Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-03-21
STATE NEWS.


with $4,000 is to be started in Nash.
vile, and that John ]. Littleton, tn.
lone bolter of the last State Democratic
convention is to be its editor.
| Rodney Durham, one of the oldes
and most influential citizens, of Sum
ner county died Saturday morning o.
pneumonia, at Bethpage, near Gallatin
at the advanced age of "a years.
Phillip Northern, one OF the Oldest
and most respected citizens OF Harde.
man County, is dead. He leaves a
large landed estate, which it is under
stood will be inherited by distant rela-
tives in Virginia. He died childless.
Trenton, the county seat of Gibson
county is taking the lead among the
small towns of the State in manufact-
uring. 1t has a cotton factory with
$4,000 capital all subscribed in the
county; a cotton seed oil mill with
$25IG00 capital, also entirely home
enterprise; plsw works, capital $10-
600: buggy and wagon factory; two
furniture factories, and broom fac
tory. These industries employ large
number OF hands and distribute a
great deal of money through the sur
rounding country.
Union City Anchor: There has
been considerable talk here in regard
to the check business INDUCED in by
some of our manufactures since the
bill was introduced in the Legislature,
by Mr.. Mumford, to do away with this
check business. This bill should by
all means be passed, as it has grown to
be terror in our city as well as many
others of the State. SoHe of our man.
ufactories have almoStdone away with
cash altogether, and use these checks,
which works terribly against the in
terests of our laboring men, and caus
es much inconvenience and trouble.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Re-
cord gives the following list OF enter
prises inaugurated in Tennessee du
Sring the past week: Truxal d Dun
meyer, Chattanooga, will probably
erect large machine shop in the
spring. Ground has been purchased
at Dayton, for the erection of a large
-four mill. Machinery is being pur-
chased. The Southern Pacific Oil &
Mining Co. has been organized at
cleveland, by j. H. Pemberton. En-
gram Philips, J. r. Blackburn, G. w.
Harris and J. l.. Still, to engage in
gold mining, &c. The great Southern
Marble Co, of Knoxville, the organi
zation of which was previously report
ed, have elected John ]. Craig presi-
dent, and w. B. McMullen secretary
and general superintendent. Capital
$4,000. 1t is reported that S. Fair
child, of Detroit, Mich, will establish
extensive iron works and coal mines at
Caryville. Ing & Jackson, Humboldt,
are building a flour mill; another flour
mill is also being built in the same
place. Mcdowell & Dew, Columbia,
are making arrangements to organize
a creamery company. The Memphis
Grain Elevator & Manufacturing Co,
capital $4,000 has been organized in
Memphis, by John X. Speed, w. J.
Chase, Louis Hanauer, Napoleon Hill,
J. c. Neely and Robert Galloway; will
probably erecta grain elevator. Fu-
qua, Harris & Co., Trezevant, have
about completed their -four mill at a
cost of $4,000 A company has been
organized in Chattanooga, with Sam1
A. Cunningham as president, to build
a large:soap factory with capacity OF
10000 pounds soap day. The Catta-
nooga & st. Elmo Railroad Co, pre-
viously mentioned, has been chartered
to build road from Chattanooga, to
Lookout Mountain. The incorpora-
tors are G. E. Downing, S. B. Moe, q.
C. Patton, J. G. Rawlings and others.
Property has been leased OF s. T. Atkin.
Knoxville; tor establishfng,a carriage
and buggy factory. s. SingernH. C.
Bennett, w, Rich; P Byrne, ]. Bloom
stein, NJ I. Bryan, J.. Hirsh, T. o.
Treafior, III. O'Brien and S. Leibeftnan
have orglnized in Nashville, The Byrue
Manufacturing Co. for tie manuf;tc-
ture Of spring motors TO run sewing
dental machines and other
light powers, and also for the purpose
of manufacturing hoisting machines
and elevators. The Lookout Water
Co, Chattanooga, contemplate laying
1900 feetof 6inch pipe. o. Z. Brand
contemplates starting a sorghun-f,c-
tory at McSiinnsffe. The Poplar
Creek Coal co, Of Poplar Creek ,con-
mplatedoub bling the capacity. The
Excelsior Coal x Coke Co, OF Chatta-
nooga, has been -oEgaBized byathe elee-
ton of Ssnllal Blairs president, ,andsD.
J. Daffy, seeretary.asIt Il Is proposed to
begin mining as soon rs possible.
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Are VERY Rared os Resnxs ssex.
We want to say word. to the men,
womensand girls who works iH stores,
offices and factpries. There are humid
reds of thoasands of you in the coun-
trys Very fA " staf Won are well - You