The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-04-19
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Decatur. Cry aloud and
pare not" It won't hurt us per-
onally, neither will it diminish our |
Inances. Your labors are bearing I
ruit already. To illustrate, as the
preacher says: Some of our best
BUSINESS men, some of our best me-
;hanics, some of our labOring men
re there and many OF our wagons
md teams are there; we are sending
Iome of our building material there,
he best stone used in Decatur for
curbing, etc, is ship
bed from here, some of the meat and
bread consumed in Decatur goes
from here. Is there anything wrong
about this? No, not if we get the
money in return.
Now | say, huzza for the efforts
THE CITIZEN is making for the peo-
pie of Giles county. The CITIZEN
is never reticent when it can benefit
its folks by speaking out. Hurry
up and get out your circulars and
books and papers and help load that
Nashville car and take tour
through the east, north aid north
west. Sow your literature shoe
mouth deep in those blizzardized
regions and induce the people to
come down and live in our sunny
cline. When you are loading your
car with woods, minerals, metals,
mementoes, keepsakes, trinkets,
relics and souveniers, don't forget to
lay in a good supply of sunshine.
That will do more towards depopu-
lating blizzardom than any other
commodity you can have on board.
IF you can succeed in making those
people up there believe that we are
not mad and that we have long
since forgiven them for the licking
they said they gave US, your trip
will be a success. We want to be
friendly with them-( they've got
more money than we have). We
are anxious to drive trade with
them. Here is our offer: Well
swap our friendship for their money
and take them to boot, or we'll
swap for them and take their money
to boot. Either proposition is fail
and / don't think there'll be any
hesitancy in their acceptance.
| The question naturally arises, dc
we want them to come here or go to
Decatur? / answer, we want them
to do both. Our folks want the
mechanics to go TO Decatur, that il
those who work in iron, steel, chem
ical, charcoal and extract works
foundries, machine shops, etc.
experienced workmen, SO that thu
work will not be delayed. We don
want any foollshness in this thing
Mr.. Jno. Smith told me to-day tina
he has already planted an acre in Ir
| ish potatoes especially to send dow
to Sally's children. l told him al
right they'd take 'em. See hoy
easy it is for one neighbor to he'll
another. One very important ad
vantage to have experienced work
men down there is, if any OF oa
folks want to learn a trade they'l
have an opportunity. Of course
is understood that some of the boss
es will go too. We want farmers t
stop here. Giles county can bea
Decatur on farm and garden truck
though it has been said and prett
generally believed that she can bea
US on iron, coal, etc. As for tn
iron and coal we'll admit it, but W
don't know so we'll about the so
fourth. Well make a suggestion a
to what kind of farmers we want t
come: Will say we want good far
mers with plenty of money to whol
we can sell our farms so all of on
folks can come to town. It woul
turn a countryman clean round
he thought he could get to tow
Nothing like it. 1t has been sal
by somebody that they wanted t
see Pulaski with a population +,
10000. That would make it. Sa
to our northern friends, come dow
and try it while, revel in our ge
NAL sunshine and partake of OF
inequalities, and then we'll let Eel
go back if they don't like our way
and things. Say to them also whe
they start down here just put U
the bars and if they should be 6
unappreciative as to act the prod
gal they'll find everything just Liz
they left it, for nothing was ev,
known to spoil that always stage
frozen. Our country folks are a
tired farming and want to CON
to town and keep store. There
nothing wrong about that. Whe
. those northern people come dow
here and thaw out they'll be happ
and when our people get to tow
and put on store clothes they'll
happy. They will feed Us and '
= will clothe them and buy all the
<. produce, give 'em good price, shi
it to Decatur, advance a little on
. feed and also clothe the Decatl
folks, and that will make them ha
A. py. You need not say that l q
hired to gas for Decatur for / new
a. did like to be hireling. / got n
4. stomach full of it when / was hire
u to Uncle JEFF. / am a countryms
You may call me country hur
college fashion) it you want to;
% know what will suit the COUNT
folks. We've sweated, tugged al
d toiled and tried to get our Ii,
y ing by the sweat of our brow lor
y enough; we now want to chans
" places and come to town and ha'
d an easy time. If there is ar
o. doubtful Thomases let them switt
l. off and let the procession pas
At This is no individual enterprise al
y not an individual undertaking.
1t is for the benefit of all in commo
: The only feature about it that lool
"a any ways selfish is that we a
$ working to get all our folks in
n easy places, and if l am censur,
1s for this by outsiders the benefici
y, ries will look upon it as q compl
:, ment. will say right here befo
IN forget it, we want our carpente
ut to hold themselves In readiness
al build houses for us in Pulaski. "
I'd know it's no little JOB to shelter
10000 people. There is anoth
reason we want our northern frien
to come down, we think they ha
- been in refrigeration long enough
a be purified, but if there should
ID any who are not thoroughly clean
. ed, would say to all such to ST.
. back and come on the second trai
and if it should be little behil
time all the better lfnr Ms