Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-01-31
Business Review.
Brief Sketches Of the Various
Business Enterprises Of
MCMinnViIIe.
Retrospective.

Retrospective.
1t is well at intervals, amid the
busy whirl and forward progress of
life, to pause and look back on the
pathway over which we have come,
and reflect upon what we have ac-
Complished; to see whether the road
is strewn with the wrecks of golden
opportunities offered us, and cast
aside, or adorned on either hand by
temples demonstrative of our wisdom,
energy, enterprise, and devotion to
principle; to see whether we have
done our part in developing the natu-
raj resources of the country, by the
application of the means we possess
in the establishment of industries, re-
ligious and educational institutions,
and other public enterprises that
would contribute to the welfare of
our town and county, and give to us
among people abroad a name as an
enterprising and progressive commu-
nifty.
Beautifully located in the midst of
grand and imposing scenery, favored
by the fresh mountain breezes, having
in the surrounding country fertile
and fruitful soil enjoying the salu-
brity of the mountain atmosphere
with the fertility of the valleys; pos
sessing one of the finest schools in the
South; having within her borders
six prosperous churches peopled by
an intelligent and well-hred class of
citizens, McMinnville has every. adj
vantage to make her desirable home
for any seeking a new location.
Warren county is one of the best in
the State. Her fruit products excel
in quantity and quality.s Her soil is
fertile and adapted to wide range Of
crops. She has fine grasses and is
naturally an exceptionally good stock
country. Her numerous streams fur
nish unlimited water power. Her
hills are full of mineral wealth. Her
surface is covered with a growth of
most valuable timber. In short, she
possesses every natural advantage to
make her county Of widely diver
sified pursuits. Here is the raw ma
terial in iron, coal, and timber to pro-
duce articles of manufacture to supply
the world Vast tracts of our terri
tory, as valuable as any that have
been occupied, lieawaiting settlement
and improvement.
The population Of our town has
grown to an aggregate oftwo thousand,
1t has become noted as a summer re-
sort, and for its healthful location
Our hotel accommodations will rank
with those of the larger cities.
In the matter of manufactures what
has already been done is of great
credit to the town and county; yet il
figures as an incOnceivably small por
ton of what may be done if the
proper encouragement is given t.
those who are attracted by our natu
raj advantages, and who would builC
up here enterprises that would make
us noted throughout the country as {
manufacturing community. Wha
the Faulkners have done in the estab
lishment of cotton and wooden mills
grist mills and saw mills, in the origi
mating and introducing of new anC
useful labor saving inventions, i
known far.and wide. Their manu-
features of cotton and wooden good
has made the name of our town a ia
miliar one throughout the Union
The enterprising spirit shown b,
these men has secured paying EN-
ployment to large number of labor
ers, provided many homes witt
bread, introduced large amount o
new and improved machinery int
the country, and made home mar
ket for the raw products of the coun
try. Other men have built up othe
industries. The example of such
worthy Of emulation. Aside from
these institutions to which we hav
merely alluded, but whichare worth,
ola more extended notice, we Civ
in detail brief sketches Of some Of on
leading business enterprises.
Houchin & Biles,