Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-07
BAPrIsTs IN SEWER COUNTY.
4 New Paper Messy 6rpck College
Politics
PowELL's STATION, oct 5, 1874.

PowELL's STATION, Oct >, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Having Just
returned frem Sewer county, propose
giving you my experience in that pre-
clint. Leaving Knoxville on Friday
morning, I happened to overtakc Col.
Geo. Mabry, candidate for Congress,
whose object was my own, that OF at
tending an Association of Baptists at
Alder Branch, Sewer county. The
Colonel was very hopeful Of his cleo.
ton and all along our journey he met
a warm reception among the Conscrv-
ative.Union element. lie told me the
Baptists were for him, that Browulow
and Houk would get the Methodists
and Thornburgh and Henderson
would get the world, the flesh aud the
devil l found on inquiry that true
Republicans would support Thorn~
hurgh very solidly. The Brownlow
movement met with what ] should
say was sad failure The true Re
publican men said to me: Does he
suppose himself the Republican party
ty of Tennessee, and does he presume
to ignore the work Of the late COnveu-
ton as mere child's play.
Arriving in the neighborhoOd Of
Alder Branch, we were taken home by
our excellent friend, James Naples,
whose barns were full and whose table
was laden with all things pleasant to
the inner man. | am bound TO place
the people of Seyier county at the
head of the list for hospitality, this
section especially where French Broad
and Pigeon rivers join. The farmers
are rich, plenty abounds and the
peoples hearts are big enough
to overshadOw all they have.
Hospitality and patriotism are their
two watch words. There were over
thirty public invitations extended by
the citizens about the church to the
visiting friends to go home with them
for entertainment. | heard but one
comment, and that was that such hOs~
pitalty was unsurpassed. Various
delegates told me that they observed
lavish waste of mutton, beef, pig,
chicken, turkey and the substantials
of life. Enough was prepared for
twice the number of eaters. Our horses
were fed before day and after day, be-
fore dinner and after dinner, before
supper aud after supper.
IL any man wants to find Il respecta~
BILE amount of hospitality, he may
find il anywhere in East Tennessee;
but If he wants to find place where
it reigns supreme let him visit Sewer
county.
The session of the Association was
very interesting. The question Of
starting a Baptist paper was ably dis
cussed by Reys /. b. kimbrOugh and
HI .McCallum, the prospective editor.
1t is proposed to raise 10y subscription
81 ,0OO to buy press with, and then to
raise from 500 to 1000 subscribers at
50 90 year before commencing the
publication of the paper. 5000 are
now secured, and quite a plumber of
subscribers. There is not much doubt
about the success of this enterprise.
The people at this Association were
very warm i'm support of the move
meui. They responded with $1,000 in
subscription. l. b. KimbrOugh madeline
best speech i'm behalf Of the paper that
ever | heard about anything. But he
can do that, you know.
He is agent to raise money TO build
a Baptist College at Messy Creek. His
peenh on this subject was sub
lime Said he East Ten
nessee is the center Of the
world, look TO the North at your blue
mountain kissing the clouds that is
built OF iron. Col. Wilder told me he
had tested every leading ridge ina East
Tennessee and had found iron in them
all. In ten years capital would take