Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-04
[ ennessee State News

iaou Wceh, uetWecu clSub anu Hlne
thousand persons being present. The
exercises were held in cool grove
about mile from town, and occupied
almost the entire day. In themorning,
after the crowd had gathered, the ad-
! dress of welcome was delivered by Miss
Nell Gaines. 1t was responded to by
Gen. Geo. w. Gordon Of Memphis, who
afterwards delivered an address. The
other speech of the morning was by
Senator James B. Frazier. In the
afternoon after bountiful basket din
ner had been enjoyed, speeches were
made by Gov. J. l. Cox and Gen. Harry
III. Hannah and short talk by Col.
Frank Moses of Knoxville. One sad
accident married the day. AS the crowd
was returning from the grounds wagon
was crossing the railroad tracks as a
train approached. Mrs. Lon Bowling,
who was one of the occupants, jumped
from the wagon with her young baby.
In falling she dropped the child, who
fell under the wheels of the wagon, and
was so crushed that it died short time
afterward. The train passed without
striking the wagon.
The Carroll County Farmers Insti-
tute will be held in Huntingdon on Aug.
10 and IL.
The institute will be under the aus
! pices of the Department of Agriculture
and great interest is being manifested
in the meeting by the farmers of this
section. The programme will be as
follows:
First Day-9:30 am, Farmers In
stitutes." w. w. Ogilvie, Commissions
er of Agriculture; livestock Industry
and the Quarantine" R. H. Kittrell,
: State Livestock Commissioner; address
7 by Prof. H. A. Morgan, Director of
t Tennessee Experiment Station; Fer
tilizers, Domestic and Commercial, ,
t Prof. Chas. A. Moores, Chemist Of
: Tennessee Experiment Station.
Second Day-9:30 am, ''Horticul'
: ture," Chas. A. Keffer, Professor Of
Horticulture at Tennessee Experiment
Station; Hygiene on the Farm" Mis-:
> Gilchrist, Instructor in Domestic Science
t at Tennessee Experiment Station; "Di
versifed Farming" Col. j. II. Nc
Dowell; Poultry" Holcomb Robert
S son; Grasses" G. w. Clark.
Y Delegates will be selected at this
. meeting to attend the Division Institute
h to be held at Jackson on Sept. ID, L
+, and Is. A fine display of horticulture
e and fruit products and poultry will b
: exhibited at the Huntingdon meeting
= Monthly reports so far received from
If the various counties of the State by tn,
+ Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon. w
e w. Ogilvie, show much damage to tn,
If crops as a result of the long continued
II rains of the past few weeks. In Yves
n Tennessee much of the lowland cottol
e and corn have been entirely abandoned
q In Middle and East Tennessee Their
st are good prospects for early corn. Tn
/. late corn crop needs cultivation. Th
wheat crop, as previously indicated
e will be short and of low grade.
II The Committee of Confederate Vet
I. Grams has completed all arrangement
: for the reunion to be held at the oil
IS Fair Grounds, near Covington, Aug. lC
% Thousands of people from Upton am
/, adjoining counties attend these ANNA
= reunions of Confederate Veterans
3, Senator Carmack and ex-Gov. r. v
d Taylor and other prominent speaF
lie will deliver addresses. The New
l. Female Brass Band will furnish
for the occasion.
T. The convention of the State Christia
lie Endeavor Union will meet at Mont
to eagle, August S-lS, for which Pres
30 dent T.. L. Hendricks is making elat
W crate preparations. Delegates from a
at parts of the State will be in attendant
lie and all Epworth Leaguers, Baptis
at Young People Sunday school worker
e. and pastors are invited to attend.
Warned by State Livestock Inspecto
at Kittrell that unless farmers in Maur
is county prevent their cattle from wal
ne dering across the Lawrence county linz
to Maury county would be placed in tt
ID cattle quarantine belt, the Maury cour
is ty court has decided to appoint an il
II. spector to take hold of the ma
Id ter. If Maury, great cattle raisin
e. county, is put under the ban, farmer
as and stockmen will lose thousands
dollars.
:, A syndicate of Nashville men h;
a sold the Tennessee Central Railroad
~, tract of 1920 acres of coal lands mes
b. Waldensia, Tenn. 1t is understood I'll
as property was purchased for Birmin,
nj ham coal operators, who will at one
ne develop it.
rs AS result of recent disastrous fir
le- in Nashville the Western Union i
W. surance Association has declared {
III advance of 25 per cenG In rates on bus
ness houses. The announcement HI
cd raised storm of protests from Il
~ business men.
of Lamar Council, Royal Arcanum
in Clarksville, passed strong resolutio
In condemning the action of the Supreu
las Council in increasing the insuran
nd rates of the order The order has
lty good membership throughout Il
mt State.
en-
or The trustees of the Madison CoLn
Good Roads Association have complet
the deal for the sale of the last Sl5
az 600 of bonds, L. II. Rollins g. Sons
au Chicago being the purchasers at S.
- premium
It's Da lid Belasco has real estate age
lty at work at Nashville trying topurcha
a an available location for a 5000, 900 IL
uc- alter and Office building. Belasco
he said to be determined to get his attr;
lions in the South.
sed Willie G.. Cox, from Shelby Coun
/.