The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-11-10
A Tribute to Our State
A Superb Volume in which
Tennessee is Treated His
torically and Commercial
ly in a Most Interesting
and Comprehensive Man.
ner.

comprehensive title OF the volume Just
published by the Southern Railway. 1t
contains nearly two hundred octave
pages and four hundred beautiful illus
trations. Every State and every par
ticular interest of the country east of
the Mississippi and south OF the Poto-
mac and Ohio Rivers is treated in a
broad, vigorous and interesting man
ner, The author, Frank Presbrey, has
been for months engaged in the prepa-
ration of the book, and has had the CO.
operation of the officials of the South
ern Railway. It is volume which is
sure to do the South an incalculable
amount of good. From advance sheets
we have pleasure in quoting from the
chapter devoted to Tennessee, which is
extensive and comprehensive, and COW
ers not only the States interests as
whole, but gives an interesting sketch
of many of the important places:
Tennessee has just started on the Sec
ond century of her statehood with a
swinging stride that betokens both con-
fidence in her destiny and the strength
to fulfill it. From a past of achieve
ment she advances to fertuolup bkl
bgkqic, stfss g. hadb Fl Sthes wthmbwyp
fifi, ffvances to future of promise with
all the hopefulness of conscious power
Within lhe hospital gates of her
splendid capital she has just passed in
review before all the world the fruits
of progress of the hundred years that
are gone, marking the span between a
forest primeval and an industrial en-
pire, and forming a stupendous object
lesson of mans triumph over Nature.
Her Centennial Exposition was merely
a taking Of the world into her conf
dence. She knew of the sleeping treas
ures of coal and iron in her bosom, OF
the forests on her mountains, of the
power dashing joyously down her riv
ers, Of the latent richness of soil that
blossoms forth under cultivation intt
] rich fields of golden grain and silvery
> cotton. Throughout the century she hal
been prodigal of opportunity, and he
children haye matched that prodigali
ty with endeayor. The result has beef
! the transformation of forest into al
! empire, OF frontier settlement into
State with over two million souls. 1t
development has been so magnifcen
; that its component parts and force
. merit examination in detail, and il
0 them is found the assurance of stil
larger growth which is the sufficien
. and sound reason for infowing immi
n grafton and increased capital
n The State takes its name from thG
n given by the Indians to the Little Tel
- - nessee River Tannassee, AS early Q
1859 emigrants from North Carolin
crossed the mountains and located
a. the valley on their WESTERN side, ]
i776, when the constitution of Mort
le Carolina was framed, the settlemen
70 in Tennessee, or, as it was then calle
W the District of Washington, sent re
I'd resentatives to the the legislative bod
Or but the union was never close on
The mother State neglected the settl
ID ments on the far side of the mountain
and in 1884 voted to cede that secti
Of her terrytory to the United State
The hardy settlers In the territory
fected we're so outraged by this acti
that they asserted their indepe
dence, formed the State of Franklar
afterward called Franklin, chose 10
SIS Sewer as their Governor, elected de
= gates to q Legislature which conven
in 1885, and petitioned admission to
RE Union. This was refused by Congr
and three years later the State enc
its career. In 1889 the section v
llv ceded to the General Government, o
air the following year, together with W
ost is now Kentucky. was organized q
O. Territory of the United States south
Ohio. In 1794 Tennessee was give
of separate Territorial government, anG
June, 1886, it was admitted as 81
:, with Knoxville as its capital.
'O' The high standard of achievement
- early settlers set fer their sons has b
q nn;nAninah Altar SaYier and She