Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-09

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Some eighteen or twenty converts
will be baptised, being the result of
the meeting at the colored Baptist
church.
The sawmill on Ben Lomond
mountain, together with about thirty
thousand feet of lumber, all the prop
erty of E. S. Rowan, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday evening. The loss
falls heavy on Dick, who had no in
srance on his property. We under
stand, however, he intends soon to
put in another mill and resume oper-
alton.
We notice several teams have
been employed during the past week
giving portions of the factory road a
new coating Of gravel. The advan-
tages of this short piece of road to all
our people are inestimable. How
much greater would be the benefits
to our town and surrounding country
had we ten such roads built out from
McMinnville, built in all directions
to distance of five miles from town.
Mr.. Bentley, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, is recent arrival in Nc
Minnville, and is prospecting with
COrkins, Yeaman & Co., for the pur-
chase Of a home. He reports very
cold weather at his Northern home,
where hard snow storm occurred
last Saturday.
Mr.. A. H. WoCdlee, our clever
and efficient reporter at AltamOnt
made us a call this week, and we re-
gret that we were absent at the time.
1t isvery generally remarked that
the STANDARD has the best corps
of regular correspondents of any
weekly paper in the State. We feel
Justly proud of them and are always
glad to have any of them call.
An election for Mayor and Alder
men will be held today Saturday..
1t is not only the privilege, but the
duty, of every citizen to vote in this
election and their ballots should not
be influenced by petty prejudices.
Elect a Board with both the capacity
and the fearlessness to execute the
municipal laws without favor.
Watchman and Critic: Miss Flor
ence Maddux has returned home
(McMinnville), after visit of sever
al months to her brother, Mr.. T. G.
MadduX, of this place. Miss Mad
dux made many friends while in
Smithville, and we have "come to
the conclusion" that she has left q
lasting impression with some young
gentlemen friends. But we suppose
they will "wait awhile" bef0Ne they
visit McMinnville.
Considerable inquiry is being
, made of the prospects of the construc
ton of the gravel road for which ar
appropriation was some time age
voted. AS far as we can learn, the
people of the county are anxious t.
see the work prosecuted. There il
certainly no public improvement
S more urgently needed in Warner
: county than good gravel roads. NJ
, improvement would do more to in
duce emigrants to locate in our mids
and to enhance the value of real es
state. Push the gravel road question
i Our real estate men tell us tina
prospectors from the North are, as
/ rule, well pleased with the natural re
p sources of Warren county, and tn
4 healthfulness of our climate; bu
that almost universal objection i
made to the country that we have n,
Y pike roads. The construction of gOot
', roads, such as would be good at al
~ times, under all conditions of wealth
er, would bring us ten actual settler
I to where we now secure one. Thes
e people who come seeking homes hav
II been accustomed to gravel roads il
the country from which they come
It they keenly feel the absence of sue
n roads here, and appreciate the disad
e vantages to which they would b
|. subject should they decide to cas-
their lot among us. The sooner W
n as people, desiring the settlemen
,s and development of our unoccupie
" lands, see these points and act upo
the suggestion, the better will it b
= for us.