Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
PRESS NOTICES.
What the Papers Said About Our Trade
Edition.


dence thai GAINESVILLE Is n live town and that
her business men are sensible and progr, =
siYe, was Inst weeks issue OF the Carksville
Chronicle; nn issue OF which not only Its
publisher, but GAINESVILLE should well feel
proud. IL was an ciglt-page. seyenty-two
column Journal, printed on book paper, pro-
| fusely illustrated, containing many excellent
Illustrations Of business houses, streets, and
prominent citizens OF ClaiksYiile. II was the
nandson,est paper we have ever seen issued
from Tennessee printing press.
Chester Citizen: The GAINESVILLE
Chronicle Of the 10Th would be an honor to
any town In the state GAINESVILLE merchants
know good thing when they see 1t.
-Mian Exchange The last issue Of
the Clarksvllle Chronicle was double the usual
sza and handsomely illustrated with home
people aud home buildings. Its showing Of
The business of that thriving city is very good
indeed. The town and the paper may well
congratulate each other.
Fayetteville Observer: The trade
edition OF the GAINESVILLE Chronicle Is mag
nifcent issue. ~ holds, as 'twere, the mir
rorup To GAINESVILLE" The churches business
houses, aud other places OF interest are por
/ trnyed in well-eXecllied engrnviDgs. Portraits
oftweniy-siX of the energetic men. who have
given to Clarksville It's character, are pre-
scented. We congratulate our contemporary
On the success that the paper evlnces.
Columbia Herald: The issue Of the
ClarksvilLe Weekly Chronicle of the ION, is
/ splendid and most interesting One. Ii Is Il
large eight-pAge ILLUSTRATED paper, giving the
business history of That flOurshing city, with
PORTRAITS OF the leading citizens ana pictures
OF prominent buildings and homes. IfClarks-
Vile is 10 he Judged by tins issue of the Chron-
iole and the reoant trade number OF the To-
baeeO Loaf, IL has more energy ana actlvit.
than arr aiy N the state
Pulaski Citizen: The Ciarksyili
hronice last week was Just double the size
| OF tills paper, printed on tinted book pAprr
vain an exhaustive resume OF the business of
the city OF ClarkSyllle, with handsom repre-.
sentatlHns or all Its public buildings and
portraits of Il large numberofits lradii9g busi-
ness men. IL tets ~ enterprise and business
from top to Bottom. And while h Is doing
ms, the Democrat comes out la its aecus-
toned whee3ings at the heels of the Chroui-
Gle.
Jackson Tribune aud San: The
GAINESVILLE Chronicle deserves much credit
for the enterprise it displayed IN getting out
double number f r the holiday trade, aud HE
GAINESVILLE merchants deserve credit Tor the
liberal spirit which Is doing so much TO build
up their city.
Dickson County Press: Lust weeks
edition of the Clarksville Chronicle was a
nlne-coiumn quarlo, embelished with cuts
OF places or interest and OF prominent citizens
v. /
trade edition. and would be Il credit TO any
Office in the United States.
Todd County Progress The Clarks-
vile Chronicle of the 10Th i n mammoth
trade edition, and its make M shows that If
ISL prosperous paper in the hands of n Splcn.
did newspaper man. 1t IL the oldest paper
! in Tennessee, aud The only weekly one i'm
that state which printed the Presidents mes
sage in full.
Dover Courier: The Clarksville
Chronicle came to MS last week, a monument
To the enterprise, SIX aud energy of its pub
Usher, and TO the liberalty, enterprise and
push of the business men of the city. The
a Chronicle deserves all the praise and patron
age II gets, for ii is undoubtedly one of the
very best weekly papers published South of
the OHIO fiver, and we wish IL all manner OF
good.
Southern Standard. The GAINESVILLE
Chronicles trade issue of last week takes the
blue ribbon over any newspaper we have
ever seen from the South. 1t consisted OF
eight nlne-column pages, was printed on fine
book paper, and contained cuts of "a numb. /
1 of the most prominent men of ClarksVile
together with splendid illustrations of public
: buildings, etc. a local appreciation of the
Chronicles enterprise was fully atteSted by
} the amount OF advertising this issue con
tanned.
jackson Dispatch: The GAINESVILLE
Chronicle of the 18th inst, presented to the
: public mammoth trade edition. The issue
, contained portraits of many leading business
men and cuts OF number of the business
. houses of that wide-awake and enterprSing
little city. According to the size of IL, Clarks-
vile is the biggest town In the South.
Franklin County News: The recent
trade Issue of the GAINESVILLE Chronicle was
as fine sheet ms comes from printing press
aud reflects credit upon the town.
-Waverly Journal; The GAINESVILLE
Chronicle came TO us last week double its
! usual size, with cuts showing the leading bust.
ness houses of the town, and also pictures OF
the leading citizens with short biographical
' sketch of each. The owner OF that paper j.
y an energetic man, and the people of Clarks-
: Vile show their appreciation by their liberal
patronage.
Brownsville Democrat: The last
t issue of the GAINESVILLE Chronicle is the hand
, soonest paper tat has come to his office this
year, the trade editions of the larger cities not
"Xcepled. 1t is indeed credtable to its editor
and publisher, and asmuch so to the growing
q city of ClaIkSville. The one thing lacking
however, is "Brer. Yancey'S" picture.
q -Gallatin Examiner: The Clarksville
Chronicle Of last week was q splendid sheet
S of eight pages, on good paper, check full o
q GAINESVILLE advertisements, representing ev.
cry branch oftrade and business. The Clarks
II
. and have few or none from abroad. The
: Gallatin newspapers live on foreign patron
age, and little or none ON them at home Thai
=, is precisely the difference between live town
n and dead one. GAINESVILLE has not half the
advantages of Gallatin, but gets ahead Of hei
with it, enterprise. Gallatin business mel
expect its newspapers to work for the town
and they do it, but they do 1t at their owl
expense, They spend a dollar, where they
are repaid cent. They are expected 10 de
| vote their Columns 10 the advocacy of every
enterprise thst will benefit the town, and ge
no encouragement from its business men
Gallatn merchants advertise less than they
. did ten years ago 1t will not do To say tina
u its newspapers do not circulate among thu
people. They do. Each of the Gallatm pa
pers have good circulation. We venture t.
/ say that there Is no town In the whole Stati
I whose business men do not spend double th'
: money for the support of newspapers that Il
X done in Gallatn We could name doZeI
Y, cross road towns that surpaSsi u. Hos GallatiI
" entered into the "mosS-back" condition thai
' learns nothing? Here we are Dragging abou
, our railroad connections, Have the news
re papers had no hand in bringing about thi
W matter? The bus ness men expect great re
: suits, but never say "thankee" to the news
IL papers. Is ii certain that the two newspaper
p could not have retarded their progress If 81
disposed ? Ourtown wants cheap coal. Coult
they not have put down their brakes, an'
90 stopped it? And yet the business men o
U0 Gallatin are the sloweSt to recognize the use
NO fulness of the home press, ana do all the.
50 can 10 impoverish it by withholding thei
On support. Are they not "penny wise ant