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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-14
WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES.
Pigue, 1EanIsr a Hall.

/ One Of the city papers, In commenting
upon some Of the prominent jObbing inter-
ests Of Nashville, had occasion to publish
the following relative to P1gue, Manner &
Hall. IL states facts so suCcinctly that We
reproduce it in substance:
aSeven years ago a firm began business
here, under adverse circumstances and in q
comparatively small way, Yet by the eXer-
else Of indOmitable will and energy it has
overcome obstacle after obstacle and finally
developed into one Of the most successful
Of cur business houses. This firm was
Pigue, Manner & Hall. Their first place Of
business, which MeSsrs. Gordon & Rankin
now occupy, they soon left for a building
erected by themselves, with especial refer
ence to their business. This, however, in
a short time became too contracted for
their fast growing interests, and they were
compelled once more to seek a more COM
mOdiOus structure. This they found in
the elegant store and ware1OOms, No.
City Hotel Block, which they now occupy.
This building has a frontage Of 80 feet,
with a depth Of 1S5 feet, with three floors
and a basement, every part Of which is
used for storing their extensive stock. The
members Of the firm are Messrs, ]. A.
Pigue, and J. W. Manner, and DR.. i. W.
Hall, all Of whom are we'll known in the
community, because Of their zeal and hon
esty, and the extraordinary success that has
attended their labOTs.
Thirteen employees are connected with
the house, including five travelling agents
who advertise their goods in every part Of
Tennessee, and in portions Of Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky. E7-
erything embraced in the boot and shoe
line is to be found in their extensive
stock" and we take the liberty Of further
stating that the firm is prepared to FL any
order. Their sales for 1874 were extreme
" large, all things being considered, and
they enter upon the season Of 1875 with
confidence in the final result.
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WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES
Cooke, settle 4 Co.

The above named house comprises the
following members: w. III. Cooke, j. w.
Settle and r. n Kinnaird. This firm, IN
Ger different organizations, has been in the
shoe trade Of Nashville for 10 years,
having been first established in 1856, under
the frm-style Of Cooke, Bailey & Co.,
which was composed of ". NJ. Cooke, Jas
per n. Bailey and r. n. Kinnaird, and
which did a successful business up TO the
breaking out of the war. About the close
of the war, Mr.. Bailey Gone of the partners)
came home out Of the Confederate service,
in very bad health, and soon after died in
Florida.
The business was afterwards revived, in
1867, by the two old partners, with the ad-
ditiOn of Mr.. J. w. Settle, under the firm
style Of Cooke, Settle & Co., who now Oc-
cupy No. 2, Publishing House Block, the
largest and finest building of its kind in
the city. Here the firm keeps a large and
well selected stock of goods, well adapted
to the wants Of tie country trade. The
chief sales of the house are made in Ten
nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Kentucky. Five or six gentlemen are en-
plOyed to travel through these different
States, looking after sales and the various
interests Of their house, and the business Of
the firm shows degree Of stability and
growth in every respect satisfactory.
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WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES.
Shepherd, Hooper & 60.

In the salesrOom No. 2 City Hotel Block,
we find the above named firm. The bust
ness Of the house may be said to have had
its origin in the spring Of 1866, and in De
cember, 1872, the firm became Shepherd,
Hooper & Co., the cO-partners being F. A.
Shepherd, H. V. Hooper, w. II. Mitchell
and j. B. Richardson, all Of whom give
their personal attention 10 the details Of
business.
Like our other jobbers, Messrs. Shepperd,
Hooper & Co. look for the greater part Of
their trade to the country south Of us.
They have specially worked for a large
Georgia trade, and doubtless sell more
goods in that State than any other boot and
shoe house in the city. More or less Of
Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky come IN
for share Of attention also. From four to
eight gentlemen represent the house upon
the road, depending upon the season, and
in addition to the large trade controlled BY
them, no ineonsiderable portion Of orders
received come TO the house direct.
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THE PROVISION TRADE.
and Provision Trade OF Hart &
HensIey.

ANAaANgs
A very considerable degree of credit
rightfully belongs to the above named firm
for its prompt and energetic action in re-
opening a department of trade in Nashville
that had long been closed. Previous 10 the
war, some pOrk-packing had been done
here, bat the city had never attained more
than a local reputation as a pork market,
and even that was lost during the stormy
times of 1S61-1S65.
In November, 1867, Messrs. Henry Hart
and Henry G. Hensley determined to at
tempt attracting to Nashville st least a
mOiety of its former pork and provision
trade. At that time there was no packing
being done here and there was no exclu-
sively provision house. Louisville and
Cincinnati mOnOpolized a trade that by
right belonged to Nashville dealers. The
firm began packing in the winter Of 1868,
and though the result of their efforts appear
small in contrast with the immense oper-
atiOns Of the large packers of the country.
they drove the opening wedge, packing, the
first year, about 900 head of hogs. That
was seven years ago, andthe result that has
flowed from that incipient effort is shown
in the simple statement that the receipts Of
hogs in this market have since grown to
twenty to thirty thousand bead per season.
The firm continued to carry on their pro-
vision trade, established one year previous
to the beginning of their packing opera
tiOns, and both departments grew in a de-
cided manner, To give themselves needed
facilities, the firm were compelled to build
a new packing house, which they did in
1870, and which they supplied with every
modern convenience, and having capacity
for one thousand hogs per day. Though
not among the largest of the country. il is
among the most complete, every equipment
being Of the character required by the bust
ness of to-day business, too, that has
shown wonderful development in nearly
all Of the commercial centres Of the coun-
try.
Messrs Hart & Hensley, besides packing
and dealing in provisions, make a speciality
of curing hams and bacon; the lard bust
ness is also a specially, and their best
brand-the ''snOw flake pastry"-a COPY
right brand-has won deserved encomi-
ums for its purity. The "CCC" hams and
bacon are perhaps even more widely
known, for from here they are shipped to
the large cities Of the country, and not a
few grace the tables of old England each
year. TOOthsOme as they are, it is not to
be wondered at that they are popular.
The trade of Hart x Hensley is wholly at
wholesale, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi
and Florida being the chief section toward
which the operation Of the house are d.
reCted. This trade as we have said, has
grown in a manner that speaks louder than
words Of the house and the favorable esti-
nation In which it is held,
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model ofits class, and at the same time a
monument to the enterprise Of the firm
VINO were progressive enough in their ideas
20 appreciate the necessities Of business
OF metropolitan character. The base
ment IS devoted largely to the sssweets Of
me, such as sugars, syrups and that class
Of goods; the first floor is a general sales
r0oms provided with Comfortable Offices
ana upon the upper floors is carried the
miscellaneous stock incident to a trade Of
this character. Something Of a specially Is
also made Of liquors, Carried upon the uu-
per ioors).
The house does no travelling, and vet its
trade is showing a very considerable in
crease, especially since last fall. Business
is apparently in a heallhful state, and the
firm seems well satisfied with the course Of
trade. Messrs. Morris & StrattOn are also
in the wholesale grocery and
liquor house Of A. Tyler & Co. Both gen
tlemen give personal attention to the busi-
ness, and both are natives Of this vicinity,
and most Of their lives has been passed in
active business in Nashville. In addition
% their place Of business. 20 which we refer,
Messrs. Morris & Stratt5n also built the
elegant block adjoining and occupied by
Tyler & Co. They also have in cOntem-
DlatiOn the project Of building still another
arge block upon the premises Immediately
north Of their place OF business.
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OUR BANKING INTEREST.
The Fourth NationaI.

The Fourth National Bank Of Nashville
is one among the leading me notary inter
ests OF the State. Its capital is exception
ally large, and its business is wide-reaching
IN its extent.
The Fourth National was organized in
1866. Its capital was authorized TO be
placed at 100000, all Of which was paid
in. Subsequently the authorized capital
was increased to 100000 and the paid
up capital to $4,000, at which amount it
has since remained, being further increased
only by the accumulation of a SURPLUS fund,
which now reaches $4,000.
The business Of the bank is constantly
growing; it finds abundant use for all Of
the means it commands, and its officers are
apparently determined to still further ad-
vance this business.
Judge WhitWOrth, the President of the
Fourth National, is also President of the
Tennessee Manufacturing Company, ope-
rating the large cotton factory in this city,
concerning which We elsewhere make some
statement. Mr.. ThOs. Platter is the Cashier.
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FIRE INSURANCE.

Tennessee Marine and Fire Insurane,
COmPany-The First Tennessee In
suranee COmPany-An old and Sue
eessfuI Institution.
The Tennessee Marine and Fl re Insnr
anee Company, now in existence and in q
fourishing condition, was the first com
pany Of the kind ever chartered in the
State.
1t was organized in 1894, and the origin.
al charter continued for thirty years, expir-
ing the LIST Of January, 1884. During that
time it paid out upwards Of 81 100000 in
losses, and also paid to the stockholders an
average Of 133 per cent. per annum in diyi-
dends, and since the expiration Of the char
ter has paid the whole capital back to the
stockholders, and $13 per shave in addition
thereto.
The first President Of the company was
ii l.. Douglass, we believe at that time a
member of the firm of Douglass. Woods &
Co, and in the early days Of Nashville one
OF her most prominent business men. The
second President was ex-MayOr Alexander
Allison. The lac John N. Hill was the
third President, and Joseph Vaulx, ESQ.,.
the fourth and last under the old charter.
The latter is the only one Of the old Presi-
dents now living.
Our Well-knOwn citizen, William Nichol,
was the first Secretary of the company.
Then followed in succession Moses Nor
veil, K. +. Smith, j. j. Gill, George W,
Martin, Joseph Vaulx, and last A. W. But
Ter, who continued in the position for a
number Of years.
The company was re-chartared and Or
gained October, 1865, with joseph w.
Allen, Esq, as President, and A. W. But
Ter, ESQ.,, as Secretary. The latter resigned
IN 1869, and was succeeded by Henry L.
Claiborne. Under the organization of
1868, the company had unprecedented sue
cess, doing a large and lucrative FIRE bust
ness up to October, 1872, when the com
petition and low rates induced the Direc-
tors to discontinue further business. The
profits on the seven years business was on
a capital Of S53, 900 $50 per cent. Of its sub
scTibed eapital) paid in which paid all ex-
penses and claims Of every kind, paid up
the whole Of subscribed stocks, and at the
close Of business divided upwards of STA
900 amongst its stockholders.
The present organization was effected
May LIST, 1874, under the charter of 1865
with Alexander J. Porter. W. c. Butter
field, Archer Chatham, John II. Eakin,
Ro. II. Howell, John Kirkman,IR. NJ. Kin
niard, Charles Nelson, A. b. Robinson,
John P. White, James II. Wilkes, as
Board Of Directors; and Alexander J. Por-
ter as President, and Spencer Eakin as
Secretary.
The company is one Of the best of our
home institutions. The stock is all owned
in the city Of Nashville, and so distributed
as to have over 120 stockholders. The
company have abundant cash means judic-
iously invested and Immediately available
10 more than meet any losses that may oc-
cur under the rigid system Of taking not
over 5000 in any one risk.
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WHOLESALE GROCERIES. PRO-
VISIONS AND LIQUORS.
Norman, HightOWer, e. Co. Is Repre-
sentatfyes OF this Trade.


sentatfyes OF this Trade.
Among the many firms Of eminent stand
ing upon South Market street, few, if any,
are more widely or more pleasantly remem-
bered by the trade that is attracted from
abroad to Nashville than the one Of whom
we now write. As a firm, the present or
ganizatiOn is Of but comparatively recent
date, having been established on the first
Of January, 1874. For three years before
Messrs. Norman & HightOwer had been
engaged in the wholesale and retail staple
and fancy grocery and liquor trade at No.
so, west side Of the Public Square, but
upon the organization Of the present firm,
caused by the admission Of 7. 2. Hall and
5. I. Hill to the cO-partnership, the retail
trade was abandoned and removal was
made to the premises now occupied, No. "A
South Market street. Since that time an
exclusively wholesale business has been
done. In addition 10 a general grocery
trade the firm handles meats and -four in
large quantities. They also do a general
cotton c~mmissission business, and in at
tending to the details Of their business find
their time thoroughly employed.
In this State, as well as in portions Of
Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
sippi, Messrs. Norman, HightOWer and
Co. have succeeded in building up a bust
ness that stamps them as gentlemenwell
adapted TO have in charge the deStinies Of
a large house. The firm does all, or near
" all, Of its own travelling, and one or an
other Of the cO-partners is usually upon the
road, looking after the mutual interests Of
their patrons and themselves. The cOndi-
ton Of trade TINS far has baan verv salts
factory, with every prospect Of good bus
mess in the future, and close cash buyers,
will ind it to their interest to
favor Messrs. Norman, HightOwer & Co.
with orders for anything in their line.
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MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE,



Among the notable manufacturing In
dustries Of our city there is perhaps none
that has grown into greater importance and
significance than the furniture and mattress
factory Of Weakley & Warren.
Commencing but Ress about the close Of
the war, on a small capital, the firm by ju-
dicious management have worked their
business up into one Of the first manufac-
turing establishments Of the kind in the
South or West.
The first two or three years Of their bust
ness were devoted % dealing in the pro
auctions Of other factories; but they soon
learned that to take front rank in bust
ness and to pot their goods on the market
in favorable competition with the prOduc-
tiOns Of Eastern cities they must become
producers.
Fully realizing The fact that they live in
a country sUperabundantly blessed with all
the crude materials essential to the manu-
facture Of all classes Of goods in their de-
partment Of trade, they commenced about
five years ago the manufacture Of furniture
and mattresses on a small scale, and grad
ually increased their stock Of machinery,
materials, etc, until they now have one Of
the largest and best equipped furniture and
mattress factories in The Southern States
making on a large scale all classes Of furni-
lure, from the plainest cottage styles to the
most elaborate designs Of chamber, pariOr,
dining room and Office suits, adapted to the
fancies and means Of all classes Of the
community.
Besides supplying large retail trade at
home, this firm ships large quantities Of
their manufactures to the States south Of
here, securing a large trade to Nashville
that formerly went to the Northern and
Eastern cities. They consume large quanti-
ties Of lumber, coal, etc, and employ quite
a large number Of skilled mechanics in the
various departments Of their business
As decidedly a home institution, We
commend them to our readers as deserving
all the patronage that may be bestowed on
them.
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Cumberland, in the near foreground, add.
beauty to the picture. The eye rests upon
rOof-trees, church spires and tall chimnevs
Of manufacturing establishments; there is
presented all the animate and inanimate
life Of a hOurishiDg city, the abode Of
wealth, culture and refinement, and a busy
mart Of trade as well.
Hospital for the Insane.
Although located SIX miles from the eitv.
the Hospital for the Insane calls for brief
mention, inasmuch as the edi6ee itself is
unusually attractive in its exterior, and be-
cause its purposes are so benifeent. at
is Of the castellated style of architecture.
with tWenty-four OctagOnal towers Of pro-
pOrtionate dimensions, placed on the cor
ners Of the main building and its wings,
while from the main building rises a larger
octagOnal tower, twenty-five feet above the
roof, and sixteen feet in diameter. A range
Of battlements, from tower % tower, sur
rounds the whole edifce, following the
angles Of the several projections, giving a
fine relief to it from any point Of view.
The extreme length Of the Hospital, from
east to west, is four hundred and five feet,
while it extends from north to south two
hundred and ten feet. There are two air
ing courts in this area, each Of them about
one hundred and fifty feet square. The
height Of the main building, from the
ground to the top of the main tower, is
about eighty-fge feet. The center, right
and left Of the main building, is four stories
high, without the basement, the interven-
ing ranges and the wings are three stories
high. The whole building contains two
hundred and sixty-fve rooms, exclusive Of
all domestic apartments, laundry, bath
rooms, clothes rooms, and several rooms in |
the basement, and is capable Of accOmmo-
dating two-hundred and City patients"
Institute for the Blind.
Last year two wings, each large and pre-
senting a handsome architectural appear
anee, each also being surnOunted by |
tower, were added to a building, which, |
with exceptionally beautifully located 1
5AouAuS3 MSAO Pitocutcu " ble Oldl6 as 3 Il
nucleus for the Institute for the blind. |
We are not in possession Of any detailed /
memoranda relative to the Institute, and /
so but briefly refer to it.
Other Public buildings.
The House Of Industry for Females, the
Protestant Orphan Asylum, St. Mary's Or
phan Asylum, the State Penitentiary, the
County Jail, Court House, WOrk-hOuse.
and other public buildings in and about
the city might be written Of in detail, but
lack Of space fOrbids.
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THE PROVISION TRADE.
Hooper, WhitwOrth q CO.-An Item
or Two Relative 10 Their Trade.

Hooper, WhifWOFth & OO.-An Item
or Two Relative TO Their Trade.
The above mentioned firm, composed of
L. &. Hooper, A. J. Hooper, G. &. Whit
worth and j. NJ. Turner, was formed three
years ago as successors to Phillips, Hooper
& Co, established in 1869. Their specially
is the meat and lard trade, aud the firm are
packers as well as dealers. During the
season just closed they killed and packed
about 5000 head of hogs, which, by the
way, is but a mere mOiety OF their packing
capacity. The packing house is about one
mile away, on the bank of the river, the
office and salesrOOm being at No. SO South
Market street. The trade If the house is
such that already the meat Of their own
packing is nearly gone, and now the firm
is in the market as buyers in car load lots,
making purchases in Chicago, St. Louis,
Cincinnati, or wherever they can to the best
advantage.
One of the specialties Of the house is
their own hams and bacon, known by the
brand Of Illegal Tender" The lard trade
is also very large, and is one of the princi-
pal features Of the business. A large per
cent. Of the meats and Lard sold by the
house is disposed Of in Tennessee. white at
the same time a considerable business is
done in Alabama and Georgia. Although
not making it habit to travel for orders,
occasionally the finn sends a representative
South during the winter months, but as a
rule, the home demand, or orders received
at the house, requires its full attention.
The provision trade Of the city is suffi-
GENTLY large to justify us in speaking at
some length Of the houses who stand as
representatives Of it. In that class we
place the firm of Hooper, Whitworth & Co.
Except to the hungry, or those specially in
terested in the provision trade, there is
nothing captivating in the appearance Of
their place of business; the most vivid i'm
aginatiOn couldn't grow eloquent over ''side
meat" and so we cease our comments by
adding that the irm is composed of relia-
bic, energetic gentlemen, who mean bust
ness.
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A CORRECTION

In abiding to the very large stock of
goods carried by the wholesale hat, cap and
millinery house Of Jennings, Dismutes &
WOOlwine, the types make US refer to
"misses'" hats where it should read
'men's." The house, however, carries in
stock a heap Of articles in their millinery
line, which, distributed to the retail trade
Of the country, proves highly attractive to
''misses," as well as to those Of maturer
years, so perhaps the statement Except for
its eonnection) was not wholly wrong.
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THE LIVERY BUSINESS.
Watson BrO'a

have a finely equipped Livery Stable on
North Market street and are the recipients
Of large business. They keep some cap
ital "turnOuts," and will be happy at all
times to supply citizens or strangers with
an outfit. The firm also conduct regular
sale, boarding and feed stable business, buy
and sell quite largely on commission, and
will be pleased to negotiate with any par
ties upon matters Of business,
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vile Of to-day and contrasting it with the
CITY OF fifteen years ago, there is abundant
reason Tor the most sincere congratulations,
and the fullest assurance that, taking no
step backward, its future history win be
record Of increasing commercial and ma
teTial prosperity.
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LIABILITIES.
losses. $50 @
Due Reinsuring Companies

Unadiusted losses. $50 @
Due Reinsuring Companies
and Others. 5,10i OIL ,3S1 "a
Such, in brief, is a synopsis Of the Equit-
able Fire Insurance Company Of Nashville,
to which We desire to add the further com
ment that it is not foreign patronage alone
that the company relies upon for its sue
cess. In Tennessee its reputation is such
that its income from fire policies in the
State Of Tennessee exceeds that Of any
other company doing business in the State.
Its officers and directors are well-knOWn
residents Of the city, Of many Of whom we
elsewhere speak in commenting upon the
prominent trade interests OF town.