smart stroke of lightning to hit
a Nevada when he is not swearing
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

Col VIM. H. Wisener, an aged
lawyer of Shelbyville and man OF
considerable attainments, died the
day before Christmas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-11

The Pendleton civil service re-
form bill passed the house Tuesday
without debate by vote of 155 to
45. 1t awaits the presidents as
sent.