Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-30


Cumberland River Land Company
means much to the future of that coun- I
ty. The property contains 10000 acres
OF land, 5000 or 900 of which is fine |
Cumberland River and creek bottom |
land. Many thousand acres are hill |
land, suitable for raising tobacco corn |
and other agricultural products There |
are two charcoal furnaces on the proper
ty, the Bear spring>and the Dover fur
naces, the latter being in operation. |
thousands OF tons of the best pig iron
have been made at the furnaces, part |
OF the land surrounding them being |
full OF minerals. Iron has been manu- |
featured there for sixty-fve years The |
purchasers are prominent Memphis par
ties and H. n Mclean of Clarksville
The policy of the company will be to
develop the property with all possible
haste, and with this end in view it is
their intention to sell all lands, other
than the iron interests and the railroad
In such quantities as the purchasers
might desire. Stewart County CON-.
tains some rich land, but is practically
undevoleped. The plans of the new
owners of the property will doubtless
result in hundreds of homeseekers be-
ing attracted to the county from other
parts of the country.
The town OF Crossville, in Cumber-
land county, is full of unusual excite
ment as result of the discovery that
oil exists near there in what it is be-
lieved will be paying quantities. For
the past several months an oil outfit
has been drilling near the town. Last
week, at depth of 1900 feet, the
drillers struck "seap' of oil, together
with flow of gas The gas has been
developed in such quantity that it is
now being used as fuel for the engines
and the men in charge say that the oil
indications are such that they expect
within another week or two to bring
in" regular we'll If this proves to be
the case it will mean the immediate de-
velopment of new oil field, for a large
number of options had been taken be-
fore the present operations were be-
gun. Indications of the existence of
oil were discovered in Cumberland
county years ago, but at that time the
territory was so far from any transpor-
tation that no steps were taken to make
any tests. The scope of country in
which oil is known to exist includes
Cumberland, Fentress and Putnam
counties.
The tax assessment of Davidson coun-
ty for 1905 totals $50 1920, as against
$53, 1928, $40 last year. This year, how
ever, the properties of the Nashville
Terminals, the Nashville Railway and
Light Company and the Louisville and
Nashville Terminals are omitted, these
being now assessed by the State Rail-
road Commission. This leaves out OF
the assessment OF this year more than
5000 ,240 in property in the city, Were
these included this years assessment
would be $2,78S, APO greater than that OF
last year. Nearly $4,000 people are
assessed for poll tax.
Banks in many counties are objecting
to the assessments made by the county
assessors, the complaints being based
upon alleged inequitable increases
Comptroller Dibrell is receiving many
of these complaints, but he has no juris
diction The State Board of Equal
izers may be appealed to. In Nashville
the banks allege that assessments made
upon the quoted value Of their stock
are inequitable, but the County Equal
izing Board has overruled them.
It is said the Tennessee Central Rail
road will probably abolish the Office o
traffic manager, which has been hell
by e. I'll. Hinton, and create the office
OF general freight agent and genera
passenger agent Charles H. Saunder
of Nashville may fill the first name
office, and T. d. Rosseau Of Nashvill
the latter. Mr.. Hinton resigned to &C
cept the craftsmanship of the South
eastern Freight Association.
John Wright, who lives near Martin
was struck by lightning, last week. H
was in his barn when lightning struc
the barn and set it on fire. The DO
also struck Wright, running down HI
left side, not iniuring his shirt, br
singing the hair under his arm an
tearing the left leg of his pants int
tatters. The right leg of his pants wS
torn from his knee down, and the sol
of his right shoe was torn from his foo
His escape from instant death We
miraculous.
A match which is supposed to hay
been carried onto the roof by an EN-
lish sparrow building her nest Is give
as the cause of fire at Memphis. TT
bird had carried lot of sticks and ru
Dish into the gutter in making the ne
and it is supposed that match W;
gathered up by the industrious and n
too discriminating sparrow. The he
from the tin under tho match Is thougl
to have ignited it, and the burning
the material of the nest caught IL
shingles along the gutter, thus causlr
the fire.
Beginning July the salary of 81
postmaster at Memphis will be 1879
per annum, an increase of 800 due
the growth of business in the Memph
Office The salary of the postmaster
Nashville is increased from So, 700
S3. 800 per annum Salaries of postma
ters at Obion and Lemon increased 81
each per annum.
The citizens of Atwood, in the We
ern part of Carroll county, near f
Gibson county line, have for some tir
been agitating tie question Of a ne
county, to be made up of portions
Carroll, Gibson, Madison and Weak
y counties, and from all indications t.