The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-06

was robbed of 1925 by two confidence
men. ON the Louisville d Nashville
Railroad Tuesday, just this side OF /
Clarksville. Wilson is Ell route to
the Worlds Fair at New Orleans
He lost his money trying to make four
queens beat four aces.
In Franklin, Bill Youngman made
himself obnoxious to II coiored con-
gregaton and persisted in disturbing
their worship. He was arrested and
nut in the c,,abonse, hut IT being very
cold he was at midnight released ON
his promise to appear for trial n
few moments later the policeman
heard several shots and the footsteps
of numerous men running away. lie
tracing his steps he found Ioungman
living in the middle of the pubic
square dead and literally ridded with
bullets and huckshot.
Commissioner A. J. McWhlrter
has prepared pamphlet for dis,ribu-
ton by the Tennessee Bureau OF
Agriculture, Statistics ami Mines.
The book contains the speeches delIv>
cred at the West Tennessee lIortlcnl-
tural Association; the Agricultural,
Dairy and Live Stock Convention;
the East Tennessee Farmers Conven>
ton. and the National Farmers Con-
press. besides a carefully tabulated
state .cent of the crop products, and
the laws of Tennessee pertaining to
all farmers and other valuable matter
- Many of the members OF the legisN
lature- elect have come to Nashville
and selected their seats i'll the hall OF
the house of representatives. ms
looks like taking the advantage OF
> members who cannot find time to rush
- to the capitol and enter their claims
y A better plan of seating the member
would be that of drawing lots for tn
choice, as is done by the house OF rep
resentatives at Washington. Ihl
y would be fair, and would at least Civ
an equal chance to members who liv
- at distance and cannot preempt tn
- choicest seats.-Nashville Banner.
= Lebanon Herald: The editor
the Memphis Ledger is candida
for postmaster at Memphis. The &c
- itor of the Franklin Review and Jou
~ nal is a candidate for postmaster
~ Franklin. The editor of the Shelb.
vile Commercial is candidate #
~ postmaster at Shelbyville. The edit
-''O of the Gallatin Tennessean is cand
date for postmaster a Gallatin. Il
editor of the Bristol Courier is a ca
~ didate for postmaster at Bristol. Al
-: so forth, and so forth, and SO fort
49,, Having assiduously turned the Gran
80. of their respective "organs' durl
o. the campaign, the organists now wa
pay for their service.
p. Nashville claims a population
,;IIa 10000, and hopes to have 100000
five wears. 1t is the Athens OF
South, and the greatest education
center of the South, having no
.a, than eight colleges. 1t has two h
, dred manufacturing establishmeI
Nashville is one Of the wealthiest
les in the South, and lis banking
Establishments rank among the safes
49, the country. We have hope that
Wi city will soon be out of debt and
49, to carry out system of improvem
;, that will make it the prettiest
most healthful, as we'll as the bu
M commercial city of the Soutf
Southern Lumbermap.
DR.. Atticus G. Haygood has
: sign ed the Presidency Of Oxford
OF an lege, which he had held for eight
eek past. He is the author of the b
Upton Con- BROTHER in Black" the wr
very of which created sensation at
brick ,;mo II seemed at the same tin
: Nut attract toward him the attentic
'inger' John F. Slater, who was disposir
r than rfs1 900 900 fnr the cd