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


that w4re present as a lay repiei'
) with - and pleasure. A grea
many ot oar friends who could no
be WI Ii rs SEA. greetings aad b s.
wishes :or the success of the r.
union, and We are glad to be ahl,
to announce TO them through our
columns that it was ali that could
be desired and was success eve
beyond our most sanguine hopes.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME. BY COL. I. L.
sMIrHsoS
Ladies ami Gentlem N:
return 10 you my most sincere
thanks tor the unexpected honor
you have conferred upon me in
making me chairman of this the
first reunion of the CITIZEN family.
now beg your most lenient con-
sideration for what mistakes | may
make while occupying this chair.
congratulate you upon the aus
piciousne ss of the day, which
seems to have been made on pur-
pose tor you. "Old Sol was the
first on the grounds this morning to
TO dry off this velvety carpet Tor
you and TO bid you God speed.
The gentle winds soon come to tenn
per the suns ardor and to whisper
TO you its best wishes, This broad
shade is friendly to YOU and the
rustic OF every one of its leaves,
bids you welcome.
| am glad to meet with you to
day the day of all days to every
patriotic cisizen of the grAndes st
government in the universe, sur
rounded by these majestlcallv grand
old bills. on the banks of the Clas-
sic Richlaod, in this beautiful val
ley; We have not TO bind ourselves
in stronger bonds OF friendship,
aud to do honor to one OF the best
county papers in our state. AMI
| cannot mention tbs CITIZEN with
out expressing my admiration Tor
the heroism OF the present owaer
and editor. Lett widow with
several children, who look to her
alone for sustenance, she Dbly
battles with lifeS vicissitudes and
wins victory when ma1y a man
would not, She deserves success and
will achieve it.
NoS word to the young folks
The are other a4s relations that
possibly some of you may be able
to organize to lay and 10 king to
your interests in this line. We
have arranged two boats on the
creek which are at your service;
game OF croquet can be brought on
the ground, an ii you will tax. my
word for it, there is nothing better
than stroll away up the creek a
mong tn 'se grap1vlnes l give you
these limits merely a. poiaters and
guarantee them to work well, for
| have tried every one then.
Again, wish TO bid each and
every one of you hearty welcome
to this Convention and To these
grounds and tn ask you 70 enter
into all the procee- iings OF the con-
vention to the end that our COM
ing Together will be both pleasant
and profitable to all.
FOURTH OF JULY GRAFTON, BY LEE
WILKINSON
Tnis was "pied' by the foreman
In m.kiug up forms last n GIT.
THE COUNTY CORRESPONDENT.
BY COL. j. Ii. BURRow.
Heaven | amagine would not be
heaven without our friends were
there. Earth has no greater or no
lier pleasure than the meeting of
friends n social intercourse. To day
| feel happy indeed, 10 meet So many
dear friends, many OF wlon |
hcve known tor years intellectual,
ly, but till TO day have never met
face to face. | have looked forward
TO this occ4slol as one fraught
with much happiness 10 me.
This is reunioI OF agents and
correspondent one Of whom | am
which. No ageut or correspond
ent has ever had the experience
that / have not had sim liar cpl
sode. IL would have been pleasant
to have made this kind of expe =
rience meeting. We could have
throwA much spice in these expe-
rtences and possibly benefited each
other by mutual exchange of ex-
perience, for the life of an agent
and a CORES ,,onlent too, Is marked
bv many little episodes that are
pleasant u recall. Bat your com
mittee would have me To write au
essay.-Essays are always dry. |
never KIN, W how to sharpen pen
Gil for al essay. But my mother
always taught me to never shirk a
duty. The subject assigned me,
The County Correspondent" is
one that sounds familiar. But |
think | have read rt.cles On every
suit, e,t IN lcr the sun, either In
prose or poetry ny gifted authors,
out this subject assigned me to-
day has escaped The ess ~ lists pen
so far as my search and reading
have ex,en tel. | wish 1t were
other wise, OF chat the duty haC
fallen to one more gifted to do the
subject ju.tite. None could bring
: more heat To the task
Since the days OF Moses we hav,
had men t. write up the great ac'
tions 0, mankind.
Ev, the Great Caesar himse
wrote gu. an acCOunt OF his deed
In all ages of the world every greA
expedition either in Var or Olvi
affairs have had their rep rters, ca
gcrly chronicleIng every pccuraace
; Tue great cities everywhere swarm
wit repor .ers, who take note OF tn
d smallest happenings. Even tn
smaller towns have for years hat
reporters to the NJ ttropoliton press
But 1t wa lett for m).e racenr
years to develop the country cor
respondent, whose existence til
, moro advanced Intelligence OF TIL
4 people now demand. W. nqg ia,
corps of country correspondent
on every well directed paper from
Main to Mexico. But this was nc
always so. Before The year 1915 n,
= such character existed.
On the anniversary OF the hirtI
3 Of the illustTiQus father OF his cou1
II try, George Washington, the p
Of FEBRUARY of that year, the Pa
u laski CITIZEN published the Cir.