Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-13
GUTHRIE ENTERPRISE.
A Trip Through the Country via Sadlers-
vile and Keysburg.

establish HrSt-claSS preparatory or
high school. Finding that talk
amounted to nothing, they have at
last gone down into their pockets and
raised the fund to erect splendid
school building. In order to make a
sure thing doubly sure, placing the
school on solid basis, independent
of any and all factions that might
possibly arise and free from cOntrO
versy, they have made arrangements
with the trustees of the Bethel Col
lege at Russellyille, by which the
Bethel is to endow the school, have
full charge of same, and furnish COM
petent teachers for preparing students
TO enter any college or university i'll
the land, The. .sGuthrie people on
their part have provided beautiful,
elevated lot of twenty acres, known
as Taylor's hill, at the northeas,
junction of the railroad, in full view
from the passenger depot and the
Grant House and have raised $4,000
for the erection Of the building and
ornamentation of the grounds. The
trade has been closed and everybody
is jubilant and happy over the re ult.
The property is to be decided to Bethel
College, and the contract prov ides
for three local trustees. Messrs. A.
f. Rogers, Frank Walton and Robt
Lester were elected to fill the Places
apd in the event Bethel College |
should ever fail or refuse to carry
out the contract, the property reverts
to the Guthrie trustees. In all events |
Guthrie is now assured of first
class school and it promises to be a
paying enterprise from the begin
ming. 1t will have substantial
local patronage. Bethel College will |
transfer its preparatory classes to this
school. The building contract will
be let out at once and is to be COM
pleted for the opening Of the Sep
tember term of the school. The |
grounds are to be laid out and highly |
ornamented, and the building and
entire premises supplied with pure
spring water by pipes connected
with the water works system.
Guthrie is taking on city airs, and
presents evidence If improvement on
every side. The population has
doubled in the past two years. Guth-
rie now has twenty four business
houses, bank, two hotels, two liv-
cry stables, a large Touring mill, and
all appear to have lively, prosper
Gus business, The place has the best
system of waterworks in the country,
erected by the railroad company and
Guthrie capital. Its capacity is 25,-
600 gallons of water per hour, brought
from the Meriwether spring-pure
and most excellent water, supplying
the town and from forty to sixty
trains per day.
The l., q N. Company has lately |
erected an elegant and cosy depot
building, fitted up as neat as parlor.
The place can also boast of one of the
best managed hotels in the country,
which makes travellers comfortable
while waiting, and that adds much
to the character of the place. The
Peoples Bank, lately established by
Ned Bryan, w. w. McMurry and
Others, has come to be a great con-
venience to the people of the sur
rounding country, and is doing much
toward building up lively business
for the trade. Guthrie is now out Cf
debt, and the people feel that they
are on the highway to prosperity.
sADLERSVILLE
is a rice railroad station and post
office. B4scom Bats, we'll known
here, keeps good stock of general
merchandise, and being surrounded
by a good community is making her
self popular and useful. The Meth
odist people have lately built a hand
some church at this place and finish
ed paying for it, and have just bought
a house and seven acres of ground
the Il. j. Mitchell place, for parson-
age for Pastor Smith, paying cash for
the same, and are going to repair it
in handsome style, when they will
have one of the cosiest parSonages in
the country. Messr5. G.. c. Carlisle,
Wm Warfield, Bascom Bats, and
DR.. Bradley, the good physician, are
the trustees.
The LEAF. CHRONICLE reporter
met good many substantial citizens
at Sadlersville, all of whom were in
cheerful mood over the outlook.
They discussed farming with CHEEKY
hopes and talked much about true
Democracy, decided majority being
in favor of "Old PETE" "Om Joe"
and Senator Bate. We paid visit
to the family of AIr. S. +, Mitchell
most delightful retreat from the
hustle OF the city. 1t was pleasant
to view the broad acres of green