The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 5, February 1907Various
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The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 5, February 1907
Various
American literature -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Southern States -- Periodicals
The overland trip from Allen’s Creek takes one through Waynesboro, the
county seat of Wayne County. This is a town of about eight hundred
people. Its newest acquisition is a splendid court house, recently
finished at an expense of $25,000. Waynesboro is also situated in the
midst of a great iron region and its best days are yet to come.
Clifton has a population of 1,200 souls; for unlike some places, every
man, woman and child in Clifton has a soul of rare quality. In all the
essentials that go to make good citizenship Clifton is in the front
ranks. The people are earnest and conscientious, have a firm grip on
life, and live it with unvarying fidelity to high ideals.
[Illustration: WHARF SCENE AT CLIFTON, TENNESSEE]
Clifton is the only town on the Tennessee river between Florence and
Paducah that has an electric light and ice plant. To go further than
this, it has the best equipped and most luxuriously appointed hotel
within the same limits. It was built four years ago by Mr. I. G. Russ
at a cost of $25,000, and is known far and wide for its comfort and
hospitality.
Three other things the town is noted for—its newspaper, its bank building
and its college. The _Clifton Mirror_ is a co-operative institution,
owned by the business men of the town. It is edited by one of the
stockholders—H. M. Jackson. As a consequence the _Clifton Mirror_
scintillates with both original and reflected brightness, and is doing a
great work in pushing this section to the front.
The People’s Bank of Clifton is steam heated and lighted by electricity
and possesses every modern convenience.
Probably the greatest institution in Clifton is the Frank Hughes College.
The college was only completed last summer and the first term is now
being taught. Rev. J. Thompson Baker, B.L., Ph.M., is the principal of
the college and he has gathered about him a faculty of earnest, ambitious
educators. The school has met with phenomenal success. The enrollment for
the first term is over two hundred.
The building is a splendid structure. It was erected at a cost of
$15,000. It is steam-heated and lighted by electricity, and possesses
every modern convenience. The money to build it was raised by private
subscription, and it is a grand monument to the generosity and faith and
love of a noble people.
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