The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-10-31
THE OLD MAN MAKES A TRIP.

1t has long been our custom, as edi-
tor Of the Progress to write accounts
of trips taken, specifically for the de-
location of our country readers,
some of whom have read our scrib-
bling for more than a third of CEN
fury and many Of whom have told us
that they enjoyed perusal of such ar
ticles not considered good form in the
city press (from Jackson up for in
the cities nothing is personal while
in the country there is but little else.
In fact, speaking Of the difference be-
tween the city and country newspa-
per usage, those who become accus-
toned to perusing the daily press
wonder why we should tell that Dick
Undertake was the only farmer who
dug his sweet Eaters" before the
rains.
But we were wandering away from
the trip about which we intended to
tell--and take chances on John Buck,
"Cager" Appleby, old Bro. Jim Lewis,
ct al enjoying it; so here goes:
Last Saturday morning at 2:30 we
boarded the North bound through
passenger and found that Capt. Matt
C. Galloway was on board in uniform
and cap, punching with care and
punching in the presence of the pas
sengare" the tickets as they were
handed to him. On such trips Capt.
Galloway does not have time to sit
down and talk to his old friends but
the very presence on board of such
veteran in the service is an enjoyable
consolation-for one also knows that
at the NC throttle there also sits
man in whose hands safety lies
and on this occasion as far as Hollow
Rock Junction we had at the throttle
Joe Rockholt, who was for many
years one Of our most valued citizens.
In Nashville we found our son, Cur
ry, who has long been with the Glenn
ents Paper Company, happily located
and keeping house at the corner Of
10th street and Forrest Ave, on the
East side of the Cumberland.
Also in East Nashville, we found
the families Of our favorite cousins.
Mrs. ]. M. McClanahan and Mrs. John
S. Reed, well as usual-and to Mr..
McClanahan we owe the pleasure of
an auto ride to a point on the Cum
berland river across which was had a
magnificent view Of that vast city
known as the Powder Plant, in the
HadIey Bend, which plant with the
business and residential sections,
seemed to spring up almost in
night by the magic power of Uncle
Sans unlimited millions as the i'm
polling power. Nashville feels sure
that the Powder Plant will soon be
taken in hand by the General Motors
Company, a great corporation, which
will bring to Nashville thousands of
workers to engage in the manufac-
ture of all automobile parts, auto
bodies and perhaps the complete man.
ufacture and assembling of the Chew
rolet car.
AS a resident of East Nashville, in
a beautiful home just purchased, af-
ter selling out his WestEnd estate, we
found our old friend, Hon. /. L. Pen
dleton, an able lawyer and good man
who will go down in the history of
Tennessee as the author of one Of the
bills enacted into law which drove the
legalized whisky curse out OF the
State.
Back over in town all was hustle
and hurry-everybody talking about
it and everybody wishing for the COM
ing of the General Motors Company
to Hadley's Bend-except those who
fear its coming as an incident which
will not only bring thousands Of high
ly paid laborers to Nashville but will
also force upward the general wage
paid working people of every class in
that city /.
Our good friend, H. ], Grimes the
Public Square merchant, who has pat |
many a dollar into the Progress ex-
chequer for advertising and job work,
is prospecting in his great store which |
was jammed with customers all day |
Saturday. As sample Of the Grimes |
business, we can tell that when we
asked him if he had any sheets in his
house, on account Of the recent adj
vance Of that class of materials, he
replied that he had in stock $4,000
worth of sheets alone.
With just two whole days away
from Lexington the old town looked
mighty good to US when we saw it
again Monday morning