The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-21
TWO GROWING TOWNS.
prssOIvING VIEWS OF NEWBP .RN
AND DYERSBURG, TENN.
Inside History Of the In 4erestssg
Political Situation " the
Ninth District

,pKcrAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE ErPEAL.I |
DYERsBuRG, TENN. October 90
viii YOU have a New York or Chi
400 cut, sah?" beamed the ebon
srber at NewboI n this morning as / |
Gated myself in his chair TO have my |
sck hair clesrf ID away.
"AnythiDg kept country cut"
ep,isd.
rlnned. Nswbern is a live town,
nd we do 1e pat on city ways"
AS / yif ided myself up to his tender
nercies, .he Sun just peeping over the
reetops,, his statement wes empha-
lied b. I the whistle Of an approaching
rain, an answering shries from
houri ag mill to the right, the, early
risin q gong OF two or three hotels and
the cry OF a bootblack yelling shine
at 'jhe top of his voice. Released by
tn q barber sat down to substantial
breakfast at my hotel, and alter
yards took a ramble about the
Aittle city of Newborn, which !
found has greatly improved since l
visited 1t a year ago. Two handsome
new etorehouses have been built and
some houses which were then vacant
are now occupied. There is no longer
any fear that Dyersburg will suck It's
neighbor dry. Both places are i'm
proving, neither at the expense OF the
other. The Touring mill has had
orders fo- more than IL las been able
To kee3 up with and has been forced
To increase its facilities. The tobacco
factory has also extended its trade
considerably. NewbeTn has now
population OF about 1900, fourteen
general stores, q tin store, two hotels,
four saloons, two barber shops, two
brickyards, three blacksmith shops, a
good depot house, q rolling mill, two
livery stables, three substantial
churches and en- excellent school, the
daily atten dance being about 300. Its
music class is excellently good. New
bern is a great mule market, as much
rs $4,000 having been paid in day
there in trades, From the station
there are shipped annually about
2506 bales OF cotton, 10000 bushels OF
wheat. an average OF car load
OF hogs and cattle week, besides hay,
corn, oats, tobacco and flour. The
APPEAL is delivered daily by carrier
to all the merchants of the place.
DYKRsBURd.
Three hours were spent very pleas
antly at Newbern, and at 10 o'clock L
boarded q passing train Tor Dyersburg,
which Ia rapidly growing, The EouBes
here are subslant ally built, many OF
them of brick, and a new bank Is now
going up which would be credit to
Main street in Memphis. The finish
ing touches are now being put on IT..
All the industries started at Dyers-
burg when the railroad was built
through here are prospecting, many OF
them extending their trade over q
very wide terrific y. The APPEAL is
also delivered here by a faithful car
rier, whose list DOW covers nearly
every business man and most OF the
lawyers and dool ora Of the place. OF
course / called upon Col. Tom Neal,
DyersburR without him would be like
fine play OF Hamlet without "Hamlet."
The melancholy Danes flowing locks,
however, are OF raven hue, the
genial Oolonel's nearly white, with an
age which has very lightly touched
his smooth and expressive face. Col.
Neal is one OF the few country editors
OF Tennessee who have succeeded. He
has often he'd 10 contend with lively
opposition, but in the survival Of the
fittesl" has always bobbed up sersnely
and is now so firmly entrenched that
his influence cannot be weakened.
With an established patronage, sur.
rounded by delightful family, his
residences occupying one of the most
eligible sites in the place, he has
earned and may securely count upon
"a green old age" term rs full of sa-
worry meaning as a walnut 10 OF meat.
LITTLE POLITICS.
Ia my letter frJm Union City the
other day | alluded to the lively fight
which has been going on in this part
OF the country, but the Information
then had did not give me an oppor'
tunity to fully review the situation
Dyer end 0blon are each entitled TO q
Representative in the Legislature
Lake, Dyer and Obion havea h1ator
and the three mentioned are algC
entitled tn q State Senator. In Dye
John Paiker.a and Capt. Fowlkea were
candidates for the Democratic nomi
nation for Representative. Just before
the convention met, however, FowlkeP
who had hsen twice nominate
and elected by the Democracy, with
drew and am ounced hinsei as an ia
dependent candidate. Parker wat
nominated, maSing split No. /, tbs
candidates for foster for the thre
counties are DIR. McRee, OF 0bion, Gnt
DIR. Hoskins, OF Dyer. 1t ia said tina
the latter will run whether nominated
or not, and the friends Of DR.. McRee
who 10 very popular in Obon, declar,
they mean TO test him. DIR. HaskinO'
friends here decline, however, TO be
heye that he intsnds TO bolt IL no
nominated. Anyway, this my b,
put down as threatened split No. 2
But the big crack, or one that the Re
publicans magnify into iathomles
chasm, resulted as a conseq nence OF tn
fight between j. II. Mcdowell, o
Ooion, and Jockey Donaldson, o
Lake. The former, OF whom 1t is salt
that he would as soon engage in a fis
eight with circular cav as moi
at once took a vigorous ttanC
in favor Of submitting tue question o
prohibition to the people, according
TO the recently adopted platform o
the Democratic party. The liquo
men rallied 10 DonRldson's support
and it is said he also had all but iou
OF the Executive Committee in sym
patty with him. But Mcdowell, VIII
appears to possess great deal OF tn
quality Of backbone which distin
guishes our Phelar, was not at all die
mayed. One of the best posted mel
in Obion told me the other day tina
during one Of his first speeches h
was greatly in fear that he would b
shot out Of the stand. He calle
things by their right names, and di
not hesitate to denounce one Of tn
leaders OF the liquor faction, q man G
we'll known fighting Proclivities, /
his face. lie got into several 6Sht
during the canvass, and at Union Cit
one day, in a machine shop, he wa