The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-08-26
RAMBLING IN LAWRENCE.
Handlers Experience in the Land
Of Limpid Waters.

EDITOR CITIZEN II rambled of
to Lawrence last week and propose
to give you some account Of what
saw and felt in that delightful eoun.
ty. 1t is a wonderful relief, after
toiling over the execrable roads oil
Giles, to find stretching out before
yon the smooth, level highways
that one finds everywhere in Law
renee. 1t is true one misses the
rich fields of waving corn and
blooming cotton of Giles, but he is
largely compensated by the rich
and varied scenery, the limpid
streams and gurgling springs that
present themselves at every turn.
1t must not be inferred that 1 am
intimating that there are no evlden-
ces of farming met with in Law
renee, far from it. Many fine fields
of corn and smaller ones of option,
tobacco and sorghum are to he seen,
showing careful and industrious
cultivation. 1 would judge from
the thrifty appearance of the many
small patches of tobacco which
saw, that this crop could be grown
to advantage in Lawrence; the soil
much resembles the fine tobacco
lands of North Carolina that are
not whit more fertile. l notice a
great improvement In farming
since was last IN Lawrence, which
is good many years since. No
doubt the native element has been
stimulated greatly by the German
immigration that has come into the
county in the last few years. These
industrious people are gradually
teaching our farmers new and i'm
proved methods of farming, the val
ue of fertilizers, etc. l am glad to
notice a considerable improvement
in Lawrenceburg since L last saw it.
the most conspicuous of which is
the "Lawrenceburg Hotel" kept by
by Mr.. George Mester The house
is comparatively new and is model
of convenience and comfort. There
are many noticeable improvements
IN the way of adding ornamental
additions and Ipainting old build
ings, besides a good many new
buildings, since | last saw the town.
Lawrenceburg is one of the oldest
towns in Middle Tennessee. 1t
was surveyed and laid off in town
lots in 1917 or 1918 by Dr.. Gabriel
Bumpass and VI. H. Buchanan, who
were appointed commissioners for
this purpose by the Governor.
! They were also members of the
commission that laid off Pulaski a
few years previously. The town
was located on the road cut out
from Nashville to the Tennessee
river by Gen'l jackson with the
army under him, by order from tue
government at Washington; the
road, since it's location, has been
known as the Military road" The
work was admirably done, and has
proven to have been the most eligi-
bic route that could have been Sc
lected; another of the evidences
that whatever Gen. Jackson under
took to do, he did 1t well and thor
oughly.
Lawrenceburg and the whole
county is now beginning to feel the
impulse of the railroad which is
rapidly approaching the town from
Columbia. Real estate is held
more FIRMLY, and one can recognize
the buzz that precedes boom. l
had the pleasure of meeting with a
large number of the citizens of the
county who were in town attending
the regular session OF the Circuit
court, and the assemblage of the
conventions to select a candidate
for the 10Th senatorial district com
posed of the counties of Giles, Law
renee, Wayne and Lewis, and also a
preventative from Lawrence ana
Wayne. l am glad to record the
general hopefulness for the future
of all whom l meet. The conven
tions were most enthusiastic and
harmonious, but as the CITIZEN will
contain, in this issue, particular
account of the proceedings of these
conventions, l will not take your
space in any further account of
them.
The future Of Lawrence county is
really most promising, aud only re
quires the outlet furnished by rail
roads to make it bound forward to
wonderful prosperity and wealth.
1t contains almost ineXhaustible
beds of iron, which is said to be of
as fine quality as any in the United
States, and its wonderful water pow
err is equal, perhaps, to any ia the
world. These are the fields from
which Lawrence is to reap her har-
vests. took occasion to visit two
or three of the many factories
which are the pioneers of the great
future that is beginning to dawn on
the county and thought it would in
terest the readers of the CITIZEN to
give some particular account of
them. The first one l visited was
the well known "Crescent Mills"
founded by William Simonton, esq,
one of our oldest and most es-
teemed citizens. The mills are sit
uated about ] miles northwest of
Lawrenceburg on Big Shoal creek;
the water power Is one of the finest
in the country and the situation one
of the most pleasing 1 ever saw. re-
gret that l cannot give more partic-
lars of these fine mills / found
Mr. Simonton so much engaged
with important business that l
could not think of taxing his valu-
q BILE time. The mill is at present
running only about half its capac-
ity, and Mr.. SImonton is just pre-
pairing to employ all his machinery;
besides, he was receiving and put
ting up an entirely new feature; that
of machinery for the manufacture
of carpet-warp and candle-wIck,
which, l presume, is the only ma
chinery for this purpose IN the
state. / understand that Mr.. ST
monitor has already received prop
osition from a Cincinnati firm, to
take all of these goods that be can
furnish in twelve months. But the
truth is, dear CITIZEN, that l found
so much attraction in company OF
the attractive ladies which | met at
the delightful home of MIR. Simon