Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-17
The Zone Price Clot
Knoxville and Her Opportunities.


correspondent. Pickwick," writing
from Knoxville to the Louisville Courier
journal, says:
The mountains which surround the city
are rich i'll mines of coal, lead. zinc and
IRON and extensive quarries of the beautiful
colored marble peculiar to East Tennessee
are operated within a short distance OF the
town. This fine marble is is used in all por-
tons OF the country for mantles and other
purposes, and the owners of the quarries can
with difficulty ill the orders forwarded by
their agents. who are located in nearly every
large city III the United States Many
business men from the North have come
here to live in the last few years, and are re-
ceivIng large returns on the capital invested
by them III manufacturers and mines. No
place offers greater inducements to capital
lists than Knoxville which only lacks
proper transportation facilities 10 become
the first manufacturing city in the
| South. The population is increas-
| ing rapidly there is Il great demand for
houses and stores. which are going up in all
parts of the city. There is more activity
i'll business circles than at any other period
within the memory of that vereciouS in
dividuals the oldest inhabitant" One
would think that the busy energetic citizen
devoted but scant time to religious matters,
as business and religion, as a rule, are not
close companions, but this thriving town
may fairly be called the capital of orthodoxy
| in the South. IWenty-three churches are
required to furnish spiritual consolation to a
population OF -, 900 The peculiar beliefs,
or rather, disbeliefs, of Bob Ingersoll are
not held Ill much more esteem here than in
Delaware. and | very much question if the
distinguished Pagan would reap the golden
harvest here that he does III other more sin
ful communities. Knoxville can boast with
pride OF her colleges and schools; the city
schools are admirably managed. and extend
equal facilities to white and black children,
who are under the control Of the same
school board, but have separate buildings
The University Of Tennessee iaIocated here,
the buildings of which occupy the summit
OF one Of the lofty hills in the neighborhooi
/ of the city. This famous institution is
under the management Of DIR. Thomas
! ". H1meS, who is assisted by very
! efficient faculty. Ii has 250 students
from all parts Of the South. has a fine
| library and in all respects will compare with
! any other academy in the South knoxville
! College for the education of the negro. is
! doing Il great work III preparing the man
and brother for the business Of life. 1t is
supported by contributions from Northern
! Presbyterian congregations, and is presided
! over By a Northern minister. whose assist
ants are all from the North. Many educated
! negroes are to be seen IN Knoxville a ma
| iOrity of whom hold mental positions one
I of the most promising graduates is head
waiter in a boarding-house, and has very
/ fair knowledge of Greek and Latin, which
I doubtless enables him to handle the hash in
/ a style pleasing to the classic taste of the
bOarders.
The law prohibiting the sale of goods on
Sunday is rigidly enforced in this town. The
/ thirsty stranger looks in vain for schooner
: of the soothing lager. for the thrifty Teuton
! cannot, for five cents run the risk of paying
/ a fine of fifty dollars. 1t is on dit, however,
/ that the boys" who are up to snuff can get
! all they can carry of this refreshing bever-
! age by judicious course of watching and
! praying at the back doors of temples dedi-
! Gated to the worship of Bacchus.