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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-01-28
Grand Lodge of MaSons.

The grand lodge of Masons met
at.'Nashville Monday. Capt. Jas. r.
Grove was elected most illustrious
grand master of the grand council
and grand conductor of the order OF
high priesthood. Mr.. Chas. Blu
ford was elected grand conductor of
council and G. G. of II. of the coun-
Gil. DR.. Edmundson was in attend
ance. The American publishes an
interesting biography of
JAMES RICHARD GROVE.
Mr.. James Richard GROVE, who
was elected most illustrious grand
master of the grand council, was
born at Pulaski Al years ago, and
has lived there since. He is quiet
hammered, but firm in his utter
ances, of medium, height, good fea-
lures and pleasing aspect. He has
never tasted tobacco or whisky and
never uttered an oath. He is a
strict member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. His ances-
tors came from Virginia and were
prominent as far back as the day S
of Washington. Three of his ia
theirs great ppcle's were generals
of revolutionary forces. His fa-
Their was a Kentuckian, but early
moved to Pulaski. The subject of
this sketch was educated primarily
at Wurtemburg Academy, Pulaski
He went to Marion, Ala, to- study
IL - 1cpO n a. 11aL q
that month Alabama seeded from
the Union and on the following day
young Grove enlisted as a member
of the Marion Rifles, Robert Roy
ston, captain. At the first battle Of
Manassas 3 minnie ball shattered
his left elbow and for two months
be was in retirement. At the end
of that time he returned to the SER
vice and fought for the confederate
cause until the last. He was at
one time drill master for Albert
Sidney johnson. He was with the
army of the west toward the close
of the hostilities. He rose to a
captaincy and led his company in
the Kentucky campaign. He was
in Hills regiment at that time.
His war record was that of an hon.
orable, courageous man. None
served longer than he, as may be
seen from the date of his enlistment,
the day after Alabama seeded.
After the war he engaged in the
cotton business at Pulaski, and has
remained in it. to this time. He was
high priest of Pulaski Chapter, No.
20, for feur years and thrice illus
trious master of Pulaski Council.
He has been principal conductor OF
work in the grand council for four
years; been on the committee of by
laws and dispensation of the Blue
Lodge, and grand master Of the
third veil in the Grand Chapter.
The honor conferred upon him
yesterday is another and most con-
vincIng proof of his earnest and val
liable service as a Mason, and an
indication of the very high esteem
in which his associates hold him.
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BOdenham.

Owing to the bad weather last
Saturday night the people did moi
meet at the new school house to or
ganize literary club, but will meet
next Saturday night and organize
The singing class also failed to meet
Sunday evening on account of the
snow but will meet next Sunday
evening at O'CLOCK.
notwithstanding the weather
j. W. Sneed's school continues to
increase in number. NJ. A. Murrell
of Pleasant Point and T. E. White
of Lawrenceburg came in to-day.
The school now numbers nearly so
pupils. Geo. H. Sneed is assisting.
Mrs. r. A. McAlister returned
a few days ago from Nashville
where she has been visiting her IA
ther, Mr.. johnson.
&C. W. Triff of Mt. Gillead, near
Lawrenceburg, was visiting in this
vicinity few days ago. On his
way here Saturday evening his
mule threw him, hurting him SO
badly that he was unable to walk
for a while and came well nigh
freezing to death before he could
get to house.
The Sunday school at Choat's
creek has been forced into winter
quarters of late, but when the
weather gets better the school will
revive and assume active work
again. Prayer meeting at the church
every Thursday night.
i liked to have forgotten to
mention that Rufus McAlister is all
smiles. It's his first boy and he is
as happy as happy can be.
NovUs Homo.
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Hebron.
T. j. DUNCAN.

Some of our farmers report
wheat considerably damaged by
the cold weather while others report
theirs. doing Splendidly.
Prof. H. P. Walker and wife
have gone to Florida. We all re-
GREETED very much to see them go.
We will miss them, not only in cur
social circle, but our churches and
school will also have vacant chair.
The school at Smiths Institute
opened Jan. 18th under the super
vision of T. Smith Eubank, enroll
ing about 80 at present.
Miss Dora Smiths school at
Carmel begins today (Monday. }
H. G. Aberuathy, G. S. s., was
around to see US last week and ex-
amined some applicants to teach
school.
Noah Jones and family, who
moved from here three years ago to
seek their fortune in Texas, return
ed to old Giles Jan. 4th.
j. NJ. Smith is teaching singing
school at this place. His talent
for vocal music is doubtless unsur-
passed.
Mise Alice Yarbrough of Fort
Hampton, Ala, has been visiting
her mother, Mrs. NJ. j. Tucker, for
several days, who is in very feeble
health.
Little Eula, daughter of j. T.
Eubank, has been very sick for sew
eral days, but is better.
r.. H. Harris has been suffer
ing intensely of late with boil on
his wrist.
Il would like for the Bryson
correspondent to trim his Faber, as
it or his tongue is as slick as the
ground was this morning.
Some of our young men have
the mustache rabies, a madness as
infectious among young men, 1 YER
lily believe, as hydrophObia among
dogs. MAGIsTER.
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Martin College Notes,

Miss Lidie Avirett and Miss Ma
ry Lou Nelson were in Athens last
week visiting relatives of Miss Av-
irett.
Mr.. Robert Bugg and DR.. Kelsey
came down to see their daughters
at the college Friday.
Miss Garrett of Lynnville and Miss
Eta Goodwin of Duck River Station
were entered as pupils and two
Miss Phillips of Giles began board
ing this week. Three daughters of
Mr.. Oscar Alternately and two
Misses Alternately from Culleoka
began with the new term.
DR.. Rogers Of Nashville visited
all the departments of Martin Col
lege last Friday. He said: "They
aim to be thorough and thorough
ness is the result
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NO 4
Rural nipples.

We have but few items this
week and we might make excuses
for not having more, but, think
ing our editor would rather publish
our items than our excuses, we will
proceed at once to give them.
We think it best not to say
anything about the weather, for it
has been so cold. and the ground
has been so slick that one could
hardly get about; nor do we intend
TO try to control the weather as long
as you,tMr. Editor, keep sticking
that white and black flag upon the
top of the CITIZEN office.
Mr.. Albert Spivey and wife are
visiting relatives at Lynnville this
week.
Miss Annie Rhea, a daughter
of Mr.. Dave Rhea, deceased, is the
guest of Miss Helen Short this
week. We heartily welcome such
Rays" of sunshine in our commu-
nifty, especially such gloomy
weather.
Mr.. John Amis will attend
school at Culleoka this year. He
has been a regular pupil at Shert's
Academy during the past three
years, and we regret very much to
lose him, but hoping that it will be
to his interest, we wish him success.
Several pounds of cotton were
stolen from some bales at MIR. j. B.
Shorts gin not long since.
There will he preaching at
Trinity next Sunday by the pastor
AS the weather was so unfaVorable
as to prevent his preaching at his
regular appointment, he kindly Of
fered mis- services on the fifth Sun
lay. All the members are request
ed to be present as there will also
be a church conference.
SCRIBBLER.
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Webb,s:sohOOl Wanted,

A large meeting of the citizens of
Pulaski took place at the court
house last Thursday morning, the
object being to adopt measures to
induce Webb Bros. of Culleoka to
move their school to Pulaski. 1t
has been reported that the school
would be moved from Cnlleoka on
account of the hostility of the
neighhorhood, and that they were
considering Pulaski, and hence the
meeting, gotten up by Mr.. Ed. b.
Craig. Mayor Allen was called to
preside and Laps. d. McCord made
secretary. Various opinions and
suggestions were made, from which
it was apparent that Pulaski would
give them any kind of inducement
necessary. On motion, j. B. Chill
ders, j. P. May, L. w, McCerd, H.
NJ. Brannan and J. 4. Cakes were
appointed to go to Culleoka and as
certain the facts and see what was
necessary to induce the removal.
Messrs. Craig, Lester and Grigsby
were appointed to draft the request.
The committee went to Culleoka
the same evening and returning re-
ported that Messrs. Webb were
averse to moving to larger town,
their reason being that their con-
troll of the boys was 10 the nature
of parental restraint and that they
could not exercise it in town. 1t
is said furthermore that the differ
ences between the Webbs and the
boisterous element of the Communi-
ty have been adjusted and that the
lease of the buildings has been re-
newed.
The meeting here was remarka-
BILE. 1t was bitter cold and no fire
in the court room, and the notice to
meet was out only a few minutes,
and yet it was the best meeting of
citizens we have seen in many a
day. This tells how important it
was. 1t is universally regretted
that the effort failed.
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The Silver King.

One of the finest emotional dra-
mas on the road is Harry Miners
Silver King as rendered by Mr..
Frank G. Bangs and his company.
1t is accompanied by exquisite
stage effects and is of nature to
touch the popular heart. Mr.. Bangs
has q national reputation in hIs
character and seems specially
moulded to it, and his support and
special carload of stage trappings
are in keeping with him. The
company was billed for Pulaski last
Thursday night and the curtain
rose on a $40 house-with an an
nouncement that Mr.. Bangs was
delayed in Nashville. He appear
ed, however, after the first act, and
then eRsued such a butchering as
was never seen on that stage before.
A 800 play was shot through in
1870. 1t was shameful and a swim
die upon those who paid a dollar to
see it. Manager May was Justly
indignant but in no way to blame.
He secured the attraction knowing
that it is possibly the best that can
be induced to visit a town of this
size. Under the plea that they
must catch the 10;43 train they
rushed over him and his audience.
People were very greatly disap-
pointed.
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Columbia District Items.

Is your preacher comfortablei
Our preachers are passing through
the severest season of the year.
Weather inciement, expenses heavy,
congregations small; but little ac-
tivity in the church, salary small
and payments greatly behind. We
assessed $1,000 for our preachers,
50, 300 was due the first round, yet
only 81 500 was paid. $l,039! How
it would have blessed our preachers
during the month of January. 1
have held six conferences on my
second round. Not one of them has
paid up Only one has paid as
much as one fourth in both quar-
tiers and that one only $27 over one
fourth. These noble men, going
through all kinds of weather at
their Masters bidding, are looking
to the people they serve to meet
their wants. 1t is the duty of eve
ry member of their charge to know
for themselves how their pastors
are provided for and do their best
to make them comfortable. This
is not the time for complaints
against your pastor; now is the
time to feed him and his family. If
any unfaithfulness or inefficiency
exists, pay him more promptly i'll
possible, for you will want a new
preacher and much depends on
your reputation for the care you
take of a preacher in appointing
your next man. Then you do not
know how highly you appreciate
your preacher any way until you
can look him in the eye with your
hand upon your heart and feel that
you have done the very best for
him that you could.
A word to the ste wards: God
las honored you with a high call
ng. Twenty preachers, eighteen
PREACHERS wives, fortysix preach
,r's children, eighty-four in all, are
7our charge. Six thousand six
hundred Methodists behind you.
Viii you allow suffering ameng
bose dependent on you without
laying all you can and collecting all
'ou can to prevent itp Faithful
stewardship puts a crown of glory {
IN your heads. Unfaithfulness for
eits your crown and entails suffer
ng upon those who lie helpless on
our hands. Your election has been
lade a matter of prayer and your '
astors look to you with hope. God
clip you to go at once and relieve
he wants of your pastors.
T. j. DUNCAN.
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SuInac.
SCRIBBLER.

Wilson Britton and VIM. Guth-
rie have killed their dogs because
they had, as they believed, hydro
phobia. There were a couple OF
supposed mad dogs killed near
them about eighteen months ago.
Dogs are so numerous that we
would be glad 10 see NJ. Pasteur,
the French doctor, perfect and
make satisfactory his vaccination
antidote for hydrophobia. We
could hardly walk away from dan
ger this bleak weather.
We mentioned a short time ago
the names of new saw mill firm.
Since that time about a peck meas
ure of circulars and letters have
come here from the north to this
firm. How did our northern
friends learn so soon?
Our neighbor and club agent.
M. Nj. Cendly, has had severe at
tack of erysipelas. Under the
treatment of DR.. Bate he recovered,
but is now suffering much With neu-
ralgia. Hope he will be out soon.
The pastor, R. w. Seay, with
Revs. E. b. Worsham and J.. d.
Harwell, expect to hold meetings
here at the school house next Sat-
urday and Sunday.
"A candidate living here SAYS
he has kindred feelings Tor all other
candidates and will offer a more
cordial invitation to them to call
on him than did a man once to his
friend when he said, eff you ever
come within two miles of my house
be sure to stop" This one says
come and see him.
If the winters get much more
frigid here we would rather run to
a milder climate than to run for an
office. We hope you, Mr.. Editor,
will run up your subscription list,
that the people will run and pay
you, that we may all run success
fully the line of duty during the
year, and that everybody will so
run the race set before them that
they may all lay hold upon eternal
life. Mon.
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Telephone Yesterday. J

Telephone yesterday.)
Your regular reporter is on his
way to perform the first duty of an
American citizen-pay his taxes.
Dill q Brown of the Dayton
Hedge Co. are doing some efficient
work here FLASHING.
DR.. H. L., Patterson is recover
ing from weeks attack of pneu-
monia.
WIN. Finney of Bryson, ever on
the alert to sell something, coasted
to Elkmont Tuesday and sold a pi
ano to the school there.
Another little boy has been at
work with his Ratchet here. Tues
day ive-year-old son of. Henry
Whit accidentally cut his little sis
ter in the leg little above the an
kle, severlng the tendons Of the two
smaller toes and injuring the bone.
--One of our farmers made an
unsuccessful attempt to uproot a
stump with dynamite the other day.
Noy dynamite may be a powerful
destroyer of government baildings,
cars palaces, etc, but it's failure
on stumps. The experiment drew
quite a crowd, and reminds us of an
incident. A few years ago two of
our fishermen whose names we sup
press, calling them for convenience
Williams and Shegog, after making
conspicuous failures time and again
to catch fish with hook and line, got
greedy and resorted to dynamite. |
They constructed a deadly car
fridge, tied sinker to it, padded |
out in the middle OF Elk, ignited
long fuse, threw it overheard and |
started for the shore. Horror!
The string to the sinker broke and
the tarnation thing came floating
after them. Williams was Sd para
yzed with fear that he lost his pad
lie, and had voice enough to cry
Pull, Shegog, pull" On it came,
ind just as it was about to blow
hem over into No. L, and Shegog
gave up the race and exclaimed, 80
NY God, we're lostT the fuse went
tut.
The boys have had fine coast
ng. Mllt Carter, jr., cut his lips
'adly and mashed his nose by a
all. Several of our choicest dudes
Vore out the hind gate of their
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THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART.
The Citizen Bids an Affectionate Farewell
to Dear Friend.

SEVEN, LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENN,
JAN. 26, 1886. Mr.. MCCoRD.-Please
stop sending me the CITIZEN. | have
been taking it 1e years and would still
take it if it advocated Liberty. L won't
vote for no prohibition for office nor
support a newspaper that advocates
prohibition, n. G. YARBRoUGH.
If the prohibitionists in Giles
don't give US two subscribers for
losing one they will de US injustice.
We didn't know we had been often
sive. We thought we'd been de-
cent on this question. We didn t
know we didn't have right to an
opinion. We don't get mad at
Mr.. Yarbrough for differing with
US, but he has right TO get mad
at us for differing with him. The
fact is, wo didn't know we'd been
advocating prohibition.
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Death of DIR. Nelson.

A telegram from Jonesboro, Ark,
last Tuesday announced the
death of DR.. Andrew J. Nelson,
younger brother of Messrs. j. L.
and w. G. Nelson of this city. Mr..
Tom Adams left yesterday after
uoon for Memphis where he will re-
ceive the remains and convey them
to Pulaski for burial. He will
probably arrive Tomorrow. DIR.
Nelson's death was unexpected as
no news of his serious illness had
been received and he was sup
posed to be in good health until
the telegram arrived announcing
his death.
The announcement Of his death
will be a shock to many in
Giles, as he spent his boy-hood ID
this county, and though he has
been away several years, still has
many friends here.
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Millinery at Cost.

I have a remnant OF
my winter stock of felt
Hats, Plumes, &C., bird
feathers &C., which !
am Offering At COST
to make room for my
Spring Goods. Ifyou
want handsome MILL
merry cheap, call at
once. I appreciate your
liberal, patronage in the
past, and shall endeav-
or to retain it by fair
dealing.
Respectfully,
Mrs. F. w. RUDD.
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Humorous Lecture FO-night.

Prof. T. NJ. Halves will lecture at
the Opera house tonight in hu-
morous dramatic recital. He is no
strolling lecturer but professor in
the Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville and comes here at the
invitation of the ladies of tbs Pres
byterian church to lecture in their
behalf. 1t will cost you but a
quarter. A letter from a gentleman
in West Tennessee who heard him
to the CITIZEN editor praises his
elecutionary I powers highly, espe-
cially in humorous parts. Pulaski
ought to show higher appreciation
of rare literary feasts than of a
minstrel performances. Let's give
him a rousing house.
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DeIIrOse.
Telephone YesterdaY

Your telephone correspondent
S. being absent forces the duty on
me.
F. j. Dever has bought the
stock Of goods of J. j. and w. M.
Finney at Millville. w. M. (son of
Mack Stevenson Yields the yard
stick.
"A new arrival at D. C. Sher-
rill's makes him unusually happy.
Thirteen pounds of boy is a big
thing in his eyes. He beats Lin
coin and challenges Giles to show
against him.
John Sanford is better though
still confined.
e. NJ. Sheriff. of your town
paid US a visit last week. Our com
munity sympathize deeply with
him.
WI. Stroud is recovering from
severe indisposition.
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rELEpaoNE az spEcrAroR.

Telephone building is on q
boom out this way. DR.. Phelps
thinks it a great thing and has
strings connecting nearly every
house on his place. There is line
running from Brooksville to Ven
ables, connecting Pho. L. Brownlow
and Tom and Hard Tucker.
james Meyers moved out to
DR.. Phelps Jan. 90 and moved
back to town the 25th, initiating
ethe King of France with 10000
men marched up the hill and then
marched down again" He is a
member of the Squatting Club that
meets at Kennedy d McLaurine's
store every night, and 1t IS too far
to walk in from the doctors and he
cant miss the meetings. / learn
that the club is presided over by
Rev. Petroleum V. Nevis, Prof. T.
P. Holt secretary, Compound Ca
thartic Purgative Pills Watson
treasurer, and J. G. King dOorkeep-
er. Hard Petty, cold, knocked at
the wicket the other night but was
scared away by outsiders. This
gave the president a cue for
bloody shirt harrangue, his text
being 'human liberty"
The school directors met here
Saturday. Mr.. Hard Young pre-
sented petition for q school at the
Baptist church near Lewis Cardin's.
He says they have go pupils of
school age from Cardin's to Comp
'on's shop, three-quarters of az mile,
Ind | might add that the territory
s less than quarter wide.
Miss Addie Brown from Be
hesda spent Saturday and Sunday |
With Miss Maudie Hcllon.
Miss Mollie King from near
Elkmont Springs returned home
saturday after having helped nurse
,ack to health Mrs. j. G. King.
"A son of Mr.. Lewis Birdsong
las been very low with pneumonia
tut is much better.
"A. B. Davis snapped his fiddle
o G. w. Bennett for spring
7agon.
The young men will organize
chatting society here this week.