Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-10-24
w. c. Momack left on last Mon

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day afternoon to lay in stock of fall
and winter dry goods, clothing, boots,
shoes, hats, ETC., for the firm of
Womack & Colville. He instructed
us to inform the friends and custO-
mers of his house that they were still
in the fight, and with little assist
ance from all of them in the way of
payments on accounts, would remain
therein. A word to the wise, etc.
Mr.. G. P. Cummings and family,
and Mr.. Frank Smart, of this coun-
ty, left on Tusday last for Borden,
CAL, and expect to locate permanent
ly in that State. Both of these gen.
tlemen are enterprising, progressive
young men, and will be valuable ac-
QUESTIONS to any community in which
they may locate. Their numerous
friends here wish them the greatest
measure Of success in their new home.
-Messrs. L. w. Noble and o. w.
Fox, of Lisbon, Mich, are looking
over our county with view to locat-
ing. They think now of spending
the winter here, and will probably
buy farms in the spring, In con-
versatiOn with Mr.. Noble the other
day, he expressed himself as delight
ed with our climate and water.
We would be very glad to see
the farmers of Warren county take a
greater interest in grading up their
stock of all kinds than has ever yet
been manifested by them. The most
prosperous counties in the State are
those in which the farmers are giving
their attention to rearing the inn
proved breeds of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs. If every farmer who is
able, and there are plenty of them in
Warren county, will procure one OF
more head of fine stock, the entire
stock of the county will soon begin to
show a marked Improvement in
grade. 1t will not require a great
deal of capital for each farmer to be-
gin the raising of some kind of fine
stock on a small scale, and the bene-
fetal results of such course will soon
be felt all over the county. Let the
farmers try it.
We regret to see many of the
new corners from the North who are
settling in this section making the
mistake of buying the poorest class o.
farms because they are cheap. The
most of these poor farms can be
brought up by proper rotation and
cultivation, and made to yield boun
tiful harvests, but it is long and la
borious task, and thepeople who buy
them, unless endowed with extraOr
binary "grit and sticktoativeness'
are likely to become discouraged be
fore the end is accomplished. Lee
the newcomers buy the best lane
their means will permit, and they
will find more satisfactory results
therefrOm.
On Thursday morning of las
week we sent letters to a Nashville
firm and a Cincinnati firm, asking
for quotations on a certain line 0
goods. On Saturday we received {
reply from the Cincinnati firm, anC
sent them the order. On Monday W.
received reply from the Nashville
house. Nashville is distant 105 mile
from McMinnville, while Cincinnati
is something over four hundred miles
The way our mails run reply from
the Nashville house could not hav
reached us earlier than that from tn
Cincinnati house, but there certainl!
was no excuse for it being later
Again, we can sell the Cincinnati
goods at the Nashville quotations
and make a fair profit. Nashville
certainly has the capital and the bust
ness ability to compete with Louis
vile and Cincinnati in the matter @
prices, and why it does not do it i
something we have never been abb
to understand. Nashville lets an i'm
mense amount of trade 60 by its yer,
doors to Louisville andl Cincinnati
which it could easily hold if it woul,
only meet these cities in stocks an,
prices.
Maof Morkof