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

Mr.. IL. "A. CURRENT Is tIf6 CHdl
man, and makes as good a chair a
can be had for the money anywhere
He is fitting up his new factory wit
improved machinery, and will sool
! be enabled to tnrn them out NOR
rapidly than ever.
| w. S. Kerr,
carpenter and builder, recently from
Huntsville, Ala, has permanent,
located in GAINESVILLE, and adver
tises for business. Mr.. Kerr
highly recommended, and bring
with him an experience of thirt.
years in his business.
Baker & Bro.
have one of the cOmpletest bugg,
factories in the country, and tn
"Baker'' buggy has obtained a rep
utation second to none. You cam
buy them for FIVE dollars apiece, Blu
when you do get one you can de
pend on it. Baker & Bro. get al
the work their factory is capable o
turning out, and their buggies, car
riages, ETC., never fail to give salts
faction.
Hardin & Co.
also do "A large business in the man
ufacturing of buggies, etc. Their
shops are on the corner of Commerce
and Third streets. They use The
very best material, employ none
but the most skillful workmen, and
consequently they put up as good q
buggy as can be made.
Banks of the City.
There are four banks in Clarks-
vile, and for the amount of stock,
managerial ability and general sol
idity they are unsurpassed.
Franklin Bank
is located on Franklin street, next
door to Kincannon q Wood. 1t is
one of the leading banking institu-
tiOns Of the city, and is backed up
by talent and capital of the first or
der. The Franklin Bank building
was one of the first to burn in the
fire ON Saturday night, April 18th.
Monday morning promptly at 8
o'clock, its officers were at their
posts, and the business went on
without interruption. Their safe
and vault went through the fire
without the slightest injury to any
of their books or papers. p. C.
Hamburger is President w. S.
Poindexter, Cashier.
Northern Bank
is situated on the west side of the
square, near the Franklin Hotel.
d. n kenndy is President; James
L. Glenn, Cashier; John w. FaxOn,
Assistant Cashier.
First National Bank
is situated on the west side of the
square. S. F. Beaumont is Presi-
dent; VIM. P. Hume, Cashier.
Bank of GAINESVILLE
is situated on the west side of the
square. H. C. Merritt is Presidents;
A. Howell, Cashier.
Educational institutions.
GAINESVILLE may well feel proud
of the high rank she is taking as an
educational center, for we dare say
there is no other town of its size
more generally blessed with fine
schools. We are sorry that we cam
not do more in this sketch than to
barely mention the different institu-
tons.
Southwestern Presbyterian Uni
versity,
than which no college or university
in the South or West has more suit
able buildings, is splendidly en-
dowed and equipped. We know of
few institutions that offer equal adj
vantages to the youth in the pursuit
of an education. DR.. Shearer, the
President, is a scholar of vast learn
ing, and as an executive officer has
no superior. The different chairs of
the University are ably filled by
Professors of acknowledged ability;
its laboratories and libraries and lit
erary societies are indeed superior
its endowment fund places it upon
a most firm and lasting financial
basis, and wesee nothing in the future
to prevent or hinder the entire pros
perity of the University.
The Academy.
"Our" Academy, is a female school
of the highest grade. DIR. Plummer
Is one amongst very few who are
fitted for the presidency
of female school. He has spared
neither pains nor money to make
the Academy what it is, the foremost
of the kind in the cOun-
try. Or. Plummer has a national
reputation as a successful educator;
and his teachers have been selected,
not with view to cheapness, but
solely for their competency; and we
the assertion, that no other
Institution of the kind, can be
so literally supplied with
the most suitable teachers that
money can employ. We come next !
to
Broadhurst Institute.
A most flourishing male and fe-
male high school. Prof. r. A.
has an experience ex-
back over many years, in |
he noble and holy calling of edu-
,ating the young, and he has estab-
ished in GAINESVILLE, a monument to |
his energy, perseverance and fitness,
IF which he may justly feel proud, |
'Or his Institute belongs in the front |
rank of our cOuntry's schools. His |
corps of teachers has been selected |
with special reference to the re-
Iuirements of a high grade, male |
and female school.