Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-12-21
obtain the success they so fairly

merit.
Lockert, Rudolph & Son.
The above firm have been in the
regular retail grocery business for
about year, and have established
a reputation and trade second to
no retail grocery house in the city.
The firm is composed of James L.
Lockert, w. H. Rudolph and M. M.
Rudolph, all men of sterling worth.
They do an extensive business with
the farmers, and also control fair
share OF the city retail trade. They
began business July /, 1877; in the
April fire (this year, they were
burned out, losing very heavily.
They Immediately re-Opened in
Hamlett's tin shop, where they did
business for several months, but are
now permanently located in their
own house, No. "a Hillman Block,
ON Franklin street. They are in
dustrious, pushing merchants, and
fair dealers, always watching the
needs of the people, and supplying
them with the very best.
Henry Frech.
One of the ablest business men in
town is Henry Frech, and his gro
Gerry is constantly filed with as fine
a stock of staple and fancy goods as
| can be found. The house of Henry
| Frech is on franklin street next
door to John S. Elder. 1t has a
popular trade in both the wholesale
and retail line, and makes spec
ialty of supplies for farmers, such as
seeds, bulbs, agricultural imple-
ments, fertilizers, etc.
S. Sullivan
before the fire did grocery business
! ON Franklin street, near the Harri-
son block. He was burned out, and
has since established himself on the
Square, Just north of Lehman's Ex-
change. He does good business
in family groceries, pork, and farm
produce generally.
M. Mattill
! was also on Franklin street before
the late unpleasantness (the fre),
but was a heavy loser in that little
blaze, inasmuch as he lost every
thing. With an energy that never
says die, he has succeeded in build
iCig up again paying trade. He is
! for the present doing business in
the Elder Row on Franklin street,
and keeps for sale full supply of
family groceries and confection-
| aries.
Lindley & Tut.
This is a new firm in the retail
grocery business. They also deal
considerably in country produce,
/ pork, bacon, etc. They are located
at the old Tobacco Leaf corner, on
franklin and Third.
J. p. Rogers
has recently embarked in the retail
grocery business. He is for the
present in the Snorden building
next door west of Byers' old stand.
Joseph Young,
near the livery stable of Caldwell &
Shelton, deals in family groceries
and country produce generally.
W. A. Settle
has opened a stock of family gro
ceries in a new building on the old
Court House lot on Franklin street.
George Alwell
is in the family grocery business on
| the corner of Third and Franklin,
His specialties are seeds and pro-
| visions.
Mike Sullivan.
The ex-Mayor of GAINESVILLE is
| one of our leading retail grOcers.
He keeps on Franklin street, near
the Hillman block.
Bailey Il Dabney.
The above firm is composed
| of colored men. They are intelli-
gent and accommodating, and by
their upright conduct and gentle
manly bearing they have won the
confidence and respect of both black
and white. Their house is situated
| on Franklin near Trinity Cemetery.
They were burned out in April, but
with genuine pluck they are re-
building, and will soon open in
their new house, a substantial brick
structure. We heartily commend
them as in every way worthy, and
wish for the colored firm OF Bailey
& Dabney the abundant success
they so richly merit.
William Barksdale,
polite and intelligent young col
Ored man, has Il very neat stock of
groceries on Franklin street near
colored Methodist Church. Will
liam is clever young man, and
has a good trade amongst both
races.
We come now to the
Dry Goods Business
of GAINESVILLE. In this department
we dare say that GAINESVILLE is also
in the lead of any town of her size
In the State. Her dry goods mer-
chants are men well known through
out the entire country for their
strict integrity and their financial
standing. And we refer, in sub
sanitation thereof, 10 the fact that
a business failure amongst the dry
goods merchants of GAINESVILLE has
been an exceedingly rare occurrence.
Coulter Bro. & Stratton.
This firm is composed of gentle
men of the finest order of business
talent, and who were brought up in
the lap of the dry goods trade, as it
were. The house is well known as
"a live one; one that keeps fully