The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-08-06
VIRGINIA.
LynchbuPgs and its BuslRsss.- Its Nam
ufactufes and WeaIth---GrOWfll and
PrOsUeFfty---POIitIss OF Che stale.

] LILY LILY LILY IlOk US 6AIlr6IY WlInOuL IN
terest TO your readers in East Ten
nessee; for while there is nothing O
special or startling Importance tc
communicate il, the, way, Of news
every city and section like, now and
then, to hear from its neighbors.. -
/ This, is enphaticaIly a City Of, the
Hills, almost perched on Alps, and
while at first view it may not please
the eye of the traveller it nevertheless
grows in, interest and attraction as
we give healthy exercise to our
muscles and mix with the people.
This IS, a Business city, and before the
war was the richest in the United
States propertionate to population,
except Bangor Maine, But times
have changed. and of course circum-
stances have changed with them here
as well as elsewhere in, the, South I;
still Lynchburg has much wealth,
has one of the most energetic and
business populations of any, city in
the country, Even hot as it is here,
business is brisk in merchandise, but
especially in, tobacco, and other agri-
cultural interests of the country. In
old times nearly the whele, of. East
Tennessee traded, with this city, Her
farmers would come with their six
horse teams, ringing With bells, and
every morning our streets would be
filed with them from end to end
with music to tradesmen, In, ex-
change for their produce our. mer-
chants would fill the bills Of your mer-
chants, and thus was business between
two sections kept active and mutp-
ally profitable. Those were good
old days long gone and pleasantly
remembered, but steam and electric
ity governs trade and rules the
world, of business now, and some of
your people trade now with Balti-
more and some go west. But as this
city is about equi-distantf with Bal
timore, and sells as good bargains
as any inland city in the country, 1
think both your farmers and mer-
chants would find it to their interest,
at least, to give US a q call as they
pass along in their whirlpool of trade
There are houses here in the grocery
and dryrgoods line that can success
fully compete with Baltimore or any
other city, They advertise and your
people. should know them, ,---
The great manufacturing business
Of this city is tobacco. The re-
eeipts this year has far exceeded
that of any preceding year since the
war. 1t amounts to millions of
pounds, and exceeds that of all
other markets combined, except
Richmond Itvis, and always has
been, the source of eur greatest
wealth. > The raw material is bought
here and manufactured here and
consequently it throws a vast deal
Of money into the hard-fsted hands
of the plauters and great deal of
profit into the purse of our, people.
The weed is cultivated now South
west, as far as Pulasl2i, and, the very
finest, q aq4'apl1er9 comes from y the
highest ridges of the Blue Ridge
and lAlleghenies. This is also fine
market for wheat, corn and all the
cereals, and our business in that line
is very large. g9n9a, s97 4-,ew =
sa AS to the growth. of the city it
has increased considerably in the
last year. Fine buildings are going
up rapidly inevarious portions OF. the
city, and we have in course of con-
,struction one of the finest market
houses in the State, costing, perhaps,
$T5, 00O.sl7ageb bah rs4asszsaf sG4
81 Foreigners-especiall Englishmen
of the first-class--are locating here
and in the surrounding country rap
idly Many of them have bought
farms, and some of themd have en-
gagged in the business pursuits of the
city. bThey are business men and
women and of fine intelligence.
They wear thiclo-bottomed shoes in
winter and summer, and thus protect
their health, and their wives and
daughters like sensible people, wear
thick shoes and short dresses-that
is DRESSES that do not sweep the
streets of their mud and dirt, and
sweep the pockets of their husbands
out of all their money! Why dom
our people go and do hlewiseg
just at this time politics are agi-
tating all classes and scolors of our
people, The Republican State Con-
vention assemblies here on the 30th
of this month, and the Conservative
State Convention will assemble in
Richmond on the 9th of August.
Coli Ro. w Hughes it is generally
conceded will be the nominee of the
first Convention. and the number of
contestants for the Conservative
domination are so great that it is inn
possible to indicate with any sort of
clearness who he will be. The con-
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