Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-19
WEDNESDAY.
BOARD OF TRADE.
Large and Enthusiastic Meeting.

There was a good turnout yesterday eve.
ming at the Board of Trade Rooms. of the
leading business men of our city, who seem
to have awakened to realization of their
best interests. The meeting was very har-
monious, and the following important
business was transacted
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Mr.. w. w. Woodruff.
The minutes were read, and approved
without objection.
Mr. Bailey then read the following re-
port
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Board
Of Trade.
Your committee, appointed to confer
with Rev. J. +. Spence, Chairman Sub
Committee on Location of the proposed
Southern Central University of the NJ. f.
Church, beg leave to report the following /:
We are informed that the General Con-
ference of the NJ, +. Church at its quadren-
NAL session, held in New York in May
last created an Educational Bureau, and
at the same time provided for the estab-
lishment of three Central Universities,
one to be located in the East, one in the
South and one in the West instructions
were given to this Bureau to select a loca-
ton for each University, superintend
the erection of the buildings and
direct the endoyments. 1t is the
intention of the Bureau TO settle upon the
location of the Central University of the
South at once, and proceed Immediately to
its endowment. 1t is expected that its
endowment fund will he nj least one mill
lion dollars and perhaps more. The sub
committee which is charged with selecting
n location. meets Tomorrow in Chotfanoo,
ga. 10 consider the proportions of different
Cities for its location The committae
deems it of the utmost inheritance that
+ha BOARD should If nossibIa adonf srcL
measures as will secure IFS iocation ot
KnoxviIle Chaftanora il ,noy.ino in tbe
matter. and we understand that ono non
tIeman fI,Ilv alive To H.. if,,T,nrt,,,ge sc y
has offered to subscribe five tbonsand 4 oi,
lars not i'm mountain lands Mt S1Go IN
ere INT in ready cash towards n ,o,,,s Co.,
its location there and no doubt q hand
eon,a nronositiou will he made to tho On
noittea t6-rnorro,y nv tba citizens of tha+
nIace
0nr climate rantral uo.ition aud tho
many other innortant natnraI ad,anta,las
which we ,,ossase offar inJrceT1s,Sr- Rat
C1attanoora ,a,i NOT il, III res,ecrs .o,,,,,at
with Int in order to secure IL. iocafion
here we must show a commendahIeIi Thor.
liz In offsri,1,r donatio,,s IT. 49, =
90 sbo.. f1r ~ p 10 on,,tL;,,,. ii,e'iita H.
fore tba roaetino Of tbS nn+Jn,ittaa go
nIoca h,t ,vn tbiI,l- t,ot If hor1 lie q ,,ro,,er
aavnrassion nv those nrasant inJicatinor
that :, liberal 0ffar ,ropld he made in . feIs7
,,-aalts tba eoiaotian 81 Ionatio,, - 49,
IVY stafsrrad ~, ~ oo,,,,,,;.to CO.. az .I.t
tir,a ~ 'oi q 'iioA'
lis hardly, naca.sor, f,. ,,o,,, cor,,,,i+tao
~ nIention The adI,aS+aoroS I,biot ,ro,,Id
ocorna 70 tho civ bv Tho est.hiisLnoont Of
s',ob ITniuerei;y 6ero for T'n,, al ,',,dort
stand that II wonld add greatly 70 onr non
1,Ta.ia, and oI,,artisa o,,T n;tY, n tba MI
Ia W. 800 n,tay,si,,oI, "a faI.orohi
tho,, oo,id I,o dono ~, a,,,, 'otrar ,,'a,C
w. NJ + Cbnroh H. y y1ar,- 10 nc ord
,,,d,iIth,- osgcoiatioT o,,d tbars is haSdi,t N
1870 Of II n,hn will not lynn,y oil
abo,,t tho southern Central I-niversitv
IL +ha lace IN y,hinh II 10 Loo
an an ri ihusi,,osG ,,an Of oIr CT,
ooI,11 not nse nnoreHI in a WV which
-,-o,,Gd ,no,, be+tnr diS,idand tbor toyyards
To,,rPp ;yrf'ioh ,To,,i6 Sec,1re H. iocatior1
Of sucb an institntion in orr citv # IvnnId
ba ,1ore lilo maxim, n q loan fhon q Gift
e., ti,a $1,000 Co 80 ,,,o,,Id 10 80, aJ
IOI VIC Lhohcy 81 SS0u "Ou'u NC ie'ulueu