Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-12-21

groceries from Bowling Green to
Jackson, and from Davidson county
to Paducah. Immediately around
GAINESVILLE there is q large space Of
country, embracing several coun- |
ties, whose grocery trade comes
here; while to the south of us there
are eight or ten counties whose gro
Gerry trade comes to GAINESVILLE.
Our grocery men are wide-awake
and energetic, and know the value
of printers ink, having the reputa-
ton with the local papers of this
and adjoining towns of being most
liberal advertisers, and demonstrate
ing TO their own satisfaction that it
pays to advertise. The consequence
is that some of the grocery firms of
this city areas widely, and as tothat
matter, as favorably known as any
other grocery firms in the State.
J. J. Crusman
does a business of nearly $500, 900
annually legitimate grocery bust
ness. He is a gentleman of indefa-
tigable industry and untiring en-
ergy, and is one of tie best posted
; business men in the State. He
keeps up with the trade, and can
always tell you the ruling price of
any particular article in the grocery
or produce line. He is infallibly
. punctuai. He's always there; 'ton
, hand: :" and will wait on customer
himself with the utmost alacrity,
whether he is selling a dimes worth
/. of coal oil or $1,000 grocery bill
He has an immense run of couatry
trade, from the fact that he buys a
. large part of the country produce
and always gives the very outside
price. 1t is owing to the llberality
of Capt. Crusman, as much as to
anything else, that GAINESVILLE has
become popular market for country
bacon. He handles immense guam
titles of Wilson Pitts Robertson
county Vhiskey, which has repu-
tation co-extensive with the union,
and is tknOwn and felt'' throughout
world. He watches with eagle eye
the fluctuations of the trade East,
knows when to buy, and buys at the
correct time. He purchases his stock
In New York, and will duplicate
bills made in Louisville or Gin
cinnati.
Walter McComb & Co.
This is a leading wholesale gro
Gerry firm of GAINESVILLE, doing an
annual business of $25O,OOO. 1t is
composed of live business men men
who possess the confidence of the
trade. Besides their large estab-
lishment on the corner of Franklin
and First streets, the firm own a
large salt shed and coal oil house
near the depot, and also an extern
sive house on the Square. In addi-
ton to these they have recently
purchased the house formerly Occu-
pied by C. NJ. Barker, which they
design for storage purposes. All in
all they possess one of the most
capacious establishments to be found
anywhere. and are well prepared to
handle large bulks of goods. This
firm sells the entire product of DIR.
'G. E. DraughOn's Robertson county
7distillery, amounting to from $50 to
600 barrels per annum. This is one
of the very best brands of Robertson
county whiskey, and has reputa-
ton second to none. They deal
heavily in the old reliable Kanawha
salt, and also in Ohio river salt,
receiving both brands by the barge
load. They are also agents for the
celebrated "Anchor Brand Tobacco
Fertilizer" which has given such
universal satisfaction, and to the
efficiency of which the firm are in
possession of certificates from the
very best farmers in the tobacco
district, who tested it and proved its
merits last season. In addition to
this they do quite large business
in flour, which is one of their special |
features.
Keesee & Northington.
This firm is composed of J. w.
Keesee and Mike Northington, two
enterprisIng and energetic gentle
men. They do an extensive whole
sale and retail grocery trade, and
their house is amongst the most
popular in the city. They deal eX-
tensively in country produce, such
as bacon, pork, lard, etc., besides
keeping their stock of general gro
ceries continually replenished by
the best to be found in the Eastern
markets. Their business amounts
TO nearly $1Oa, 600 annually.
G. NJ. Barker. I
ne OAu E01ldOlG klOuSS Vi A1kdH~ I
ley Barker is widely and favOrably !
known all over the country. Doing |
legitimate grocery business OF
nearly $l50,OOO per amman, and |
being firmly grounded and estab- |,
lished in the grocery trade of Clarks-
vile, the establishment of G.. NJ.
Barker is justly regarded as one of
the leading grocery houses of the
city. One of his specialties is pork
and bacon, of which he handles
perhaps more than any other firm
in the city. He buys large quanti-
ties of pork, which he cures and re-
sells as bacon. His is also head
quarters for country produce of all
kinds. He has a fine share of |
CIarksville's wholesale and retail
trade in the staple family groceries.
Dority, Oldham & Co.
This is a new firm in the whole
sale and retail grocery line, and |
bids fair to take a place in the front |