The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-07-11

corps. NeaFiy aii Vi THESE nave
Ijoined the gret reunion and are
lresting un Ter the shade OF gr..ne,
| trees. How much they Il 4 tor
Journalism W can neva, tell err
tainly much.
| DR.. Stoddard removed from
ILynnville in 1877. l commenced
to write from there over Lynn soon
afterwards. / had as cotempora-
ries then score IF writers over
all sorts of o,nlep.umes.
No other county paper then had
the correspondence idea But they
commenced about that time to
adopt it,
In 1880 the Citizen come into
the hands of thls Prince of eiiIo-s.
whom we can only name with un-
covered head, Col. Jrho Bateman
Smith. He threw his great soul
into the management of the paper
in no other direction more than
to the developing his country COR
respondents. To this end he en-
couraged them in every way until
in November he offered S. gold
piece to the best correspondent.
the contest to last six months
Gladiators never ente! ed the olym-
pic games with more spirit than
did his score of correspondents go
into this friendly rivalry. For
six months no paper in existence
had such lively lot of correspond
ents. The paper Issued supple
ments nearly every week. Friends
everywhere shared the enthusiasm
OF these busy news CATERERS. 1t
was an exciting contest. The
prize could not have been more
eagerly sought had 1t been worth
thousand dolisrs. The contest
seemeds pretty evenly balanced.
| often thought Jeems and l or e.
M. W. or K. W. G. or s. E. G. had
me. But had hundred friends
who helped me. At the final award
Lynn carried off the Golden priz :.
by The skin of his teeth. THIS
contest developed the country
cofrespondentwondsrfully. A II owe
the states and the south country
news papers caught the idea.
The other day the Colum bia
Herald whO had caught on to our
reunion idea ami who by the way
beat "a TO it--thay in clarifying
them selves claimed our country
correspondence idea. We are not
much surprised at THIS, as We be-
lleve C)lum ola Claims the world.
But We do insist that the Cltlzen
was the first paper to develop The
country correspo Ldence idea freed
from gusn ana school boy compo-
sition style. Nor has the Herald
freed her correspondents OF tha
gushing style yet.
News in tue str ctest sense has
been the Citiz N idea. freed from
gush aud cant. This she has DE-
ve!o:let In net able corps OF or
respondents IN a degree unequaled
by any paper In existence. Cor
re5pondence offers the young writer
a training scnool tor his or her .It-
5erary genius tnat Is an :qualeI IN
its many excellencies. There is
no faculty OF head or heart but is
developed and made better by being
country correspondent. Ii d &
vcIops a power OF expressing ones
thoughts on paper that can DE At
tanned 10 no other way. fne abll-
ny to express Ideas on pa..er Was
confined alone To- the tUWus unit.
recently and principally to the
north. The north contain ii near
ly ali the writer's fof both books
and papers. What ever was pro
mulg4Jrd TO the world wen out as
the norLherh man saw Il, III en TO
the great dstrlment of the south.
Now the south has many ready
writers of great ability. NJ my Of
them owe their Developments 10
tnls same CORES pondence ideI.
risk no.hIn5 IL saying that of one
hundred scholars turue out, THAI
the on that takes ~ The CORES
pondence for some 1--we ,,apc; wall
at the end of ten years have out
stripped The 80 in literary attain
ments, developing into well-in.
formed person on ali things With a
well balanced mind.
Nothing s.inuGates ald eniarges
oar love OF our native land SO much
as to write up her do.ngs. TINS
brings us into close relations wi h
our people. There are u thous@n
warm and devoted friendships
growing out Of the relation of cor
respondent, that is pleasant INDEED.
The country correspondent, who
doee his du.y aud - conscientious,
is an important parsonage In any
cpnmunity. They arr, a, 1t were,
the mouth pieces of their sp,ctive
nelghborhoodS.
To no other citizen i. there as
signed Il more important trust, as
resp'ndeats the character OF the
community is juiZei by the outsl.le
worli. The good correspondent j.,
a patriot-what he does IS often
dOle for pure love of his conmu-
| city. He must be benevbIrnt, Tor
often his Is task with no emOI
ument1. He must be charitable
only attrlbutiax the best of M
tives TO mems actions, thus stmus
| iating them to nobl0r deeds.
He should be "a disinterested
and as uascltish as an angel or his
better motives will be misjudged
If all these qualities are.not largely
apparent in every correspondent
present they are being developed
IN degree found in no other class
II have read ALMOST every word
written by a Citizen correspond
ent for ten ye RS and | have new
er seen line or sentence that has
other tanapatrio.ic ring, or that wa.
not on the side OF virtue, truth AM
morality. BY This reading | hav,
been led to desire the personal &C
quainttnco of those Sho display
such inIrihle q IA iLies If b ,th
head and heart. To this end
have looked with bright anticipa
ton to this reunion Ii it come
up ~ INV expectation 1t Wi b; q
happy occasion -.nieei. | hop
and feel sure tis reunion fe4tIr,
is one that can not die an this re
uni N will have many els.
ADDRESS BIZ L d. NccoRq.
Fellow Blu ask Citizens
This is the q atal day OF the Amer
: icao eagle bat it is no. an inappro
nriata dav u Plehr ate the snC