The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-09-03

until We had the opportunity to see
something Of the agricultural re
sources of the scope of country. the
population of which does its trading
with Saltillo merchants.
1t is not our intention to be person
al in this article, but while in Saltil-
10 we acquired the information that
one firm will do 100000 worth OF
business, another 600OO-and so ON.
The town, outside of its many good
homes is composed of the following:
]. S. Holland & Sons, general mer-
chants.
Postoffice, with our old friend
Fayette Duck, running it for the past
two years.
Drugstore Of DR., l.. A. Parker.
Drs. Parker and Harbert are the
physicians of the town.
George C, Simmons, general
store.
E. ], Stanfill's barber shop.
A. L. Hughes, hardware, groceries,
Etc.
Tarbet Bros, general merchants in
Saltillo and at Point Pleasant, and the
firm also has charge of the Saltillo
landing.
Hardin County Bank, with Robert
Hinkle as Cashier and L. B. Bingham
Assistant Cashier, has long been
known as one of the most successful
country" banks in West Tennessee
perhaps in the whole state.
Holland & Kerr, whose general
store burned few months ago, have
had their stock in the old hotel build
ing and are now burning brick for the
erection of a new building on the cor
ner Of Main and Decatur streets.
Two restaurants, run, respectively,
by Mrs. Ida Crumbey and Mrs. M. s.
Whitaker.
Two blacksmith shops run by Hem
ry Grumpy and L. W. Golf.
Two cotton gins of Holland & Kerr
and Talbert Bros & White.
Southern Methodist and U. s. A.
A. Presbyterian churches.
Conway & Fields sawmill and
planer.
Tennessee River Lodge No. 629, F.
& A. M.
Saltillo is just about to begin con-
struction of a $4,000 school house.
Saltillo can not boast Of a Rock
Club, but possibly the most notable
and elevating enterprise the town has
is its Clara Schuman Musical Club.
which is three of four years old and
has about dozen members. The OBJ
ject of the club is the study and cul-
tivation of good music among the
young of the communicated the
club feels that its work has been far
from in vain. The club has been on
the study of operas for nearly two
years and bids fair to do much in the
future for the cultivation of taste for
good music in Saltillo. The clubs
president is Mrs. A. L. Hughes and
the Saltillo organizatino is part Of
the Tennessee Federation of Musical
Clubs, which, is component part Of
the national federation. Saltillo has
another social club, the Chatting
Dish Club" at which the ladies can
discuss whatsoever they please, prac-
tie the chatting dish variety Of domes-
tic science-and by the way, it is said
that at one of the meetings Of this
club was launched the project to erect
the $4,000 brick school building.
While in Saltillo, in company with
four other young fellows" namely
Clifford Holland, Jesse Reed, George
Simmons and Edgar Atkins, we went
perch fishing in the pond very close
to Point Pleasant, one mile from Sal
tillo-and there we saw, for the first
time, small fish so abundant and so
eager to bite that the boys caught
three at time on three hooks tied to
the same line and attached to | pole.
1t was our first visit to Point Pleas
ant, which lies in Decatur county, and
we recall the good old days" when
John c. McHaney here at Lexington
hauled his goods from "The Point"
and Martin Bell was his wagon driv-
er. On one occasion Martin made the
long and expensive trip and when he
found the load back was to be knock
down collins, Martin did not do a
thing but drive back to Lexington
with an empty wagon. To this very
day no mans money could tempt
Martin to haul collins in any shape.
It would be our delight to write
much more Of Saltillo, but our space
being limited we must begin to figure
on ending this article-not, however,
until we have said that all of Saltil-