PRESCOTT
AN ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT 1900

     Prescott was established in 1873 and has not ceased to grow.  The town was incorporated
in 1876 with W. L. Webb, Mayor; M. L. Saxon, Marshal; J. W. Whitesides, Recorder; and
Eugene E. White, Treasurer with Brad Scott, W. B. Waller, W. A. Bright, O. M. Wadley, and
Guy Nelson as Aldermen.

     The record of our town under the liquor license law was such a bloody one.  More than
sixteen of our citizens were killed under the influence of drink.  For now these twelve years, we
have been free from open saloons and the bloody record of the past has almost gone from the
memory of our citizens.  Prescott now is a pleasure.  Those who once staggered along our streets
under the influence of drink, now can come and go with a fear of the demon rum.  Our
educational and moral advantages more than equal those of many other towns.  Our streets are
broad and well kept- so perfect is the drainage of our city that within a few hours after a rain, the
water is gone and the streets are dry.  

     Our phone system connects office and home, neighbor and friend, and makes our whole
state within a whisper of our door.  The electric light and water works plant illuminates our
streets and houses, and place water at the door of our kitchens and in our bedrooms.  Our church
edifices show the moral tone of the community to be of a high order.  

     The Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Cumberland Presbyterian, and Christian
denominations all have homes of their own and worship each Sabbath and at mid-week prayer
services.  Our young people are active and ambitious.  Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young
People's Union, and the Episcopal League are marks of the Christian fidelity for them and are well
attended. 

     Across town there is evidence of school  growth as the laughter of hundreds of our youth
and little ones can be heard as they await the hour of study.  Our people are ambitious, studious,
cultured, and religious, and keep abreast of the leading advanced issues of the day.