The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-10-12

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O. L. BITTIFGER. Editor
g T. CARROLL, Business Manager
TnE METROPOLIS OF
EAST TENNESSEE
n few words about Knoxville, Tenn.
that may have q passing interest to
the reader. It il q beautiful city on
the romantic banks and picturesque
valley Of the same name in East Ten
nsssee with population OF $4,000.
with large jobbing and manufacturing
plants that do q business OF fifty mil
Hon dollars year "A showing that Tor
the conditions that surround it are the
equal Of any city of it's size in the un-
ton. How time flies when we con-
slider that IFS years ago the first
white man built his cabin on the pres
emit site Of Knoxville. That William
Blount received his appointment Of
governor from President Washington.
Of the territory OF the Ohio river.
The city was founded In 1871 by Col.
James White. a revolutionary hero.
who surveyed the rich valley lands
In those days In pay for services to
his country. One Of the features of
those pioneer days was the establish
ment Of B1ount College in 1907. which
Afterwards became the East Tennessee
College. now the University Of Ten
nessee. which has risen to such emf
hence. along educational lines that 1t
maintains the largest summer teachers
school Of any institution in the world
and quite q number Of Marion county
boys and girls have enjoyed its priv
ileges and blessings in promoting their
teaching efficiency.
Tennessee was admitted to the I'm
ION In June, 1886. and the temporary
seat Of state government changed in
1892 to Nashville. Steamboat naviga-
tion was introduced on the Tennessee
river In 1926. The first railroad into
East Tennessee was built In 1855. Up
to that time Knoxville had intercourse
with the outside world only by stage
line from Raleigh. N. c.. distance OF
SIS miles.
Among the interesting events of the
ex-president exposition week were the
exercises at the base Of the monument
erected in the beautiful court house
lot to the memory Of John Sewer, the
nrst and for six terms governor OF
Tennessee and whose heroic conduct
At the battle Of Kings mountain saw
cd the day to the revolutiOnists and
made It the pistol fight of those san
culinary days. The Southern and the
L. 4 N. Railroad are the only through
lines that minister to Knoxville's COM
mercial growth and greatness and
therefore the wonder is that within the
past decade the city has made strides
In its increased commerce. Knoxville
has one clothing manufacturing firm
that employs "a travelling salesman
and the city Is said to enjoy a larger
trade In manufactured clothing than
any Of the cities south OF the Ohio
There Is one jobbing house that has
passed the two million mark in sales.
Knoxville is the home Of William J
Oliver. general contractor and manu-
facturer and who has made his name
as familiar as the maker Of the Oliver
Chilled Pillow in the South. as the
builder Of any form of agricultural i'm
plement In the land. VIM. ]. Oliver Is
q household name all over the South
wherever manufactured interests are
known. Mr.. Oliver enjoys the distinc-
tion Of being the lowest bidder for the
construction Of the Panama canal and
there are partisans in the South. as
there are everywhere under similar
circumstances, who say the govern
ment refused to accept Mr.. divers
bid because he was a Southern man
but this was all q mistake. and the rea
reason was that the administration Of
Theodore Roosevelt deemed it best tt
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strictly first class government engi.
neer and that man was Col. Goethals
who has demonstrated his capacity 70,
this great work. and Mr.. Oliver sees II
In that light,
The thing that struck the writer OF
interest In Knoxville was it's magnif.
icent city market, all under one roof
the building occupying a block fillet
with the finest. richest, rarest and
most t0othsome Of products, all care
fully screened and sanitated and IL
which It Is almost impossible to see q
ny. Around this building block at it.
curb stones and also on the opposite
side Of the street. are backed up coun.
try wagons loaded with all manner OF
produce that have come from five t.
50 miles to sell their surplus. To SEE
the Knoxville city market with it.
tempting array is to dream epicurear
visions and have gastrOnomic spasms
We have seen city markets from Bos.
ton to San Francisco. larger some OF
them In size than Knoxville's, but
when 1t comes to perfection Of con-
tents they are shy. Strangers won
der 1T It's completeness. while the home
folks wear an air of pride when the,
speak OF 1t. II you ever go to Knox.
VILE. spend an hour at it's city marke,
and you will never regret it.
There Is probably no finer and more
productive farms than you see in tn.
great East Tennessee valley nor nc
finer herds Of cattle anywhere in thi:
broad land Of ours.
Knoxville has q great manufacturing
future. II has wonderful water power
and unlimited deposits Of coal that arr
supplied to the manufacturers Of the
place for $1.lO ton. as against 81. 81
and - ton for other manufacturing
cities Its clays are phenomenally fine
and have given an historic and art
interest to the wedgewood ware OF
Cincinnati, from where it's potteries
get Its clay. Knoxville is undertake
with sine and some day will lay Jop-
lto, Mo-. in the shade in the mining
Of the same. With iron ore of the fin.
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