Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-12-13
CRossvILLE TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1922
GREAT PROSPERITY AND
VERY BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Cumberland County People Are En-
joying Period of Good Business
Future Bright.

1t is usual for people in almost any
section to feel that things are not
so prosperous where they chance to be
as at some other point. Some persons
in this county are complaining that
business is not good or as it should
be. If they will only look at condi-
tions as they really are, they will read
lily see that they have failed to take
stock of the true conditions.
are.
1t is likely that no county in the
states has felt the business depression
of the past few years less than has
Cumberland county. There has been
no crop failures and the market for
railroad ties-one of the principal pro-
ducts of the county-has Remained
good so that our people have had en-
ployment all the time at aliving wage
If not at prices that meant great prof
it.
This year the hay crop has been the
best ever known. The potato crop
is good, but the prices are rather low
and sales not active. The corn crop
is very good and not many persons
who are actual farmers will need to
buy corn this year. In some sections
of the county there is good mast
and hogs are getting in fine eating
condition without any feed other than
what they secure in the forest.
There are numerous slaves, handle
and lumber mills in operation at diff
ferent points over the county and jobs
are plentiful and at fair wages. Every
person who wants to work has Job
at printable wage.
Of all points of the county Cross
vile, the county seat, has lmadentheI
most marked progress. A second
bank has been organized and the
is now being erected. The
capital stock is only $4,000, but it
could have been made twice that had
all who wished stock been accommo-
dated. AS it is, the new bank is ex-
pected to start with good business
when it opens its doors for business
a few weeks hence. The present bank
is doing good business.
Numerous residences have been
erected or are now under course of |
One large business |
house has been erected on main street
The building is 6ox6o and two stories |
high. Just what it will be used for |
is not known at this time. A Radio |
station has been establisher here
that takes messages from most of the
arge cities of the country, and with |
The addition of an amplifer, which |
was installed few weeks ago, music |
and lectures can be heard for a mile |
Or more from the station.
There has been a healthy influx of |
people seeking homes the past year
md the outlook new is for much !
greater influx of people and a far
GREATER development in the county
he coming year.
The new Methodist school-Cumber-
and Mountain Schools now in its
ccond year and the work it is doing
S meeting with the most hearty ap-
'roval of the people and a generous
is being extended to it.
This summer a road was graded to
he school and is now being surfaced
or the entire distance of two miles.
Taking into account the present
business conditions, the bright future
md the crop conditions for this year,
t would be difficult to find a place
hat presents more inviting outlook
or homeseekers or investors. That
Cumberland county is destined to take
IS place at an early date among the
eading counties of the state there is
lot the slightest doubt. The abun-
lent opportunities this section pre-
ents are becoming more and more
widely known and the people are COM
ng here in increasing numbers to
earn first hand what this section Of
ers. Those who come are amazed at
he splendid conditions and generally
dmit that our county is destined to
evelop very rapidly in the near fu-
ure. The present splendid growth is
laking of it one of the very best
ections of the state. is the claim Of
raveling mtn who cover the state for
he wholesale houses of the larger
tiles of Tennessee.
In view of these indisputable facts,
'e. as a people, have no real cause
D complain but have much to be
nankful for an to rejoice over. Let's
top complaining and tell every one
'e see of what a splendid county we
ave and thus help push forward oil
onditions that make for further and
lrger growth. We owe this to our
elves and m our counfv |